what to look for in a good component amp

[500000watts 10+ year member]

you dont think 75 RMS output will hurt a 50 RMS component speaker do you?

i think its 150 RMS max ( my bostons ) so i would guess they would be aright, what do you think?

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

im not sure i can throw that kind of money down on a speaker amp right now though, so if i had to what would your next pick be?

im lookin to spend in the 100 - 150 range

 

[Notwerk 10+ year member]

OK, slow down. I still am not sure why you want a 4 channel amp. Tell me, how many sets of speakers are you powering?

Yes, the power will make a difference over what's coming out of your headunit, and no, having more power than you speakers are rated for won't hurt them as long as you set the gains on the amplifier right. If you don't understand what that means, you need to do a bit of studying or you might endanger those speakers.

Just so there isn't any confusion, write a list of ALL of your hardware.

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

i have a Kenwood KDCMP4 or somethin like that for a head unit, cant remember the exact modle.

i have rockford RCA's

Rockford P3002 amp running 2 10'' pioneers and 1 12'' RF all wired to 4 ohm.

i have boston S60's in the front and some shitty blaupunkts in the back, ( which i will be changeing to another set of comps soon )

so when i eventualy get my other comps i will be running 2 sets of component speakers, ( 4 speakers total )

thats why im looking for a 4ch, unless you would think its better to go with a 2ch 100 by 2 and just wire them in paralel to one channel so they both get about 50?

 

[Notwerk 10+ year member]

Two 10" subs and a 12"? I hope the drivers are in seperate, sealed partitions in the enclosure...

Um, I don't see a reason, personally, to put components in the rear and if you just use them for rear-fill or for passengers, I'd leave the Blaus where they are and just concentrate on the front stage. Power the rears off the head unit and leave well enough alone (unless you're doing the surround-sound 5.1 thing, which it doesn't appear you are).

This will save you money on the amplifier.

As for your final suggestion, I'm not sure I know what you're talking about. Running 4 components in parallel off a 2-channel amp? I'm not sure what you mean, but no scenario I can think of ends in a good way. Don't do that.

 

[500000watts 10+ year member]

yeh each drive has its own chamber.

no i like rear fill, and i plan on getting another set of comps to replace the blaupunkts,

anyway they are going in my boat this summer so im gona need all 4 speakers to be as loud as possible.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

I'm currently running a 4.65 from Tru. Its there lowest end amp but they are pretty high end of a company. They can be picked up on eBay for about 150 at times. And you can send them in for all kinds of upgrades if you want. I have done the burr-brown upgrade and I am sending it in for the Audio Control upgrade real soon. I believe mine was rated at 83X4 and its sounds GREAT! Old school PPI sound pretty good too, and can be gotten for a decent price around eBay as well.