What is the true RMS on these? Ive seen 15-100 watts on Crutchfield &amp; the JL website, but Amazon has it at 60
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According to JL Audio, these can speakers handle 15-100W RMS. The recommended power is 60W RMS.
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150w rms 300w max. Not sure why its not in the description. Best sounding 6x9's I've ever heard, you wont be disappointed!
87409
At least 100 watts to drive them. I believe they handle much more than that. Any less power and the 15" speaker won't thump. Hope this helps
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300 600rms I have a 1600 watt amp and these hit hard and barley flex. Been a year almoat and I play loud bass bosst all the way up gain all the way up and no distortion or clipping
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Don't listen to these overrated "you need at least 100W". These are very efficient speakers at 93db/W, and they don't need that much power (which is the point of efficient speakers) - at 22W @ 93db efficicency produces about same amount of sound as 60W at 88db efficiency (most people don't even look at efficiency values). They were plenty loud in my miata with a 22WRMS/ch head unit. I've also had kappas in a different vehicle with 50Wrmsx4 amp. They'll benefit from more power (not so much volume, but clearness when cranked), but not as much as other's are trying to make you believe.
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They can handle 300 Watts - 600 Watts Peak Power Total Per Pair / 300 Watts Peak Power Per Speaker & 400 Watts RMS Total Power Per Pair / 200 Watts RMS Per Speaker. I used these to replace my factory speakers, with a Pioneer AVH-X3500BHS, which pushes 50W per channel with a built-in amp. They are pretty great without an amp. I've got them installed in my Wrangler's rollbar.
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I'm running these off of a 100W rms Pioneer amp and they handle it with no problem. They sound amazing with some power put to them. Hope this answers your question.
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FYI, the website says these speakers have an RMS capacity of 60W. http://www.jbl.com/estore/jbl/us/products/GTO638/GTO638_JBL_US
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No. They are 1700 rms. I have 2 on a power acoustic d1-6000db amp. I have the amp pushing 3500 rms not the full 6000 and ive had my back window glued back down twice.
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I cannot speak on the 3 way. I have these installed in a crew cab p/u. My system is 1600 watts. Infinity 2way in dash, these in the back each its own box on floor, stock speakers in back corners and a 10 inch sub. I added these to fill in the stock speakers flat sound. They really kicked up the clarity and can handle the ppwer. Didnt really answer your question though.
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Order from Crutchfield. It's $180 (Free Shipping/No Tax) Plus use a coupon code and save an additional $20
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The RMS Rating on these subs is 1400 watts, but, that is PEAK output, not sustained. Actual sustained output is more like 800 watts max. I have two of these and trust me, they thump plenty hard, especially for the price. I have had mine for 3 years and ran them hard through about 35 gigs. They still sound just as good as from Day 1. I have had many compliments on their phenomenal bass and clean sound. *JET SOUND MACHINE*
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1000 watts to 1500 watts would do nicely but get a good clean amp you wont be sorry for paying a little more for a good brand i have 3 of these on one jbl it pushes them nicely.
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I guess it depends on how much clean power you are sending to them. I am feeding them about 100 watts each. These are the best "6x8" series I have personally heard! The tweeters sound like the vaunted "PRS" series tweeter and get very loud but not bright! The woofers really "thump hard" which is why I bought them! Go audition some and if you can find someone who has these I think you will be pleasantly surprised!
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Its not mentioned even on the packaging but I would guess 3-5 watts rms. They get pretty loud but after about 2/3 volume the sound quality isnt great, below that they are still pretty loud and sound decent for what they are. My girlfriend likes them and there loud enough for her. If turned up while not playing sound you will here some crackling and feed back from the usb port.
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That is a hard question for me because when I got the speakers they handled the 2400 power but they sound bad.so put more power to them and blew them to bits. I ended up replacing them( with the same box of corse) with jbl sub woffers just wasn't what I was lookin for
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You could run them off a stock head unit, but they wouldn't be playing at their full potential. I would run them off an amplifier that was close to their RMS wattage of 100w.They sound so much cleaner and crisp with an amplifier.