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Does a equalizer add watts to your stereo?
My stereo is 14watts rms x 4 and my equalizer that I just installed is Watts Stereo about 15watts rms x 4. So if it added that watts, I would be getting about 30watts rms to one speaker? Or not?I hooked up left output of equalizer to both left speaker and right output from equalizer to both right speakers.
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The Word Your looking for is Decibel. And Different Systems Have different Watt to Decibel Ratios But normally 1 RMS Watt is Equivalent To 30 Db.
Most stock system push between 12 and 16 watts RMS per channel. The most an aftermarket pushes is 22 watts RMS per channel.
No, the sound quality won’t be diminished.Wattage rating on speakers simply tells you how much power they can take before being damaged. 50 watts will make most speakers unbearably loud.Additional wattage from an amplifier does provide more headroom for transients, but the improvement is very subtle, few people can hear it.The biggest improvement you can make in sound quality is buying better speakers, the audible difference between electronic components is far less obvious.
The only real danger with speakers is not too much power but too little power. If you connected these speakers with a very cheap low power amp and turned up the volume all the way, you might drive the cheap amp into heavy distortion (clipping). That fed to the speakers could possibly damage them. However, many speakers would probably shut down before they were damaged.http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7813_102-0.html?forumID=60&threadID=148682&messageID=1660058
it depends how you wire them , and is the equalizer an amp or just an equalizer that can manage that much wattage. if it is a powered EQ and another AMP built in , then you would add the power together and get about 30 per speaker.
yep it’s likely your main amplifier is not switching off. It’s idling current draw might be as high as 5 amps, enough to run down your battery in ten hours or so. You need to wire it up correctly so it shuts off. You probably can hear some hiss coming from the speakers even with the key out. Or if you’ve been listening to it for too long, maybe you can’t. Find somebody with unimpaired hearing, they’ll tell you if there’s a remnant hiss.
You’re probably looking in the wrong price range and in the wrong stores. There are some with a little more than 100 watts like this Denon http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/3755.asp which is 150 watts/ch. If you really want a lot more power however a receiver is not the right way to go. In that case you should go for separates. Get yourself a nice preamp processor like an Anthem and external amplifiers. Then you can get as much power as you want. Alternatively you could get a receiver with preamp outputs and use external amplifiers for the main speakers only. The smaller built in amps should be sufficient for surrounds. This can reduce the number of boxes you need. For a good low cost amplifier I would suggest you look at Emotiva. For example this one… XPA-2 Two Channel Audio Power Amplifier 300 watts RMS x 2 into 8 ohms, 500 watts RMS x 2 into 4 ohms $799 Combine this with a decent receiver and you should have plenty of power.As for floor standing speakers requiring hundreds of watts, this isn’t really true. They may handle hundreds of watts but do not require it. The sensitivity is the key specification to look for. The more sensitive it is the less power it needs. A common misconception is that big speakers require a lot of power. In reality the reverse is true. Typically the bigger the speaker the less power it requires because it is usually more efficient. Bigger speakers thus have a double advantage for playing louder. They require less power but can handle more power. So they can be louder due to the lower power requirement and even louder because they can handle a lot.
The 50w x 4 rating on head units is the peak power normally they push out about 17-22watts per speaker. For the stereo go by the RMS watt not the peak and make sure the amp doesn’t exceed what your powering by about 10%.
No one has the same it all depends on the packages that you get But most of them have a nice sound.
about 10 to 20 watts,but will work if you are installing a new head unit.
daniel c said it all
Actually it is more like 6-15 watt rms
OY! With the poodles already!WHAT IS IT YOU WANT TO KNOW?!?!?IF IT’S SPECIFICS YOU WANT, GIVE A MANUFACTURER AND/OR A MODEL NUMBER.OTHER THAN THAT, STFU!!!!
What you find stock in cars is between 5-50 watts unless you opt for premium systems. High-end car stereos from manufacturers can output hundreds of watts. There is no hard and fast rule. I would call 350 watts quite adequate. There are people who like big numbers and don’t realize the physical limitations of human hearing.