Speaker & Amp Newbie Question

[WowWhoaWeeWa]

Hi Everyone,

I just stumbled on this site while researching speakers and amps. I hope you don't mind me asking a relatively simple question here. I recently purchased an Amp and Speakers for my Colorado but I think I might be in over my head here in terms of installing it. I might have the wrong equipment.

I have an Alpine MRP-F300 4 channel amp and Polk speakers (DB6501 components and DB651s coaxial) that I want to connect together. I relied on Crutchfield to ensure the system was compatible and there wasn't any indication that it wasn't. However, now that I have the system in hand, I think my amp might be under powered.

The amp can produce 75w RMS x 4 @ 2ohms or 50w RMS x 4 @ 4ohms. The speaker specifications for the component system (DB6501) is 100w RMS, 4 ohms. The other set, DB651s Coaxials, are 55w RMS, 4 ohms.

I believe I need to set up the AMP to run 4-channels at 50w RMS @ 4 ohms, but if it only sends 50w RMS to the speakers I'm worried I'll damage the speakers or amp.

What are your suggestions? Can this system work?

Thanks for all your help out there!

Howard

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[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

should work fine. Good components dont need a ton of power.

 

[WowWhoaWeeWa]

Ok cool. I'll go ahead with the installation then! THanks

should work fine. Good components dont need a ton of power.

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

Underpowering a speaker will never damage it.

If you set the gains correctly, you'll be good. If you don't, you do however, run the chance of clipping the amp and trying to make it put out more power than it actually can - this would produce distortion, but sometimes it's not noticeable. Clipping can damage the speakers.