I put infinity 6.5's in my doors and i wanna get a small 4 channel to amp them...how many watts should the amp be to make it sound nice without blowing them???? Should I follow the RMS wattage of the speakers or peak??

 

the rms, peak will blow the speakers, rms is the wattage that the speakers draw on average. The JL Audio e4300 is a good amp for this.

 

thanks ill check that one out...i was looking for something not too pricey just want to get a little more power out of the speakers... i was looking at the new kenwood 4 channel it seemed nice and cheaper too, think its worth it?

 

give em 75-100 rms. Usually, though, you can give em more power than they're rated for, as long as you don't clip the signal. The headroom can be good.

 

even if the rms is 60x4?

 

If the amp is sending a good clean signal out to the speakers then they shouldn't blow untill you feed them a stupidly high amount of wattage.

Make sure the speakers are highpassed at 80hz so you're not trying to turn them into subs. Trying to get too much bass out of them will blow them quickly for sure. You'll find that they will not distort nearly as quickly if they're highpassed like this.

Most amps will have a high pass filter for this. Alpine and other well made decks will have this feature in them to high pass front or rear RCA outputs. Alternatively you can use a capacitor to accomplish the same thing.

 

keeping my stock radio in......alright i have cut it do to either the kenwood 6401 which does 40x4 or clarion apa450 can anyone recommend which one to pick?? wanna make a good decision so if anyone know about these let me know! found both for around 100 btw....will 40x4 be good enough to make my 60x4 infinitys sound nice?

 

I'd take the clarion

 

You could get a 111x4 RMS Infinity 7540a. It's $200 on ebay the last time I looked. That is probably too much powerwise. Do you have kappas, refernce or perfect series?

Mooney

 

reference....i just bought brand new clarion 450 amp 100 shipped off ebay...seems like it will be perfect for the speakers no? says like 50x4 and the speakers are 60x4 i think so should sound just right...

 

That sounds right, good buy. I bought a 293RMS Infinity 7520a off ebay for $100 w/ free wiring kit. Good luck.

P.S. Tell me how the reference sounds when you get them in. I'm looking at kappa 62.5i or perfect 6.1 components.


Mooney

 

I already have the reference speakers installed i love infinity speakers for highs, for the price and sound, doesnt get much better.