Lets take a look at that speaker -> http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_13963_Infinity-Kappa-62.9I.html
Its rated 75Watts.

Right here, I got a Guitar tube amp.

Rated at 15Watts. Its powering a 12" Speaker. It can make you ears bleed in a 10'x10' Room

Besides it, theres a 100Watt amp powering 4x 12" Speakers.

In my other room, I got a 100Watt JVC Amp I think. Worth 1000$. Plugged on 2x 15". I cannot go past 4 on the dial.

Let say I plug that 75Watt speaker on my 15Watt Amp and Crank it up, what's going to happen you think ? I don't understand how wattage is rated. These are all RMS Values.

woah slow down buddy


the 15 watt amp is running off of ac current and running higher frequencies seems louder but is distorted im guessing. what 4 x 12"s and what amp. because hooking one 12 up at 100 watts rms is less than a fart usually. and 100 watt jvc amp? for home? and 1000$ is way way off. i think u got the numbers backward. 139 for a 1000 watt jvc. and they suck. You never want to look at max watts.
match the rms of the sub to an amp and its that easy.

I dont understand your post, are you talking about subwoofers or speakers? You posted a link to a speaker yet you are talking about like four 12s and two 15s. Are you comparing high frequencies to low frequencies? Your ears are much more sensitive to higher frequencies which is why it doesn't take near as much power to push a subwoofer than it does to push a speaker. 150 db at say 8000hz is much different than 150 db at 35 hz.

Either way, just look at the RMS of what you want to power and find an amp that does that RMS power and you'll be good to go.

The 100 Watt amp is a guitar amp. Solid State and pushing 4x 12" Speakers.
http://peaveyguitar.net/files/2010/09/-72991904423327350.jpg

Thats my Dream Amp, Mesa Boogie 150Watts, on 8x 12'' Speakers (right one)
http://www.mesaboogie.com/amplitudes/2004/NammJan04/NewsltrPhotos2-04/NAMMBig/750-8x10-Triple%20Stack%20-%20NAMM%20-%201-15-04.jpg



I'm trying to understand the massive difference between Wattage on Guitar Amps and Other Audio.

For the JVC, I doubt ill find much info on it, its pretty old and hella Heavy. 1000$ incl speakers.

Home audio & car audio is very different from what ive seen. My old roomate was in a band for years & he has some serious equipment like you are talking about. One of his high end stacks was like 500 watts with 6 12's or something & like you are saying @ half way your ears are hurting. Now my 500watt rms amp in my car running 2 10's is so much quieter its not even funny. From what ive seen quality > power. My bros old buddy used to own an audio store & on like 1500 watts his truck was STUPID loud but its was all ridiculously high end mid's, high's, & low's im talking like $15K+

tube amps are a completely different ball game. they are rated completely differently than solid state amplifiers.

i had a hartke 500 rms rack and used to hook it up to 2 12" soundstreams in sono tube all the time. I think the frequencies are alot higher for instrument subs. when i hooked up my soundstreams they where much much lower than my peavy 15's

The 100Watt Peavey Amp is SolidState btw.

Here's a crazy stupid holy shit balls amp
600Watt
16x 12'' Speakers.
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7mvH8wFdE

This post was edited by WhDemon on Apr 19 2012 02:32pm

whats that amp pick up tho like 200-20k hz?

Rated power and load:
100 W RMS into 16, 8 or 4 Ohms
Frequency Response :
+0 dB, -3 dB, 50 Hz to 38kHz @ 60 W RMS into 16 Ohms