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My rms for speakers is 120 and my amp is 150 rms, the peak for the speaker 240 will this work?

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Old 12-30-2003, 03:12 PM
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Default My rms for speakers is 120 and my amp is 150 rms, the peak for the speaker 240 will this work?
will I damage my speakers?
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shouldn't be a problem.....which amp and which speaks?
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Default Re: shouldn't be a problem.....which amp and which speaks?
I have a soundstormv300.4 with alpine 5x7s.
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I wouldn't worry about it.
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If you're worried, keep the amp gain turned down slightly.
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Default that will work fine
if anything, its better to slightly overpower speakers, and limit the gain than underpower them.
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