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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 01:46 AM
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thermal power handling?
what is it? is it the rms rating of a sub, or something else? i notice it in the tech specs of some subs... was just wondering...
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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When you see a wattage rating on a sub it means how much heat the voice coil can handle, RMS is the continious heat handeling and the Peak/Max is what it can handle for short periods if i am not mistaken.
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