Ignantfi3d Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 ok... in my 96 golf, I have 4 6-1/2" Menace audio speakers (mid range, loud vocals) in each of my doors. Each speaker is rated at 250watts rms in 8ohm. I have been running them on my audiobahn 4channel bridged in 4 ohms a channel, utilizing both left side speakers on the left channel, and both right ones for the right channel. I read that my audiobahn puts out somewhere around 150 a channel in 4ohms, but I want something a bit louder being as these say they are rated for 250rms (probably not entirely true, but close). I went back to the place I bought them from and picked up an 800watt 2 channel Sony(I know, I know) amp. I installed it earlier, and adjusted the gain to about a tad more than halfway. Is this amp safe? What would be a good rms wattage for 2 8ohm speakers wired to 4ohm a channel with a rating of 250watts rms? If anything, I'll take the amp back for something else, as I already don't like it for lack of high-pass crossover controls. 1996 Vw Jetta Crunch 1500watt 1- Kicker 15" L7 @ 1ohm in a 4cu. ft. Ported Enclosure Tuned to 32Hz. 4- 6.5" Menace Door Speakers & 2- Menace super tweeters in the dash 139.11db @ 40hz (6/2010..old amp setup)
~digital~bass~ Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 All that highs for 1 15" L7? Car Audio + Bodyboarding/Longboarding = LIFE!!!
splzx3 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 ok... in my 96 golf, I have 4 6-1/2" Menace audio speakers (mid range, loud vocals) in each of my doors. Each speaker is rated at 250watts rms in 8ohm. I have been running them on my audiobahn 4channel bridged in 4 ohms a channel, utilizing both left side speakers on the left channel, and both right ones for the right channel. I read that my audiobahn puts out somewhere around 150 a channel in 4ohms, but I want something a bit louder being as these say they are rated for 250rms (probably not entirely true, but close). I went back to the place I bought them from and picked up an 800watt 2 channel Sony(I know, I know) amp. I installed it earlier, and adjusted the gain to about a tad more than halfway. Is this amp safe? What would be a good rms wattage for 2 8ohm speakers wired to 4ohm a channel with a rating of 250watts rms? If anything, I'll take the amp back for something else, as I already don't like it for lack of high-pass crossover controls. each speaker will get 1/2 of the output so i would say it fine but dont hold me 2 that ________________________________________________________________________ deepsilencer, on 22 Aug 2011 - 17:32, said: splzx3, on 22 Aug 2011 - 17:27, said: i had my fun on one of his videos...till he blocked me then i got my mother into it lol after her he closed the comments xD lol your mom is a G! WTF, I never thought I'd have a conversation about cross dressers and trans-genders on a car audio forum.
Ignantfi3d Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Posted June 13, 2009 All that highs for 1 15" L7? whats wrong with that? 1996 Vw Jetta Crunch 1500watt 1- Kicker 15" L7 @ 1ohm in a 4cu. ft. Ported Enclosure Tuned to 32Hz. 4- 6.5" Menace Door Speakers & 2- Menace super tweeters in the dash 139.11db @ 40hz (6/2010..old amp setup)
mxer111 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 I dont think you'll be hurting the mids any but i wouldn't ever recommend using a Sony amplifier in the first place. It sounds like your fishin for a reason to take it back cause you don't like it... If so here's my reason, It's a Sony. But aside from that like i said it shouldn't HURT anything. Looking for a CRX to get back in the game. And a gas tank for my 01 r6. Hit the PM
Chris from Mi Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 what is the model of the sony, i bet it doesnt do anywhere close to 800 rms Orion 2500D, Jbl Gto 75.4 Team Wolfpack Audio FSQ 15" d2, mb quart xover, tweets peerless 6.5 mids Alpine cda-105 optima up front Knu klm 1/0
Ignantfi3d Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Posted June 14, 2009 what is the model of the sony, i bet it doesnt do anywhere close to 800 rms I know it's not gonna do anywhere near what it says, I just wanted something with a higher wattage. Here is the amp I got : Sony XMCR 1252 Looking at those numbers, it seems I can crank that amp and still be safe, correct? 1996 Vw Jetta Crunch 1500watt 1- Kicker 15" L7 @ 1ohm in a 4cu. ft. Ported Enclosure Tuned to 32Hz. 4- 6.5" Menace Door Speakers & 2- Menace super tweeters in the dash 139.11db @ 40hz (6/2010..old amp setup)
Boon Posted June 15, 2009 Report Posted June 15, 2009 That amp makes 2x125w @ 4 ohms. So you're getting about 60w per speaker. I'd say you're pretty safe - it's probably less power than the Audiobahn was giving them. If you bought another Sony and bridged one to each side, that would be a different story. Maybe 300w to each side, 150w per speaker? Or you could take the amp back and get something like a Sundown SAX100.4 or DAT 125.4 which would give you about 150w into each... 10.x volts fo' life!
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