Very very quick question, please help :)

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   Hi everyone!
I'm new to this forum as I have only just started to piece together a sound system, I'm a bit confused as to whether my amp is powerful enough to power the speakers I'm getting (I will be getting the speakers regardless and upgrading the amp if not) I'm getting 4 celestion dl4 speakers which run at 10-75w, my amp however, only provides 30w/channel with 4 speaker ports... does this mean I would ideally need an amp which runs at 75 watts/channel? Is that how it works?
My brother used to run this amp with 2 dl4's and 2 other 20w speakers... but they just arent good quality and I've fallen in love with the dl range. thankyou very much if you can help! I'd be really greatful! 
Joe.

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jrbrown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 21 February 2012 Location: Leeds, England Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrbrown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Very very quick question, please help :) Posted: 21 February 2012 at 6:07pm
	Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum as I have only just started to piece together a sound system, I'm a bit confused as to whether my amp is powerful enough to power the speakers I'm getting (I will be getting the speakers regardless and upgrading the amp if not) I'm getting 4 celestion dl4 speakers which run at 10-75w, my amp however, only provides 30w/channel with 4 speaker ports... does this mean I would ideally need an amp which runs at 75 watts/channel? Is that how it works? My brother used to run this amp with 2 dl4's and 2 other 20w speakers... but they just arent good quality and I've fallen in love with the dl range. thankyou very much if you can help! I'd be really greatful! Joe.

djeddie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 26 April 2004 Location: Bristol Status: Offline Points: 2044	Post Options Post Reply Quote djeddie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2012 at 7:38pm
	For home listening and as long as you're not gonna turn the bass up to maximum, then they'll be fine. Welcome to the forum btw.
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crucial Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 26 September 2009 Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote crucial Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2012 at 7:50pm
	As a general rule of thumb for home listening/hi-fi you should use an amp that is no more than half the max rating of the speakers. Thus your 75w speakers should be fine with up to about 40w amp. Any more than that and it becomes too easy to blow your home speakers!
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infrasound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 13 May 2011 Location: brstl/leics Status: Online Points: 1257	Post Options Post Reply Quote infrasound Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2012 at 7:55pm
	Another note, (very) generally speaking you'll be fine hooking two speakers to each channel. More than that can stress the amplifier.

jrbrown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 21 February 2012 Location: Leeds, England Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrbrown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 February 2012 at 5:39pm
	Thank you very much! someone has just told me that the 10-75w figure I gave you is for a pair, meaning that each individual speaker is half of that... each individual speaker is 5-37.5w and the amp puts out 35w per channel making the speakers very slightly overpowered for my amp, will this damage my amp or speakers?

Earplug Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 03 January 2012 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Earplug Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 February 2012 at 6:40pm
	It depends a bit on whether the amp is 35w into 4 or 8 ohm. And you´re more likely to damage the speakers before the amp! The important thing is to use your ears and not drive the speakers into distortion. If you find that the amplifier runs out of power (clips) before the speakers feel that they are working at their maximum, then maybe you do need a bigger amp. Otherwise don´t worry too much about it.
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