What amp to buy

[slaubman]

I am upgrading the speakers on my 2014 Scarab 215. The head unit is a Kenwooid KMR-D375BT.

I am going with 4X JL M3-650X-S and 2X JL M3-770ETXv3 tower speakers.

Question is, what amp should I get for this system. I'm not looking to be heard 4 lakes over but want to ensure the speakers get the power they require.

Thanks.

 

[Julian]

I am upgrading the speakers on my 2014 Scarab 215. The head unit is a Kenwooid KMR-D375BT.

I am going with 4X JL M3-650X-S and 2X JL M3-770ETXv3 tower speakers.

Question is, what amp should I get for this system. I'm not looking to be heard 4 lakes over but want to ensure the speakers get the power they require.

Thanks.

Totally depends on your budget! If money is no object, I'd go with JL.

 

[slaubman]

I'm good going with JL and would appreciate any suggestions for specific amp models.

Thanks

 

[212s]

I am going with 4X JL M3-650X-S and 2X JL M3-770ETXv3 tower speakers.

Something like the M600/6 and run them all at a solid 75w each?

 

[Daddy Fat Sacs]

I would suggest a m800/8, run the 6.5 in parallel and then bridge the towers. Would be plenty of power for all the speakers.

I will say this tho, if you have the means,I’ve already been through this and I’m not a JL fanboy….but the M6 versus the M3’s truly is night and day! The 1 inch silk dome tweeters scream! I originally went with the M3’s and decided to try the 6’s and was shocked.

 

[212s]

I would suggest a m800/8, run the 6.5 in parallel and then bridge the towers. Would be plenty of power for all the speakers.

Bridging the 800/8 would push 200w to the towers which are only rated 75w. JL are conservative but their amps are under-rated too and that's a lot of RMS power for M3 speakers.

The M6 towers would be much better suited to the 800/8 bridged, and loud, but OP said he didn't need it too loud.

 

[Daddy Fat Sacs]

Bridging the 800/8 would push 200w to the towers which are only rated 75w. JL are conservative but their amps are under-rated too and that's a lot of RMS power for M3 speakers.

The M6 towers would be much better suited to the 800/8 bridged, and loud, but OP said he didn't need it too loud.

Sorry but you’re wrong. The rms is 70w for those towers with a peak of 225w. Pushing 200w into those would be dam near perfect

 

[212s]

Sorry but you’re wrong. The rms is 70w for those towers with a peak of 225w. Pushing 200w into those would be dam near perfect

I was wrong on the RMS, I was thinking of the amp at 75w. However no 70w speaker can handle 225w that I've seen. And from JL's website:

"For best results, we recommend powering these systems with an amplifier in the 25-140 W per channel range"

I wouldn't pump 200w continuous into them - they're much smaller than the M6 speakers.

 

[Daddy Fat Sacs]

Well to each his own. Been doing audio upgrades for a few decades now and have always been a rule of thumb that it’s better to over power speakers then it is to under power them and this isn’t even overpowering them. 75w v 200w is a huge difference and I’m certain the JL’s can take that continuous power and sound phenomenal all at the same time even with it being the M3 line.