Is the rated wattage for 8 ohm speakers? Also, is it peak power or RMS? Companies often market the stated output under the "highest" condition to beef up specs. 8 ohm speakers (eg, any speaker you'd really use with a desktop amp) have only 1/2 the max...
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Thanks for the interest in Orb. C. Horan! The Mini T amp drives 15 watts RMS and will work fine with any speaker in the 4 - 8 ohm range. Hope this helps - let us know if you have any more questions.
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Correct, the 75W output rating applies to 4 ohm speakers. At 8 ohms it's less. Manufacturer's data provided in a tnt-audio web review indicated 50W for each of two speakers at 8 ohms:Power Rating STEREO: 50wpc @ 8ohms, 75wpc @ 4ohms, 0.01% THD, full bandwidth MONO: 150watts @ 8ohms
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My advice would be not to drive these speakers to maximum wattage. However, these remarkable bookshelf speakers are the best I've heardover 40 yrs of trying to find a certain quality and would think that they would be very adequate in a multi-speaker array, ie 7.1.
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Short answer = No. Long answer = maybe Speakers are rated in Watts==its a Power measurement. Power = I [current in Amps] x Voltage [of the line out from the Amplifier.] http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/electrical-formulas-d_455.html The power supply is rated at 24 volts and 5 amps which = about 120 watts to power the unit. The amplifier is not a bridged type amplifier and cannot drive anything less than 8 ohms on one channel. Maximum 50 watts per channel. see --- http://www.daytonaudio.com/media/resources/300-383-dayton-audio-dta-100a-manual-43827.pdf As you wish to put two speakers in Parallel and they are 8 ohms=== then you are lowering the ohm's of the speaker to about 4 ohm's, this is not in the spec for this amplifier. If your speakers are 16 ohm and you put them in parallel then that will be alright === the result of that is 8 ohms, this is how most TV speakers are set up.[ assuming that each is 25 watts.] Remember it is a small amp and to incrementally increase the volume over time to see how it handles it. Else get a different amplifier.
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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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I run 4 ohm speakers with a varying peak wattage between 200 and 250. As it was stated before having extra watts on tap from the amp helps the speakers to have plenty of power on hand without straining.
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Hello Popi, I am not sure I understand your question, but I will give you an overall way to work out your speaker needs. An amplifier is rated by its ability to put out a maximum number of watts into an 8 ohm speaker without distortion (typically 2% at most). An amp will drive a speaker at 4 or 16 ohms as well with varying power numbers and volume. It is important that the amp sees an impedance level of 4-16 ohms or it won't operate well (meaning efficiently and possible overheating or shutting down). It is better to have the amp power rating equal to or higher than the speaker rating. An amp overdriven can clip and suffer damage. If you respond with what your amplifier is, mono or stereo, and what it's exact power output rating is I can be more accurate. Are you planning to drive 4 speakers at 8 ohms each?
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The amp rating is 30 Watts into 8 ohms. But I would not push the amp to its max rating. All consumer (low price) amps distort badly at max rating. You may be able to get 8 clean watts out of it. With the speakers you have 8 watts will produce sound pressure of 94 db at 3 feet. At 10 feet listening distance the sound pressure is 83.5 dB. So don't expect disco level sound with your speakers and this amp. I use this amp to drive computer speakers, listening distance is less than 3 feet and speaker sensitivity is 85db and they sound great.
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peak power 225 watts per speaker.as for the rms power range its 2-110.you can go to crutchfield.com and check out the specs.hope this answer helped.
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The speaker specifications say it can handle 25 watts RMS. It's easy to say that the amplifier should be none larger than the spec. But, you could connect them to any size amp provided that you do not "turn up the volume" to a sustained "average" level of 25 watts. It will handle brief peaks of 50 watts. In everyday use, with any sized amplifier, you will know when you are sneaking up on a maximum level (it won't sound too good at that point).
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Yes this amp will do 4 ohms per channel. Now as far as power, don't listen to these people who are just guessing. 1) someone said it is impossible to get a total of 8k watts max from this amp because of the 120 volts. well they don't understand how power is made. 2) the amp is rated 225 rms at 8 ohms and 315 rms at 4ohms. 3) I don't know why they and others advertise max watts when in reality you never see the max ratings except on high end audio.
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This speaker is 700 watts program power, which means the average amount of power it can handle over the duration of your performance, DJ job, etc. It's peak power handling capability is 1400 watts, which means the top level amount of power it can handle in short bursts, like someone screaming into a microphone or a loud sound effect. So, that being said, an amp that puts out about 500-600 Watts per channel (i.e. left channel for one speaker, right channel for another speaker just like it) RMS (on average) would be ideal. Remember, these speakers are 4 ohm, not the standard 8 ohm of most speakers. This means that hooking up two of these to one channel (either left or right) will give a 2 ohm load on that channel. Therefore, any amp you buy should be able to put out 500-600 Watts RMS into 4 ohms per channel if you want to run one speaker per channel. If you are going to buy 4 of these speakers to run two speakers per channel, then you would want an amp that puts out 1000-1200 watts RMS into 2 ohms per channel. Speaker impedance (the ohms rating) is CRITICAL to get right. Hooking up too many speakers to one channel by daisy-chaining them will drop the impedance too low and you could experience your amp shutting off or not operating correctly. Most amps have circuitry designed to do this in the event of an impedance problem to protect the amp. Take a look at the spec sheet here. http://assets.peavey.com/literature/specs/114378_18647.pdf
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They are rated for 2-80 watts RMS. Meaning anything in between will do. You can NEVER underpower speakers. Underpowering them is usually the cause of death. Killing them with too much power is like winning the lottery. Also there are no head units I know of that do 55w RMS. 55w PEAK yes, RMS no. There is a difference. If your speakers are distorting you need to set the High Pass Filter(HPF) to block out 50hz and below. These are not subs, sending them the lower freq cause them to bottom out. I just had to log on to get the correct answer out.
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Hi Dennis, these speakers have 60 watts peak power per speaker. 30 watts RMS or consistent power per speaker. Hope this helps.
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75 watts RMS Recommended and it can handle up to 150 watts RMS MAX. or if you want to go by peak power 300 watts PEAK is the max.[edit](D.J.) is right and I should have mentioned that these maximum ratings (150 watt RMS and the 300 watt PEAK) are at 8 Ohms
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You should do some more research as answers vary. Are you running 2channel? Bridged? Read the instructions, I don't recall the output in each mode, but it depends on the resistance of the speakers. Seems to me 250w rms speakers will do fine with that amp...
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Always rely on RMS ratings on everything. There is an industry standard to how things are rated when stated "RMS". Peak can and is very different from company to company. Also, most speakers can handle a bit of overpowering if it's NOT distorted. These speakers would be very happy with an amplifier powering anywhere from 40-80W RMS. Be mindful that these speakers may be lower impedance (2 ohms instead of 4) than the typical car audio speaker, so check your amplifier or deck's manual for 2-ohm ratings.