What the meaning of RMS 200w + 200w PMPO 3400 watts?

Question

i want to put my two home speaker to my car but i don't have an idea whats the specs of the speaker and the amps to be used in this speaker

Model of the Stereo HCD - VX8
RMS 200w + 200W
PMPO 3400 watts
model of the speaker : SS VX8 6 ohms

in this case how about i will parallel the two speaker and the resistance will be 3 ohms and i will used an amp which is 4x400 will it work

in this case how about i will parallel the two speaker and the resistance will be 3 ohms and i will used an amp which is 4x400@4ohms will it work

Answer 1

"not enough power will create too much distortion and could blow the speaker." is a false statement.

If this were true, then people all over the world would be blowing speakers. Turning my volume down provides "too little" power and doesn't cause a problem. Low volume, low power.

You need to find out at what ohms the amp provides 200 watts RMS X 2 and match that to two subs rated for the same 200 watts RMS each at the same ohms each.

Distortion refers to any kind of deformation of a waveform, compared to the input.

Here are some more unknown truths:

I can drive speakers with a 100% clipped square wave signal all day long with no problems as long as the thermal and mechanical limits of the speaker are not exceeded.

I can feed a speaker 100% distortion all day long with no damage as long as the thermal and mechanical limits of the speaker are not exceeded.

I can exceed the thermal and/or mechanical limits of a speaker and watch it fail in short order.

These are electrical and physical truths and anything else is a myth.

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in this case how about i will parallel the two speaker and the resistance will be 3 ohms and i will used an amp which is 4x400@4ohms will it work

No, because I don't know of any 4-channel amp you can bridge to 1-channel.

Either way, you'll wind up buying new speakers.

Answer 2

RMS means Root Mean Squared. Basically all that means is your speakers need 200watts of power to run correctly. Too much power could melt the voice coil and blow the speaker and not enough power will create too much distortion and could blow the speaker. Some people might say that its better to put too little power but in your case if you were to put 175w on your speakers you would be fine but if you put on 50w and turn the volume up really loud you will be creating distortion in the speaker and it will blow. Distortion is that cracking sound that you might hear sometimes. Also another key spec is the 6ohm. This is how much resistance the speaker runs effectivley at. 6 ohm is a really weird number for a speaker. Usually they run at 2,4,8,16,etc. The ohm is how much resistance the amp will encounter as it pushes power to the speaker, too much resistance and you'll fry the amp, not enough and you'll fry the amp. Hope this helps, Good Luck

Answer 3

So the implication is you'll wire your subs parallel for 4 and bridge the amp, right? You'd want to be careful, but 500w to pair of 200w subs isn't excessive. Set your gain correctly, don't use much (if any) bass boost and they should be fine. Edit: great - Quaz is back. All the problems in the world and this guy wants to make his stand against people that don't like their music the same way he does. A read difference maker Quaz! Keep it up!

Answer 4

You need to get speakers that can handle the wattage your amp is putting out. Look up the specs for the speakers and it will tell you the max wattage they can handle. If you run too much power through them, you will pop cones, fuse wires, etc.

Answer 5

200w Rms

Answer 6

I think it sounds like alot of watts and power.