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[grampi 10+ year member]

And I agree with you 100% here, but there are always exceptions to that rule of thumb. One being the RSd comps when trying to get the midbass potential out of them.

True, but the RSD's will probably sound just as good midbass wise as any of the others that have been recommended on 75 wrms.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

True, but the RSD's will probably sound just as good midbass wise as any of the others that have been recommended on 75 wrms.

Not according to the numerous reviews across numerous forums.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Based on the numerous reviews, midbass might be a concern though, imo. Based off of that, I wouldn't recommend anything less than 2x120w rms.

yea, i have about 225 per side of active power on mine currently. soon to be about 275 per side. they do like lots of power but might sound ok for the average guy with only 75 watts per side.

right now my mids are on my zx550.2, so 205 on tap for them, and the tweeters are run off my HU so only about 22 watts on tap. soon i'll have a zx200.2 on the tweeters, so about 70 per side. they get **** loud and don't complain.

 

[CrossFired 10+ year member]

Pioneer REV comps

2nd that! but FYI 75 watts rms is just fine for any 6.5 two way.

The wattage rating is to let you know, the most you should feed the speakers and not what is needed.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i'll have my RSD's running active on a DD S4 pretty darn soon. so thats 200 per mid, and 100 per tweeter. i'll have plenty of room/power for upgrades later on.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

The wattage rating is to let you know, the most you should feed the speakers and not what is needed.

Please elaborate.

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

The wattage rating is to let you know, the most you should feed the speakers and not what is needed.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Where'd you come up with that?????//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

i'll have my RSD's running active on a DD S4 pretty darn soon. so thats 200 per mid, and 100 per tweeter. i'll have plenty of room/power for upgrades later on.

I can't believe how much power some of you guys are pushing these RSD's with. I'm suprised you're not blowing them. I don't think ANY speakers are meant to be run with 3 times their RMS rating or more. I could see running them with 100 or even 150 wrms, but any more than that you're probably just shortening the life of the speakers. There is such as thing as too much power.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

I can't believe how much power some of you guys are pushing these RSD's with. I'm suprised you're not blowing them. I don't think ANY speakers are meant to be run with 3 times their RMS rating or more. I could see running them with 100 or even 150 wrms, but any more than that you're probably just shortening the life of the speakers. There is such as thing as too much power.

well just because i have the power doesn't mean i am using it all. i think most of the time when i have my music really cranked my mids are seeing about 80 each and the tweeters maybe 10-15 each. headroom FTW!!

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

well just because i have the power doesn't mean i am using it all. i think most of the time when i have my music really cranked my mids are seeing about 80 each and the tweeters maybe 10-15 each. headroom FTW!!

Some people get a little carried away with the headroom thing. You don't need 4 times the RMS rating to get headroom. That's overkill. You're also wasting money buying more powerful amps than you need.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Some people get a little carried away with the headroom thing. You don't need 4 times the RMS rating to get headroom. That's overkill. You're also wasting money buying more powerful amps than you need.

Ah but... 80w rms during music when the gains are set to 160-200w rms. When the gains are set to 60-75w rms, the speakers will only be getting about 25-40w rms during music playback.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Ah but... 80w rms during music when the gains are set to 160-200w rms. When the gains are set to 60-75w rms, the speakers will only be etting about 25-40w rms during music playback.

if you want a speaker to see 75 then get an amp that does 150. i like ot have lots of headroom. one thing to also think about is that most companies rate thier amps at 14.4 volts. so if you aren't getting 14.4 then you aren't getting all the power you think you are.

 

[CrossFired 10+ year member]

Whats all the yap about headroom? Headroom is not using 80 watts on a 200 watt amp.

Headroom is is the ability of an amp to produce more power than its rms rating for a short burst.

One of my LinearPower amps is rated at 75 watts rms and will produce over 300 watts for a short burst, about 6db of headroom. FYI.

 

[CrossFired 10+ year member]

Please elaborate.

Elaborate?? How? If the woofer states 100 watts rms, The maker is letting you know that you can feed the woofer 100 watts rms all day long with no problems, such as over heating and working the spider/surround to death.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Whats all the yap about headroom? Headroom is not using 80 watts on a 200 watt amp.
Headroom is is the ability of an amp to produce more power than its rms rating for a short burst.

One of my LinearPower amps is rated at 75 watts rms and will produce over 300 watts for a short burst, about 6db of headroom. FYI.

incorrect! that is not what headroom is. headroom is having more power than you'll ever use so you'll never stress the amp and possibly clip the signal. what you're talking about is rms vs peak power. i'd rather use a 150 watt amp to drive 75 watts into my speakers than use a 75 watt amp to drive 75 watts into my speakers and be stressing the amp and being right on the edge of clipping. thats what headroom is all about. just cause i'll have 300 watts per side on tap doesn't mean i am going to use it and that is the way i wanted it.

also.... say down the road i upgrade and i get drivers that are 6 or 8 ohm, i'll still have enough power for them as well. a lot of high end tweeters are 8 ohm, so even 50 watts will be more than enough for them. so it's also planning ahead.

end of rant.