How well do these speakers sound without an amp? I will be running them straight off my kenwood m308BT marine deck
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These speakers are power hungry, I would not recommend running them without an amp, I fear you would be disappointed. The also sound a lot better in a sealed box. I had them mounted in my electra glide, and since the speakers are not air tight they did not sound nearly as impressive as in my boat in a sealed box.
1157930
Amazing ! I ran them through a deck for years and then got the 80$ clarion water proof amp (on amazon) and now they sound louder . It's really how loud do you want to go
594931
They are not powered though you will need an amp.....and the have no low end its all highs and mids... youll need a bass speaker to even out your sound... I also have a powered 15 bass speaker together sounds great
1696606
Yes, if you only have a head unit with no built in amp, it would be a good idea to get an amp for these speakers. They will still work without an amp, but they won't be as loud or have hardly any bass. As for which type or size of an amp to get, I can't help you there.
1898241
I have these wired directly to my Kenwood head unit. They sound fine, but I think an amp would make them even better, and I plan on adding one in the spring.
266937
I run them off my head unit, use the included crossover so do not use your amp or head unit cut off, I run this with infinity natchingg 6x9 in back and old 10"jl sub, if I turn off the sub it sounds great! And again this running off a Kenwood head unit just mid range not even high end unit.
86425
You would absolutely need an amp. These are home theater floor model speakers and not small computer speakers. They are loud when they are hooked up to a loud amp.
1812622
They don't have a built in amplifier.You will need an amp or receiver to power these speakers.They are very good performers for the price.
1323139
I am running them with 50 watts per channel from a kenwood double din deck and they do very well. Using a 4x100watt amp would give you more punch but any good amp with more than that is overkill for these speakers.
1556648
I matched them up to my Kenwood and they really sound great. All speakers are pretty much generic in their build and if this unit is normal powered, I'd say yes, they'll sound fine.
1408638
They do not have amps in them they are passive, you need an amp. but they will handle 400 watts.
266938
I would recommend a small amp for the clarity. They sound real nice, no sub needed unless you want a little thump.
1559714
Are you asking if these are OK to use with a 130 watt amp as the only speakers, without a Sub or a center channel? My answer would be "yes" but you don't want to crank it up all the way. However, because Klipsch speakers tend to be more efficient, you probably wouldn't want to pump the maximum watts into these speakers because it would be too loud, unless you are into REALLY load music. I wouldn't worry so much about the amp rating, I would be more worried about the balanced sound output. I would find a subwoofer of some type to add to these for a balanced sound. They are great down to about 100 Hz, below that they fall off pretty fast. But, if you're not into bass, then they will do fine alone.
2007711
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.
1750745
These speaker are the best component speakers I've ever heard by far. You will need an amp to get the most out of them
2135272
Ye you need an amp, they are not powered speakers. They are passive speakers as indicated by the "P" in "B2030P" which means you need an amp to power them.
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Oh yeah... they will hold up and sound great !! As long as you. Have a quality amp sending distortion free signal. I crank 150 watts into them using a NAD power amp and the speakers sound very good..
843758
I would suggest an amp. You'll all a lot of the deck to run these properly.