polk audio mm651

[supreme one]

:rolleyes:just hooked up 2 sets of the mm651's in my boat the deck is a kenwood and when I get the volume over 20 the deck shuts off until I turn it down. Is this because I don't have an amp yet and the speakers are wanting to much power? the speakers I pulled out of the boat did'nt have the same problem.

[eric-holmes]

I was thinking about putting these same speakers in my boat. I also have a kenwood deck and when I crank it up with the stock speakers, it cuts out too. Any light to be shed on this situation would be great. Thanks

[arun1963]

The amp in your hu is clipping and then shutting down. Get an amp.

Guy's youre driving a 100watt rms speaker off a 15watts rms power source, and then youre trying to crank it....:)

The MM series are solid. To hear the true potential you have to amp them

[eric-holmes]

Quick reply, awesome thanks.

[MacLeod]

Not sure if thats the problem. Yeah youre clipping the head unit and yeah a head unit is the WORST power source but it shouldnt cut the head unit off. Sounds to me youve got either a bad ground and/or bad power wire termination and its not drawing enough power. Even at full clip, the head unit should still play.

[eric-holmes]

I wish I could tell you where the ground was but it is on a boat. All I did was connect the black wires from the stock HU to the new one.