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"They will work, but will start to rag out soon. Go to your local thrift store and ge…" Paul Craig replied Mar 31, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"Those speakers won't last long with a guitar or bass, but subwoofers from a car ster…" Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"These speakers rock. I like their British Voiced Green Berets too." Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"Here is the page from WGS on the speaker I'm going to use and the measurements are a…" Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"A amps watt rating can be confusing at times because there's a operational wattage f…" Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"Electronics have 5 units of measurement: Volts-DC or AC, Amps-what it takes to push…" Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"I'm having a little trouble with the output circuit on this right now. It needs capa…" Paul Craig replied Mar 29, 2016 to Dual IM386 Chip amp	29	Jan 26, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
"So if that didn't help, it probably confused you more. LOL" Paul Craig replied Mar 15, 2016 to Trying to get a "bigger" sound	31	Mar 16, 2016 Reply by Blind Lemon Cello
"If you have a amp that has a 8ohm 5watt output. You would want one speaker rated at…" Paul Craig replied Mar 15, 2016 to Trying to get a "bigger" sound	31	Mar 16, 2016 Reply by Blind Lemon Cello
"The watt rating is what the speaker can handle. 20 watt speaker will handle 1/2 to 2…" Paul Craig replied Mar 15, 2016 to Trying to get a "bigger" sound	31	Mar 16, 2016 Reply by Blind Lemon Cello

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"They will work, but will start to rag out soon. Go to your local thrift store and ge…"

"Those speakers won't last long with a guitar or bass, but subwoofers from a car ster…"

"These speakers rock. I like their British Voiced Green Berets too."

"Here is the page from WGS on the speaker I'm going to use and the measurements are a…"

"A amps watt rating can be confusing at times because there's a operational wattage f…"

"Electronics have 5 units of measurement: Volts-DC or AC, Amps-what it takes to push…"

"I'm having a little trouble with the output circuit on this right now. It needs capa…"

"So if that didn't help, it probably confused you more. LOL"

"If you have a amp that has a 8ohm 5watt output. You would want one speaker rated at…"

"The watt rating is what the speaker can handle. 20 watt speaker will handle 1/2 to 2…"

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