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04-07-2011, 01:28 PM
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If I have let's say two amps turned up to 100 w rms, will the sound I get out of them equal 200 watts?
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04-07-2011, 01:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lakewood Colorado | | | Nope its just 100 w rms in stereo |
04-07-2011, 01:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | First, you don't "turn amps up to 100 w rms". The amp is capable of producing 100 WRMS when it's pushed to that. Now if you have two identical amps plugged into two identical speaker cabinets and push them, they'll produce a total of 200 WRMS the same as if it were a single 200 WRMS amp driving the same speakers.
Of course in the real world, nothing's identical but it's close enough.
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04-07-2011, 01:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago | | | this question is a lot more complicated than you think. here's the short answer, it most likely will be louder.
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04-07-2011, 03:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Nude Zealand | | | Weird question. Do you have an actual situation in mind with specific amp/speaker configurations, or is it purely in the abstract? Weird either way, but in the former case, assistance may be at hand.
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04-07-2011, 03:26 PM
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04-07-2011, 03:26 PM
| | | | are you saying youre running two amp stacks, each at full volume?
if thats the case. you will be louder. but not 200w louder, per se. just louder.
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04-07-2011, 03:32 PM
|  | LICENSED TO KILL - any song I play! | | | | | I can see his point. I run two identical 70 watt combo amps. I run my bass into my VT Character series into my old Roland CE-1 Chorus Ensemble. Two separate amps really brings out the lushness of the chorus. I'm plenty loud for our 12x12 bandroom with a loud drummer.
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04-07-2011, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by NoiseNinja  If I have let's say two amps turned up to 100 w rms, will the sound I get out of them equal 200 watts? | I assume these are combos. If placed atop each other the result will be 6dB louder, the exact same result as 200 watts into a pair of speakers the same as those in the combos. |
04-08-2011, 07:36 AM
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If I have let's say two amps turned up to 100 w rms, will the sound I get out of them equal 200 watts?
| 47 carrots. |
04-08-2011, 07:48 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | | In general, doubling the wattage will give you a 3 to 6 decibel increase. However, your speakers will also effect this. |
04-08-2011, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Foz 47 carrots. | Clearly you weren't paying attention to carrot's law.
The correct answer is 39 carrots. 
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