kietlander

first i wanna ask, is it ok to underpower components? its asking for 150 watts rms. and i cant seem to find an amp that will push 150 x 4 @ 2 ohms. anyone have ideas? onlh thing i found that comes close is alphasonik 120x4 @ 2 ohms. and it has to be a 5 channel amp.

vin 78

Phoenix Gold Xenon 200.4, 200 wrms x 4
xenon 200.4

Good luck finding an amp that has more then 125wrms + a sub channel...maybe the Memphis Belle, I'm not too familiar w/ Memphis products however.

That PG amp can power your front components and a sub(s) with no sweat. Power the rears w/ the h/u.

kietlander

im goin to have components in front and back.

engin_ear

iTrader: (1)

better to slightly overpower it, or underpower with a clean amp. if you underpower with an amp that has poor characteristics, as you turn up the volume you will drive you speaker with high power distortion, which is the most common cause of kentucky fried speakers.

kietlander

hahahaah

i guess i will get 2 amps. i really dont want to. but i guess i must.

vin 78

You hit the nail on the head!
I'm powering my front 4"comps w/ 150+wrms ea. and my 8" door midbass w/ 150+wrms ea. also.
A lot of people buy really expensive speakers (i.e. Boston Pro /MB Quart Q series which needs100-150wrms) and power it w/ 50wrms?
If you only have 50watts, then why not just buy speakers that on need 50 rms?

kietlander

i was thinking of underpowering by like 25 only. i reason i want a 5 channel is i only need 200 watts rms for the sub. looks weird if u have one big 4 channel and a tiny mono.

can i run 4 component sets off a 2 channel amp? crutchfield has a MB quart 2 channel amp pushing 400x2 @ 2 ohms for $225. ill get 4 ohm components instead of the 2 ohms i was goin with.

vin 78

(first part) If you must, you could get away w/ it.

(secound part) You could run your speakers at 2 ohms..., but why???
You will not have any control over your front and rear speakers. Your front and rear is going to play at the exact same level
I would rather have less power and individual channels. then a lot of power and no control over the F/R speakers.

When was the last time you went to a concert and the performer was playing behind you?

kietlander

the speakers i want come in either 4 ohm or 2 ohm.

vin 78

Well that's a different story...if you run (2) a pair of speakers to one channel and then it would be 2 ohms, but, if you run (1) speaker per channel, the load will be what ever the speaker is (4 or 2 ohms).

It seems that you are running the ID Chameleon's...nice choice!

kietlander

hehe yeap.

should i underpower the speakers by 25-30 watts. or should i overpower them ??? i found an alphasonik amp that will give me 120 x4 @ 2ohms + 200x1 for the sub. ill be goin with ID10 v3 btw.

vin 78

Go for it.
I actually prefer the ID v.3 's over the IDQ's

be sure to dynamat your doors, the chameleon's produce a nice amount of midbass!

kietlander

thats y i picked them ....compensate for only having one 10.