Originally posted by kicker:
home audio run on dc volts not ac that is why they are lower wattage. You would kill home speakers at high power in a car. THey are not designed to run ac volts and have lower power handling than even crappy car speakers.
The type of voltage that feeds the power supply of an amplifier has nothing to do with power handling of a speaker or single driver. Quite a few of the highest end car audio products were derived from home audio companies.
