Stupid amp question

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Topic: Stupid amp question

Posted By: iairj84
Subject: Stupid amp question
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 10:06 PM

I had a friend tell me that if i got a amp to power my rear speakers that i could hook up the speaker outputs from the stereo to the amp and gain the extra 104 watts of output, is this true?

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Posted By: nedgeworth
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 10:23 PM

heheh.... your friend sure is believing in something weird there!!!

Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 10:24 PM

NO if you have an amp that puts out 100 watts and the head unit puts out 50 watts you will still only have 100 watts of power. If the amp has a high input (speaker wire input) it will then convert it to a low signal and amplify that.

Posted By: iairj84
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 10:57 PM

forgive mine and his stupidity, but another dumb one.... can i hook up the speakers to both at the same time or will that blow everything?>

Posted By: nedgeworth
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 11:23 PM

You guessed right there. Never advisable to hook up a speaker to 2 different amps even if they are the same model amp.

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