Can six of these speakers be safely and conveniently powered from a 1000 or 1500 watt apmlifier? If not, kindly make recommendations.
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If your A/V amplifier/receiver has the outputs they work fine. My A/V receiver has separate 135 W amplifiers for each channel so it is no problem.
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JBL specifications are maximum amplifier power for the speaker at 150W and recommended power handling at 75W (peak of 300W). So, yes you should be fine with a 1000W or 1500W amplifier powering all six of the speakers since these speakers need to be run at 8 ohms. Note, I am assuming you are using a 2 channel home amplifier and have three speakers on each channel and when set to run at 8 ohms the amplifier will have a peak power of 200W for the 1000W unit and 300 for the 1500W unit. If you happen to mean a 1000W or 1500W receiver then just keep the maximum channel wattage to no more than 150W and you should be good. I personally run mine off of a Yamaha receiver that is rated at only 55W per channel and get great sound out of them.
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These speakers arer junk! Bad out of box. I bypassed one area to get working and the other failed after only a few hours of use. Factory warratny no good as they make you pay for the freight to have repaired and they are heavy! Do yourself a favor and buy a different brand!
302918
They don't take much ...a 1-2-3 channel amp 1200 watts is plenty of power for three of these ...look into cadence amps
1228260
I would imagine you can. This has circuitry protection built into it to protect it. I don't think it would matter the wattages as long as it's a balanced system between the 6 pairs of speakers.
1022864
It should be fine. They can only handle 600 watts of maximum power so just don't turn your amp above halfway and you should be fine.
1090594
The Pioneers TS-A6975R would do it with an amp of 300 watts RMS, because if you use something higher you could blow the speakers. The Kenwood Excelon X500-1 would do the job or something within that size.
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I'm running a 1000w Kenwood mono d series amp and it's doing a great job and sounds great. So I'd say 1000w to 1200w is the best safe route to go since it's only has a 700w RMS if your going for two though I'd say a 2000w would push them nicely
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Hi Willy well I` am only running Four 6.5 3way Pioneer 50 watts speakers. This is enough for my system. You might need something a little more powerful.
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Justin -Nice, very powerful speakers to began with (700 Watts). For PA, something like an XR 8300 wound be a good choice (2 x 300 Watts).That would give you 300W to the mains and 300W to the monitors.If you want to elaborate, please give me a call.Thanks,Hugh800-806-7774318-614-0422 Cell
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Nathaniel,A 4500 Watt may be just a little bit too much overkill for these speakers. They run at about 8 Ohms and 2200 Watts so in my suggestion a 3000 watt amp at the absolute highest. Remember you don't want to overpower and blow out the speakers but you don't want to under power and damage them either.
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well if your looking to go to the peak power 1600 true watts i have 2 on a 1200 watt amp and they sound good id probably get a 1500 watt mono block hifonics amp the one thats one ohm stable and wire the subs to one ohm and they will sound great
636728
what about speakers with 150-watt maximum input power? I'm a novice at this stuff.
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This amp should power them just fine. It just wouldn't be to the speakers' full potential. I believe this amp is only rated at 1300 watts rms which would be a little shy of the 1600 combined that the subs would use To reach that full potential. Of course if you don't want to risk blowing out your subs, being just shy of the speakers rms rating would be ideal.
12196
I have a 400 watt max amp that powers this speaker very efficiently. 1100 is a bit much I'd say
853242
Yes, they will take even almost double the power but still remain efficient enough for less power. You will be happy if you get these speakers as they sound sweet for the money and are a good match for the power you will feed them. If you got the room, try the floor standing model of this speaker with 2 6inch woofers and 1 horn if you plan on getting a more powerful amp in the future or are building a home theater system. These speakers also sound equally sweet for home theater as well as music. Hope this answer helps.
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I only send 1000 watts amp to 2 15" speakers so I guess 500watts for each speaker.
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Yes, that is OK. Just make sure to not over power them. Remember, the total power in will be divided in HALF, going to each speaker, so even if the 15" speaker can handle more, the total max power output of your amp shouldn't exceed twice the rating of the 12" speaker.
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I feed them 75 watts from a fosgate amp each. They can handle 100 fine too. They just try to take my doors apart over 75w.