Total power output

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Topic: Total power output

Posted By: da5176
Subject: Total power output
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 10:10 PM

I'm wanting to get an amp for my speakers and want to maximize the RMS wattage to the speakers. My HU puts out 22 RMS per channel. When adding an amp (say 80 watts per channel RMS) by way of the pre-out from the HU is the total RMS the HU + the amp for 102 RMS, or is the HU's internal amp then bypassed and only the power from the amp powering the speakers at 80 RMS? I don't want to put too much power into my speakers but as much as they can handle. Thanks.

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Posted By: aceracer24
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 10:14 PM

HU unit's amp is bypassed and you will only get the watts from the other amp.

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