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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 2710381" data-attributes="member: 560148">he&#039;s good with buzzwords though<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; Anyway, I&#039;ll answer cots last question.&nbsp; Just because a sub is rated for 1000 watts, or an amp is rated for 1000 watts does not mean they need that much power, or will give that much power all the time.&nbsp; At a normal listening level, you won&#039;t use much more than a few hundred watts to power your sub, peaks may take more, but even then, it depends on just how high your gains are set vs your hu volume.&nbsp; If set correctly, the preout voltage will never be large enough to ask for more than the amp can cleanly give.If your listening to music at a low volume level, with gains set correctly, your sub might only need 150 watts at a given point in time.&nbsp; At that moment, a 1000/1 and a 250/1 would both do the same job of powering your&nbsp; w7.&nbsp; Due to you gain structure and listening volume, neither amp would be being pushed to it&#039;s limits.&nbsp; Since both amps rated well below 1% distortion at this level, you&#039;ll have no audible differences.Long story short, a bigger amp will allow your speaker to get louder, why?&nbsp; A given preout voltage from your hu is capable stimulating the amp to produce a larger amount of wattage.&nbsp; However, if the amount of power that is being asked of an amp is lower than that of what a given amp CAN give cleanly, then all amps should be adequate in this case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 2710381, member: 560148"] he's good with buzzwords though:D Anyway, I'll answer cots last question. Just because a sub is rated for 1000 watts, or an amp is rated for 1000 watts does not mean they need that much power, or will give that much power all the time. At a normal listening level, you won't use much more than a few hundred watts to power your sub, peaks may take more, but even then, it depends on just how high your gains are set vs your hu volume. If set correctly, the preout voltage will never be large enough to ask for more than the amp can cleanly give. If your listening to music at a low volume level, with gains set correctly, your sub might only need 150 watts at a given point in time. At that moment, a 1000/1 and a 250/1 would both do the same job of powering your w7. Due to you gain structure and listening volume, neither amp would be being pushed to it's limits. Since both amps rated well below 1% distortion at this level, you'll have no audible differences. Long story short, a bigger amp will allow your speaker to get louder, why? A given preout voltage from your hu is capable stimulating the amp to produce a larger amount of wattage. However, if the amount of power that is being asked of an amp is lower than that of what a given amp CAN give cleanly, then all amps should be adequate in this case. [/QUOTE]

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