Question about gains

[red9250 10+ year member]

My speakers are rated at 100 watts RMS. My amp is rated at 80 watts RMS per channel. Is it ok to assume that I can turn my gains almost all the way up (not that I have or even would) and not cause any problems with the speakers? Just a random thought I had today while sleeping through my Finance 3323 class. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/boring.gif.42c69fa49b1e73e6332d62b462a2a4b3.gif

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[red9250 10+ year member]

Forgot to mention my head unit has 5V pre outs.

 

[mr_f4ke 10+ year member]

no problem with that.

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

If your amp is underrated, or rated at 12V it may put out over 100W per channel, id still watch it personally.

 

[SilverJLEclipse 10+ year member]

um, gains are not output control, you are attempting to match the output voltage to the input voltage of the amp required to achieve an output on the amp with an unclipped signal.

Turning the gain all the up just because your amp has 100w output is not going to make them have usable higher output.

As for the problem with more amp power than speaker power, not a problem at all because music is dynamic and in most cases the 100w output will not be constant and thus will be no problem for the speakers to handle in these short bursts.