Searched and searched the forum and couldn't find much on these. Anyone running these cicada 2 ohm speakers for fairing and lids and how much power are you sending them? They are Rated at 250 RMS each. 2018 road glide and I am re doing my stereo pretty soon here during the offseason. Have the xpert ex4 amp to go with these. No dsp. I can send 400 per speaker with this amp. 1.5 x RMS is good rule of thumb?

 

I'm currently sending 300 per speaker to my fairing CH65's and they are loud and clear. I am using a Dayton DSP to calm down the highs and warm everything up a bit though.

 

That EX4 will not produce 400wx4 at 2 ohm clean on a bike. It's rated at 14.4 volts. I have yet to find an Euphoria amp that will run clean on DD1 at rated power. Just like their new EX amps are way lower than rated.

Like Elo said, 300w to each would be good.

I am running 380w to CH65.4's, crossed at 100hz on mine right now and they take it all day long. I wanted to see how long they last at these settings and they just keep playing.

 

I'm running 2ohm ch69's in the bags powered by a Arc Moto 720 at 180 watts each. The fronts are Arc cx6, 4ohm at 150 watts each. This combo pounds, is very clear and balanced without a dsp. I had the Arc cx69 in the bags which sound great but at 4 ohm and 150 watts weren't loud enough. Instead of changing the amp I went to the 2 ohm horns and it made all the difference in the world. I have the fronts crossed at 110 and the horns crossed at about 100.

 

I have a dd1 too so I'll be sure to check what I get clean with the bike running. But I'll send what I can clean. Also sony ax5000 head unit