10's/12's better for hiphop/techno??

[AbSoLuTE 10+ year member]

i was lookin at a mach 5 Maw-15 and the MJ-18's, however, my amp puts out 657WRMS @ 2 ohms and 456WRMS @ 4 ohms, which is either too much power or not enough power for all of the subs..

 

[RaiN 10+ year member]

I listen to a bit of everything, I'd have to say depending on whats in the HU at the time my 18's keep me pretty happy. I make adjustments based on the type of music as well, and I hit the Qbass knob accordingly.

Course I'm not a fully blown SQ fella either.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

i was lookin at a mach 5 Maw-15 and the MJ-18's, however, my amp puts out 657WRMS @ 2 ohms and 456WRMS @ 4 ohms, which is either too much power or not enough power for all of the subs..

You have complete control of how much power your amp produces. They're called gain controls and a volume knob.

 

[AbSoLuTE 10+ year member]

You have complete control of how much power your amp produces. They're called gain controls and a volume knob.

i'm confused..i was under the impression that even if you turn the gains down it can still give the subwoofer too much power and blow it?? can somebody explain this to me.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

I've explained it more times than I can count. You can LIMIT the amount of powr that your amp produces by using a lower gain setting. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know WTF they are talking about.

 

[soydeedo 10+ year member]

http://www.bcae1.com/gaincon2.htm

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I've explained it more times than I can count. You can LIMIT the amount of powr that your amp produces by using a lower gain setting. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know WTF they are talking about.

While I agree, dont forget that odd occasion when your h/u or linedriver produces more voltage output than your (probably older) amplifier's input stage allows. At that point your downward adjustability on the gains on that amplifier are already limited.

I generally stay away from suggesting people use gains to limit output by too much of a degree 1) for the possible reason above, and 2) because if I have to explain it to them, they aren';t experienced enough to understand when/where/why/exactly how to properly do it.

But yes, in generally you are correct. more times than not you can limit output power by adjusting your gain artificially low. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

depends more on ur box than ur sub. any size sub with the right box/power/install will sound amazing on any genre....