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<blockquote data-quote="robble" data-source="post: 2990221" data-attributes="member: 576166">The speakers&nbsp; - Focal Polyglass 165 v3e 3 way components. specs 80w rms 160w max.I&#039;m powering them with a boston acoustics gt-40 (normally 4x45w). original plan was to have the amp power both my fronts and rear 6x9&#039;s.&nbsp; The installer talked me into bridging the gt-40 and powering just the front&#039;s with it since we wanted the soundstage up front and I wasn&#039;t sure I&#039;d be happy with just 45w going to the front.&nbsp; I was thinking - ok, bridging should give about 90x2 which would be pretty much perfect for the speaker rating..I was reading the owners manual during the final stages of the install while the car was being put back together.&nbsp; When you bridge this amp it isn&#039;t 90x2 - it is 140x2 @ 4 ohms RMS!!&nbsp; holy crap I didn&#039;t expect that.Anyway, the system obviously gets really freaking loud which I don&#039;t mind at all.&nbsp; I&#039;m just worried about pumping that much power to them continuously. I doubt I&#039;m sending them the full power as it gets too loud even for me but I might be sending them well over 100w continuous.&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#039;s not distorted and I know speakers can handle more wattage as long as it&#039;s clean but this is quite a bit more than they are rated for.&nbsp; &nbsp; Until I get a sub installed I&#039;m sending full range to the crossovers that were supplied with them and I think it&#039;s doing a good job of filtering the stuff below 55hz as I never hear the speaker bottoming out (but then I wouldn&#039;t hear a tire blow out at those levels).cliffs notes:sending much more RMS than speakers rated for.&nbsp; seems clean but i&#039;m worried.should i be worried?should I high pass my amp immediately?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robble, post: 2990221, member: 576166"] The speakers - Focal Polyglass 165 v3e 3 way components. specs 80w rms 160w max. I'm powering them with a boston acoustics gt-40 (normally 4x45w). original plan was to have the amp power both my fronts and rear 6x9's. The installer talked me into bridging the gt-40 and powering just the front's with it since we wanted the soundstage up front and I wasn't sure I'd be happy with just 45w going to the front. I was thinking - ok, bridging should give about 90x2 which would be pretty much perfect for the speaker rating.. I was reading the owners manual during the final stages of the install while the car was being put back together. When you bridge this amp it isn't 90x2 - it is 140x2 @ 4 ohms RMS!! holy crap I didn't expect that. Anyway, the system obviously gets [I]really[/I] freaking loud which I don't mind at all. I'm just worried about pumping that much power to them continuously. I doubt I'm sending them the full power as it gets too loud even for me but I might be sending them well over 100w continuous. It's not distorted and I know speakers can handle more wattage as long as it's clean but this is quite a bit more than they are rated for. Until I get a sub installed I'm sending full range to the crossovers that were supplied with them and I think it's doing a good job of filtering the stuff below 55hz as I never hear the speaker bottoming out (but then I wouldn't hear a tire blow out at those levels). cliffs notes: sending much more RMS than speakers rated for. seems clean but i'm worried. should i be worried? should I high pass my amp immediately? [/QUOTE]

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