How much power can I put on a pair of TI9s?

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:22 am

Does anybody know how much power per side I can throw at a pair of TI9s?

flogger11 · Post by **flogger11** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:57 am

Pretty much as much power as you have! LOL!

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:08 am

I'm trying to Figure out if I need a Ti600.2 or Ti500.4. 150x2 or 250x2?

flogger11 · Post by **flogger11** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:17 am

IMHO 150 x 2 would be plenty!

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:35 am

I plan to have 2 Ti12d elites on 2 Ti1200.1s and i want to make sure the 9s can keep up!

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:26 pm

The RMS rating is 350w.

http://download.phoenixphorum.com/Manua ... manual.pdf

thedeal7235 · Post by **thedeal7235** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:56 pm

i think the 150 by 2 would be good, however i run one set of ti6.5s(mid only ) bridged off of my 500.4(250by 2, and they handle them NO PROBLEM! so, maybe go with more power for more headroom- my opinion though, btw, did they arrive today???

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:59 pm

I like headroom. I think your right. I'm in Portland today so I won't know if they show up till monday.

thedeal7235 · Post by **thedeal7235** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:06 pm

its weird, b/c the min. rms to the ti 5s or 6.5s is 75 watts, when i hook them up to my 600.2 at 150 by 2, i can make them bottom out, but once i put 250 on 'em, they PURRR...., like a kitten(that sucks, well, let me know when u get them-Christian

Post by **mhyde71** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:12 pm

thedeal7235 wrote:its weird, b/c the min. rms to the ti 5s or 6.5s is 75 watts, when i hook them up to my 600.2 at 150 by 2, i can make them bottom out, but once i put 250 on 'em, they PURRR...., like a kitten(that sucks, well, let me know when u get them-Christian

i dont understand.. how could that be??

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:27 pm

Probaly because with the 600.2 he was trying to listen to them @ 200wattsx2 when the music peaked and was clipping the amp, but with the 500.4 he had the headroom for the peaks in his music. Something like that anyway.

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:44 pm

Headroom does not come from not having enough power. Quite the opposite. If 'headroom' is really what you meant.

I run 400 w/chnl to mine.

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:50 pm

gkitching wrote:Headroom does not come from not having enough power. Quite the opposite. If 'headroom' is really what you meant.

I run 400 w/chnl to mine.

What I ment was that with 150x2 he didn't have the power he wanted so he was probaly clipping his amp to get it. with 250x2 he solved his problem by creating a buffer between his optimal listening level and the amps maximum power output, ie "headroom"

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:03 pm

oops .. sorry I missed that. I'm a slow typer and get distracted easily before I can finish a post. Anyway, I was responding to your 4th post.

And yes, I agree with your analogy of thedeal's situation. Which will most likely be your situation .. trying to keep up with 2 - 1200's!

cojones · Post by **cojones** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:10 pm

Yeah, i think if i cross the mibass and subs just right i might trick myself into thinking i don't need another pair of Ti9s. I had 2 pairs of the crappy SSMB8s and because the higher frequencies are louder, take less power to reproduce and tuned to my cars natual resonace, I was okay. I'm hoping that by throwing more power on one pair of 9s i'll be fine. I doubt it though. we'll have to wait and see.....