oops is too much power bad

[sdmf]

hey guys, i accidentally bought the wrong amp, i was looking for a 1000w mono amp and accidentally got a 1000w, 2 channel amp, its a ppi a1000. its rated at the following
# 1000 Watts max
# 175 Watts x 2 @ 4 ohms
# 250 Watts x 2 @ 2 ohms
# 500 Watts x 1 @ 4 ohm
# bridged (mono) load indepence in stereo:2-8 ohms
# load indepence in bridged:4-8 ohms
# Amplifier efficiency is 50% into 2 ohm load at max power.

i was considering using it to power up a set of component speakers rated at 100w rms max 200w. so can i use this amp to power up the speakers at 4ohms and will it be fine or its too much power for the speakers to handle. or should i just look for 2 subs and use the amp to power it up.

[staticorex]

You can't give speakers too much power. They just won't use what they don't need. You can run the speakers off it if you want. It would be a huge waste though. I say run the subs. My 4 JL's are set to two 500/1's and I've never had a problem. So 1000/2 should be huge.

[seriousfun]

More power = more headroom. The ability to play with less distortion.

It's more likely to blow a speaker with a small amp run to distortion than with a large amp run clean. You can, on loud transients, have so much power that you push a voicecoil out of the magnet gap, but that is rare.

Enjoy the headroom!

[sdmf]

sweet, i got it a low price so it should be a good, basically gonna run a 3 speaker setup, a pair of components and a sub, that should be good with optimum angles

[nauc]

sell it and buy a couple of these, hurry tho, while supplies last

http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductCart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=125

some of the amps are going for $129.. reg $489

heres the regular prices.. http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductCart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=99

[slvryaris]

Never can have too much power.