Can you have too much power?
ivansfo
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I'm looking at separate AMPs to drive some 4 ohm speakers rated at 30 - 200 watts. Is it safe for the speakers if I get an amp rated at 240W@ 8ohms and 300@4ohms?
By reading related post, I get the feeling it's okay but I'm not so certain.
About 15 years ago in the car audio days, my friends and I were hooking up some Yamaha separates (tweeter & mids) rated to about 25 watts. We connected the speakers to a 200W per channel Zapco amp and the tweeters kept blowing at moderate volumes. We blew out 2 more tweeters before figuring out the amp was too powerful.
Could my home speakers suffer the same fate?
By reading related post, I get the feeling it's okay but I'm not so certain.
About 15 years ago in the car audio days, my friends and I were hooking up some Yamaha separates (tweeter & mids) rated to about 25 watts. We connected the speakers to a 200W per channel Zapco amp and the tweeters kept blowing at moderate volumes. We blew out 2 more tweeters before figuring out the amp was too powerful.
Could my home speakers suffer the same fate?
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Can you have too much power?
Never.
However, you always have to exercise reasonable control of the volume level. Clipping is not your friend.Political Correctness'.........defined
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