Worth it to power rear speakers on amp?

[Brett3rThanU]

I'm going to be running some Boston Acoustic Pro6se component speakers off a JL Audio 300/v2 amp for my front stage, but was planning to run the rear Boston Acoustic S65 speakers off the headunit (Pioneer 4300dvd). Is there anything wrong with this? I know the rear is just for fill, but I don't want to completely drown it out.

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[Bassin Buick]

Well , from my experiences it is better to use all the available external power for the front. Yesterday for shits and giggles i took my bridged 4 channel old school sony off of my front speakers and ran it 4 channel to all 4 speakers and it sounded TERRIBLE compared to fronts getting all the amp and rears on deck power. Just my .02 cents , but i would amp up front and rear fill off the deck.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

The main advantage of running rear speakers off of external power is the added ability to bandpass, delay, and attenuate them, like rear-fill is suppose to be.

 

[Bassin Buick]

The main advantage of running rear speakers off of external power is the added ability to bandpass, delay, and attenuate them, like rear-fill is suppose to be.

This is true , but if you don't have access to time alignment features or crossovers capable of this , i wouldn't amp them.

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

I would just disconnect them or sell them myself.

 

[asultsniper50j 10+ year member]

depends on the head unit sometimes to... if its a decent head unit then ya... your probably fine.