Wattage To Speakers

[MassivEffect]

Hey guys i got a question to ask. I went to a car audio store by me recently with a friend for his car, and the guy at the place told us that you

dont have to have the speaker rms wattage under the amp rms, or even even with it, but the amp rms going to the speaker can actually be

higher than what it says it can handle. Now i know that if you even kind get too close to doing this with a sub and an amp that the sub will blow.

So is this guy right? Can you give more power to speakers than whats actually listed as to what they can handle rms?

[finkster]

welll, i will put it this way...an amp that is rated at 300 watts rms will do just that, given that the gain is set right...Now, if the gains on the amp are set lower, you may never see that much power....but how much power are we talking here? and what speakers?

[alvitae]

One of my set-ups I run 425 watts to each 250 rms sub, on another I run 500 watts to each 350 rms sub. on another I push 1800 watts to a 1500 rms sub. /shrug

I turn things up till I hear distortion then back it off a little. as long as I do that I never have any problems.

yesterday I did 30 minutes of test tones to a set of my xl's now I have problems lol.

[MassivEffect]

welll, i will put it this way...an amp that is rated at 300 watts rms will do just that, given that the gain is set right...Now, if the gains on the amp are set lower, you may never see that much power....but how much power are we talking here? and what speakers?

Im referring to small speakers. Like my friend was gonna pick up 100 watt components or around there, and the amp he was recommending didnt match. The rms was i think 25- 50 watts higher to each speaker. He said that with small speakers though you can overpower them a little but not with subs.

[MassivEffect]

One of my set-ups I run 425 watts to each 250 rms sub, on another I run 500 watts to each 350 rms sub. on another I push 1800 watts to a 1500 rms sub. /shrug

I turn things up till I hear distortion then back it off a little. as long as I do that I never have any problems.

yesterday I did 30 minutes of test tones to a set of my xl's now I have problems lol.

dude thats crazy ive always been told to never do that. thanks for the info.

[MassivEffect]

the reason why im asking is cuz i always want everything to match perfect and be fully powered so i want to know if i could max my current

of future speakers capabilities by knowing if this is fact or fiction