Amps and speakers

Posted by Joe Williams on December 25, 2017 at 12:33pm

As I've said before, I'm pretty ignorant in matters electronic, but trying to learn. I have a couple of Kicker 3" two way car speakers on the shelf. Pretty heavy magnets. Can I use these with any of the amp circuitry kits here or are the power requirements too great?

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  • Joe Williams December 26, 2017 at 2:42pm

    Cool, I'll give it a try, thanks.

  • John Sawyer December 26, 2017 at 12:18am
    Absolutely! I use 4" car speakers with sub 1W amps. They work great...
    • Joe Williams > John Sawyer December 26, 2017 at 3:32pm

      While you're here, I also have a pair of old powered computer speakers which could be hacked into. The converter/wall plug says 16V. Could I power that with 2 9V batteries?

    • Gus K > Joe Williams March 27, 2018 at 9:56am

      How many AMPs does the wall wart specify?

  • Joe Williams December 25, 2017 at 4:39pm
    Using one of the little 2.5w amp circuit kits here, with a 9v battery?
  • Gary Stenzel December 25, 2017 at 4:35pm

    I totally agree with John.

  • John Sawyer December 25, 2017 at 3:46pm
    The speaker power is a maximum value. I,use car speakers all the time for amps.... They will work...
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