Overpowering speakers by 10 watts OK?

[beavis195]

I just bought a JBL 50x4 amp and I have Infinity Reference 60 watt RMS up front, but in the rear I have Polk DX7's 40 watts RMS. Will I be okay to overpower the Polks by 10 watts? Thanks

 

[karl_burns]

You'll be fine

The definition of a speaker's rated RMS is how much current (in watts) can be put through a speaker for eight hours without the voice coils melting. So overpowering by a slight amount won't hurt ya.
Karl

 

[Flyhalf]

RMS is not the max wattage. The peak power handling on the dx7's is 130 watts. so your defnitly fine.

-t

 

[id92]

good to overpower but not to the extreme..underpower wears the speakers