Hi guys,

I have a question concerning my audio setup.

I have a scosche amp thats 800W max, tested at about 416 W rms. Im getting some infinity speakers; two 4" 2 ohm 35W rms and two 6.5" 2 ohm 90 rms speakers.

Im planning on using 2 channels for speakers, a four and six inch speaker on each. Now by math each channel should get 100W rms, and the speakers should consume 125 RMS. Now the specs on the site say its actually 75W rms @ 2.5 ohm per channel, which is even less..

Will this make a difference? will there not be enough power to power them?

Also, Im wondering about how power works....will the speakers take the power they need? what i mean is, do the 4 inch and 6.5 inch split the power proportionally or does it split the power in half, underpowering and overpowering the other...make sense?

any help would be great, ive always wondered this...

thx
Eddy

 

sounds like you've got a 2 channel amp and you're trying to put in a set of front speakers and a set of rears? you're gonna need a 4 channel amp to start with.....or 2 2-channel amps.

what are your system goals....sound, number of speakers, subs in use, etc? might wanna start by stating that and then we can go from there.

 

damn beat me to the 4 channel or 2-2 channel amp advice....haha

 

lol.....yeah he just kinda needs to figure out what he's going after, then he can get some comps

 

sorry about the confusion..

its a 4 channel amp... 2 channels are bridged and runing to a 12" sub, somewhere around 150W rms.

This leaves two channels which im going to use for the front four speakers, leading to have a 4" and a 6.5" speaker on each channel (left and right). so again the 4" speakers im getting are 35W rms and the 6.5"s are 90W rms, so 125 rms on each side/channel...

again the amp was rated at 416 RMS, so this could mean that about 104rms each channel...yet website says 75W RMS @ 2.5 ohm per channel

now i know this might not be the best solution, best would be one speaker per channel, but ive been doing two speakers in parallel on each channel for left and right nad bridged for my single sub...is this ok?


Im just loking for a loud system that can handle all sorts of music, rock, acoustic, etc...

did i miss something?

thx

 

The amp was bench tested? Either way you waould have to run the speakers is series which would give you a 4 ohm load. you can't run in parallel because this amp as far as I can tell can't see a1ohm load. I would make some changes

 

Will it work? Yes.
Will it sound good? That's based on your personal opinion. If you're just looking for "louder", then yes. If you're looking for quality, then probably not.
To answer your initial question, the power will be split evenly between the two speakers on each channel based on the fact that the speakers are the same impedance, which is similar to resistance on a typical electrical circuit.
The BEST solution would be to skip the idea of using the 6" and 4" together, and save your pennies to buy a good quality component set. Then, you'd have the benefit of a proper passive X-Over between the tweet and driver as well as proper power distribution between the two. This will ultimately allow for a better increase in gain, making your system louder AND cleaner.