im looking at the hifonics zxi6.5c 6.5" component speaker set with a peak power handling of 1000W per pair and rms of 200W per pair. i was looking around for an amp and found a 600W sony. would this amp be enough to power the speakers without a problem?

 

Yeah, it will work fine. That 1000w peak power handling spec is worthless--forget you ever saw it. What you are looking for is the RMS power. Not sure about the Sony, but I would bet it is not a true 600w RMS.

But let's say the Sony is 600W RMS, 300 watts a channel. And your speakers handle 200 watts per channel. That is fine as long as you don't overdrive your speakers and blast them until they distort or bottom out.

More likely the Sony is putting out 300 watts total RMS, this too is fine for you the speakers you mentioned.

I really wish the stereo manufacturers would stop with all these confusing sales gimics, because that is all they are.

Hope this helps, good luck!

 

alright thanks alot. i usually never have my speakers very loud. rarely do i blast it. only to just make an appearance for a short time. thanks

 

also, the amp is a 4 channel, so would that have an affect on anything?

 

Four channel is even better. So are the speakers 100w RMS per channel, or 200w RMS per channel? You wrote 200w per pair, so not sure how it is broken down.

With a 4 channel amp you will run two channels to the component speakers, and then you can run the other two to subs, or rear speakers.

You may be able to bridge the channels to make it a two channel amp as well. You only need a 2 channel amp for a set of component speakers. each channel runs into a passive crossover which then splits the audible spectrum and sends the highest highs to the tweeter and everything below that to the mid.

 

yea its 100w per speaker.

 

easiest way to figure out the "true" power your sony amp will give you is take your total amperage of fuses and multiply them by 14.4, that will give you the max possible power the amp can put out. example. if you have two 25amp fuses, you would have 50amps. 50 x 14.4 = 720 watts. divide that per channel and you will get 180 watts MAX per channel. be sure to get a very good ground on your amp, sony amps like to amplify engine noise. the 14.4 is the maximum voltage your battery will see in your vehicle. realistically it may drop into the low 12's with your vehicle on and some accesoires running. this in turn will lower your power of course. what model amp is it?