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Feb 22, 2007 | 06:55 PM

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Coastietech

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From: Portsmouth, Va

hey Dave did you see my question above? Wasn't sure if you missed it or not. Any help would be awesome thanks.

Feb 22, 2007 | 07:14 PM

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BigDave4

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From: The Great State of Texas

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Originally Posted by Coastietech

Hey Dave I hate to thread drift but I can't pm and i have a quick question. Why is it bad to run a rear fill off your HU? Can I damage my speakers by running them off of my HU? They say that the operating wattage is 50-130wRMS. My HU puts out 18wRMS so I think I am under-powering my rear fill. Can this damage them? Also should I worry about over-powering my sub? It is rated for 300wRMS and my amp is rated for 550wRMS @2 ohms. My sub is a 4ohms DVC and it is wired for 2 ohms. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I did miss this. Sorry. I don't think it's bad to run it off of the HU at all. I think this is the only way to run it actually. I would always make better use of amplifier power than to use it on rear fill. My comment is that some people think that rear fill does more harm than good. Especialy from a sound quality standpoint. I don't necessarily have a strong feeling about it either way. What I know is that I would rather have a bit of sound back there than none.

You will not damage the speakers running them off of the HU.

You will damage that sub if you push too much power to it.

Check out these two threads about setting your amps...

Amp Setting Tutorial

Setting Gains

Feb 22, 2007 | 07:15 PM

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BigDave4

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From: The Great State of Texas

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Originally Posted by referee54

Thank you very much---did you purchase the Alpine from the same place as the speakers?

TSC

I got the 9813 many moons ago and it has been a fine companion for a long time. It's just time to move up in the world. Right now, it is probably the weakest link to my system overall. Well, besides that fact that I am running rear fill.