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b-mo 05-05-2009 11:12 PM

over powering a sub
 
ok so i got this all figured out. so my subs are 800 rms at 4 ohms and im going to wire parallel. so i found an amp that powers 900 rms at 2 ohms. will this over power it if each sub has an extra 50 watt? the peak of the amp is 200 watt below peak of my subs tho

Njord 05-05-2009 11:28 PM

If you have 2 subs rated at 800Wrms each; you want an amp that puts out 1600WRMS at 2ohms.

b-mo 05-05-2009 11:34 PM

ops yeah i meant 400 rms at 4 ohms each. So i was searching and if i turn down the gain a bit they should be good to go and i wont blow them?

Smoke_31 05-06-2009 04:35 AM

An extra 50Wrms per sub will not hurt anything. You will not see the full power to the subs anyways unless you are running your system at 100% volume all the time which is highly unlikely.

zhack 05-06-2009 04:36 PM

i have a 400rms sub running off a 700 rms amp.....wrks great no issues.

just dont crank up the gain on teh amp or blast the music too lound, but ya 50 more per sub not a problem


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