alright, heres the deal...some help please

Ricky V · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 169 City: Fort Myers

this is what i have decided on for tower speakers. or at least some of my options:

The Northern Lights Speaker bar... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3603297470&category=15272

that is my first choice in which i would use this amp...Kicker 800 wats 4 channel (one for eeach speaker)... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3017733643&category=4950

the rest of my choices if this is not good or i am overlooking something are the following...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3603997181&category=23807

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3603481910&category=23807

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3603284211&category=23807

please help me out and respond if you konw anything or have any input or see a problem here. for the last 3 speakers shoudl i get a two cahnnel amp because you want one channel for each speaker you have right?

thanks again,
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Ricky V · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 169 City: Fort Myers

and another question, does the ohms need to match up or what. whats the deal with ohms, rms, etc. what should i look out for when finding an amp to power speakers?

k2_mn · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 12:29 pm Post subject:

Ricky I think the northern lights bar is a rip off. The cans are ok.
When it comes to an amp heres how it works if you have an amp rated at 100watts@4ohms thats what wattage it puts out while hooked up to a 4ohm speaker. If you have an eight ohm speaker the power output is cut in half 50watts.
But if you have a 2 ohm speaker "dual 4ohm voice coils or two 4 ohm speakers wired 'in line,'" then the power is doubled and is 200watts.

skinautique1985 · Outlaw Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 140 City: Yuba CIty,CA

Personally, I wouldnt buy from e-bay due to the amount of crappy remanufactured product out there. For my tower speakers, I went with a box unfilled from LoudLiquid www.loudliquid.com and filled them with 6X9's from www.onlinecarstereo.com, which brought the total to $600, and fot the amp, I went with a Phoenix Gold XS-4300 amp.

Ricky V · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 169 City: Fort Myers

ok k2 thanks, that clears things up a bit. what is RMS though?

Millertyme · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 12:48 pm Post subject:

Ya but the loudliquid speakers and box are twice the price?

Millertyme

Ricky V · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 169 City: Fort Myers

ok i have just found out that the northern lights system does NOT fit my tower so those are out of the question. the others were just backups, but are they any good. i kinda want more than just 2 speakers on my tower, thats why i light the NL system, it had 4 speakers. any suggestions?

Millertyme · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject:

Buy the speakers like I did and make your own bracket. I bought those speakers (4 of them) on ebay for $20.00! The bracket is super simple.

Millertmye

Ricky V · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 169 City: Fort Myers

are they good speakers?

boehnkew · Outlaw Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 112 City: Kennewick, WA

k2_mn · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 4:48 pm Post subject:

Let me put that in english for you RMS is the normal wattage that the speakers can handle. It is usually the point at which the speakers start to distort.