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I have two bic America rtr 1530 and I am wondering if I can buy a car amplifier that puts out 200 watts a channel or 400 watts one channel. I have a power supply from a computer that I trashed a little time ago. Will I harm anything if I use a car amplifier on my tower speakers?

Bic America speakers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00009WBYI

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no but you better make sure your power supply can supply enough amperage to run the amp

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yeah I kinda doubt that little power supply can deliver, and it will fail. You can find 40a 12v power supplies on ebay for about $25. A friend bought one a year ago and its still working fine.

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Why do people insist on doing car audio in their homes?

Get a stereo reciever is my suggestion.

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Receivers generally only put out an average 125/channel. For one that does 200/channel would be pretty spendy. Best bet is a dj/rack amp.

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people insist to put car audio in homes because

1) they're broke and car stuff is all they got

2) its fun to try it out

3) to do it just to piss people off like you lol.

yea its more work, it always runs a risk of introducing humm and noise, but sometimes it can be rewarding in terms of the quality. My Linear Power car amp sounds better than many home products. I dont really need it for my cars, yet, so why not use it in the house? I know for sure its better than (cant do vs here).

Anyone can do what they want. The OP asked if it was possible, not advice on if its good or bad to do so. Answer is, you wont hurt your speaks if you use a car amp, but your power supply needs to be a bit beefier, to power a car amp that can deliver the nominal power to the speaks so they sound good. The little computer supply would be good for little speakers, little ones. Not enough for towers IMO.

Try it out, it can be relatively cheap, maybe sell some of those old computer parts and use the money to buy an amp (stereo would be best in this case) and power supply.

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As 'cool' as running a car amplifier in a home is a Home Theatre Receiver is the much better option for the application.

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