Audiobahn ACX692 6x9’s?

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Topic: Audiobahn ACX692 6x9’s?

Posted By: The Distortion
Subject: Audiobahn ACX692 6x9’s?
Date Posted: December 21, 2002 at 7:16 PM

I looked everywhere on the web before asking you guys,even tried to email them via their website yet it was out of order.(their email)

All I want to know is the minimum wattage requirement of this 6x9 . All I can find everywhere is it saying 175RMS . I want to run it off a H/U rated at 22RMS per channel, yet don't want it if I am not giving it enough to sound clear at lower volumes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS...may you all get most excellent car audio equipment! posted_image

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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: December 21, 2002 at 7:58 PM

You should be fine running the ACX692’s off of the head unit. You will not have any problems at lower volume levels. But what happens is at higher levels your head unit starts to max out and instead of pumping out clean power it will put out distorted power. Distortion is what blows speakers not too little or too much wattage. So at higher levels if your speakers start to distort just turn it down a little and you should be fine. If you want to be able to get more volume out of them with out them distorting then get an amp. µThose speakers also have an outboard X-over so be sure to adjust it for best sound. On some systems it sounds better in full range and in some it sounds better in high pass so try both modes and then choose which one sounds best to you.

Posted By: FullForce
Date Posted: December 23, 2002 at 5:45 AM

the ACX's are power hungry ... they will indeed sound fine at low volumes but they also dont really shine without some good amplified power ... none of that mosfet crap in the radio either :)