How much power can you run through these? I have two and want to use an amp with them
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Unless you are running an industrial powered amp, I wouldn't be too worried. A small amp pumping out a few watts shouldn't be a problem. If you need to go for a longer distance, you may consider repurposing a Dish TV parabola, as a satellite TV system utilizes the same frequency band.
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They dont need high power to get loud due to the high efficiency, however giving them clean power will give u the best sound quality possible. I have my set running off of 90 watts each from an older nakamichi amp and they sound amazing for what they cost. Having a high pass filter will help also.
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if you want to go little money any cheap brand that's around 3000watts will work fine as they are rated way high for the true power.if you have a good amp like Yamaha or Samson something with true power 500 to 800 watts will work great
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Hi John, unfortunately the description is quite messed up so i can't be sure, the thing is that when i went to an audio store to purchase a power amp the employer there told me is 100watts each, these speakers for their price are perfect but it requires a power amp which costs too much money, hope i answered your question :)
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I don't have the answer to that as they were a gift, but if I'd bought them yes I would have used an amp to run them.
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They don't take much ...a 1-2-3 channel amp 1200 watts is plenty of power for three of these ...look into cadence amps
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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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These are 4 ohm speakers and they can take a lot of power, 120W continuous, 200W peak output. if your amp isn't rated for 4 ohm speakers you could burn it up trying to drive these. Older amps were typically rated for 8 ohm speakers.
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I have them powered by a pioneer sa 510. 30w per channel. Not really impressed honestly. I'd buy something else.
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Not sure of the technical specs, but I was running them with an older / cheaper amp and managed to blow them. My understanding is that it's not so much about how much power but how clean the power is - you blow the speakers when the amp starts clipping. The manufacturer was great, replaced them with no questions asked. I'm now running them on the same amp, being more careful. They're plenty loud.
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if ur going to go with that then get 2 2000 watt amp's cuz u won't have enough to get the max useage of ur speaker's...have fun...
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Probably not, your going to need a amp otherwise they end up fairly underpowered
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These speakers need power. I have 120W per channel and they could take more. Dont skimp on power.
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The real question is do you normally run them with 200 watts of power?? The control is spec,ed at 100 watts. But for home use even to the most hearing impaired user Most folks will not use more than 20 / 30 working watts of power though the speakers are rated for 200 watts that just means that that is the peak excursion they should be able to tolerate without a failure. What is your amp rated at How many watts?? Knowing this how hard do you run it at?? a 200 watt amp run at half volume should deliver approximately 100 watts output power. I have 250 watt speakers and a 60 watt amp and can barely tolerate them run to 50 % past that I risk hearing damage and a visit by the local constabulary My speakers are really efficient. I am a believer that its not the power but the efficiency that rules. I do professional Sound reinforcement and rarely need to use more than 200 watts to the mids and that's to rock a crowd into the couple hundred. If you are truly using more than this consider building a more efficient system. My use of the volume control is to trim outdoor speakers rated at 50 w from an amp that outputs 25 watts
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Cheryl,There are tons of different amps that you can use to run these. Size restrictions and budget are your only confinements.Eric c
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I wish I would asked this question before I bought this for a Christmas present. Apparently you need an amp to connect it to, which we don't have, so we've never even used these :(
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The sp[eakers can handle from 20 - 150 watts. I run them with a Denon 1913 which puts out 90. They sound great.