RL 140 Questions

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Georgie Posted: Mon, Apr 27 2015 2:50 PM

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Hi everyone, I have 4 RL 140s in my garage.

I have two plugged in to an old pioneer amp, and they sound good but when i raise the volume from my computer they distort and sound bad. 

Im in the market to get an amp powerfull enough to power all 4. Would a car amp work?

What would you all suggest?

The way i run my music is from winamp on my cpu then run a aux 3.5mm wire to the amp...

As you notice im not a audio savy person, I just want to play them as LOUD as possible while I'm welding and working on my stuff...

Thanks everyone!

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Dillen replied on Mon, Apr 27 2015 3:17 PM

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Welcome to Beoworld !

The Beovox RL140 are very good speakers and quite powerful for their size but they suffer from foam rot.
Check the woofers!

Martin

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Georgie replied on Mon, Apr 27 2015 8:20 PM

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thanks dillen! how do i check to see if they are rotted? do i need to take off the cloth and straps?

If they are in okay condition, what shold i do next? look for a more powerful amp?

Thanks again!

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Georgie replied on Mon, Apr 27 2015 8:20 PM

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thanks dillen! how do i check to see if they are rotted? do i need to take off the cloth and straps?

If they are in okay condition, what shold i do next? look for a more powerful amp?

Thanks again!

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AnalogPlanet replied on Mon, Apr 27 2015 9:01 PM

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Just google "RL 140 rot" and check images. 

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Georgie replied on Tue, Apr 28 2015 6:12 PM

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ok no foam rot here...they look pretty un used.... maybe my amp is just too weak??

I have a pretty good quality car amp, its for speakers. 4 channels  at 100 watts rms each...would i be able to use it? would the sound quality be good?

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Georgie replied on Tue, Apr 28 2015 6:16 PM

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i also ordered this cable...i thought maybe my 2$ cable could also be a problem

https://www.ramelectronics.net/iPro2-M2RCA.aspx

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tournedos replied on Tue, Apr 28 2015 6:27 PM

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I think this is the most hardcore B&O installation I've ever seen. Respect

These speakers will need (and can handle) a hefty amp to play loud. The advertised car amp "watts" are typically very weak in practice.

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Georgie replied on Wed, Apr 29 2015 6:27 PM

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shoul i get a preamp or a power amp? I guess i should be looking for something that has 4 channels @ 200 wts rms??  Would i be able to use a 5 channel power amp and add my 10" car subwoofer??

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Georgie replied on Wed, Apr 29 2015 6:27 PM

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should i get a preamp or a power amp? I guess i should be looking for something that has 4 channels @ 200 wts rms??  Would i be able to use a 5 channel power amp and add my 10" car subwoofer??

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the_o_master replied on Thu, Apr 30 2015 6:16 AM

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You could try to find good working Beomaster 8000. It would drive your RL-140 nice but those beasts (BM8000) are not easy to find (at least in good working order)...