Too much power?

[Rynet]

I just picked up a Rockford punch 450.4, 1350watts, I just checked the spec sheet that came with it and its rated at 1820 watts, I am running 2 6x9's Kenwood 200 watt, and 2 kicker 12" subs 375 watts.

Thing is I am scared to install it fearing that the amp itself has too much power and will blow the speakers can i get a confirmation on this?

I had a rockford 400.2 in it but its a very very old amp and its dieing hence the new amp i just got.

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[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

Umm the 6x9 are how much RMS?

 

[Rynet]

guessing around 100RMS dont have them in my hand atm they installed in car.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

You have control over the amount of powr that an amp puts out. The gain and the volume both control power output. Keep both low and you don't have to worry about blowing anything.

 

[lifted95 10+ year member]

set the volume to 3/4 on the head unit and turn up the gain until the speakers start to distort, then down just a tad. That is now the max volume for the speakers, and you wont blow anything.

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

There is no such thing as too much power because you can safely set gains. You can hook a 2k RMS amp up to a 30 watt peak speaker and tuned correctly, will not overpower.