Noob here, please be gentle :D

[Kieran263]

This will most likely be a noob question but nevertheless.

If I have a full set of 4 splits with 70 W RMS and 210 peak watts @ 2ohm's each. Will there be any problems with running them with a 4 channel amp good for 4x150 W RMS @ 2ohm's?

I guess my basic question is can you put too much power through a speaker?

Sorry in advance for what is most likely to be a silly question but I would rather be safe than sorry.

[HCVP]

You can put too much power into a speaker, but to damage the speaker from over powering, it would be driven to the point of distortion, and then beyond. So any extra power dosent really matter, it's just reffered to as headroom, and is a good thing. You can have as much extra power as you like.

I see no problems wiring in series them to the amp, but depending on the purpose of the application, i wouldn't do it myself..

But once again, how do you keep coming up with all this 2 ohm equipment, and why?

There's only a handful of 2 ohm speakers that i know of, and from what i know, they are designed to be used with certain 2 ohm specific amps used by some car manafactuers. (this is just something i have read in the past)

Everything else, is 4 ohm, subwoofers excluded...

[Philthy]

The amp puts out 150wrms with the gain all the way up. Simply don't turn it all the way up and you won't be overpowering the speakers. If you have never setup a stereo before it is a safe option to have someone around who knows what they are doing so you don't go damaging your equipment.

What model numbers are the amp and splits?
I haven't seen a lot (or any) of 2ohm splits or 4ch amps around

[Kieran263]

They're JBL 6.5 GTO608C splits. And wanted to keep it in the family with a JBL GTO1004 4 channel amp.
So I should be looking for 4ohm gear?

[HCVP]

The gain dosen't have an affect on the amount of power an amp puts out.

The gain controls are used to match the amplifer's gain to that of other amplifiers, or sources in the system.

[HCVP]

Yes, you should be looking at 4 ohm components, unless you are looking at 2 ohm for a specific reason.

[Kieran263]

No I'm not looking specifically 2ohm gear, just found some sets for really cheap.
I'm in no hurry so I'll keep looking. Thanks for the advice once again

[acarmody]

I don't see any problem with buying 2-ohm speakers. If the amp can take it then why not? Lots of 4-channel amps are constantly running at 2-ohms each channel, when people bridge two channels to run a sub, it runs each channel at 2-ohms.

Does it make some difference to the sound quality that I don't know off ?

[HCVP]

Making the amp run at a lower impedance by using a 2 ohm speaker has an effect of the damping factor.

Wiring 2 ohm speakers in series to keep the impedance levels at 4 ohm, is not reccomended either from a sound quality point of view.

This is why most amps have a base impedance of 4 ohms, as do speakers when talking car audio components.