2 jl audio 12w6v2 with alpine mrp-m1000

[firehawk618 10+ year member]

My current setup consists of 2 jl audio 12w6v2's in a sealed box. Powering those is an Alpine MRP-m1000.

Speakers are wired to the mono amp to present a 4 ohm load to it. So according to alpine i'm putting 600 watts to the pair. 4ga wire from the battery which happens to be about 4' away. lol it's in the trunk on this car.

From what I've read the w6's are capable of 600w each.

Before anyones says Why didn't you buy a more powerful amp it is because I already had the amp and came across the speakers later.

I was considering buying another MRP-M1000 and rewiring the woofers so that they are 2 ohms each, and running one to each amp.

That would be putting 1000w to each speaker.

My question is do you think if I were to run full power to the w6's that there is a good chance of overpowering them and blowing them? I have heard that the w6's like more power than they are rated for.

Thanks for any advice.

Direct links to each component are here:

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=4

http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=MRP-M1000

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[WOT]

W6's will LAUGH @ 1000rms

Personally, Id sell the amp you have, pick up a 1500-2000rms amp, and possibly build a ported box if you have the room. W6s sound incredible ported

But yes, they will take 1000 all day long every day no problem

 

[firehawk618 10+ year member]

W6's will LAUGH @ 1000rms
Personally, Id sell the amp you have, pick up a 1500-2000rms amp, and possibly build a ported box if you have the room. W6s sound incredible ported

But yes, they will take 1000 all day long every day no problem

Rather than sell the amp I have i'd rather just put in a 2nd one.

But yeah I just am hesitant to throw 1000w each to them.....

My trunk is rather large, but height wise is kinda limited....but yeah ported would be sweet.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

personally I wouldn't advise giving them 1000wrms daily, especially not ported. Get the second amp if you want, but be very VERY careful with the gains. Don't wanna blow something

 

[firehawk618 10+ year member]

personally I wouldn't advise giving them 1000wrms daily, especially not ported. Get the second amp if you want, but be very VERY careful with the gains. Don't wanna blow something

Would you think that 1/2 way on the gains would be roughly 600w on each amp? Is there any way to accurately measure what is going out of the amps?

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Those should already be singing with 600rms each.

I wouldn't advise doing 1000rms each. I had a buddy that was putting just a tad more than that to each one and ended up blowing them. Expensive fix.........

 

[okiedokie 10+ year member]

you dont need more then 600watts pushing those subs.

i use to have a alpine amp powering my 12w6v2 @ 600watts.

i really didnt like that amp, so i got a jl audio 500/1 just to try it out, & wow compared to that amp.

my sub now sings, instead of buying another alpine amp you may want to look into sundown audioor

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_11

or even the jl amps.

i really like the slash series,for flexablity.

look around at other amps as well

 

[GlocksRock 10+ year member]

My nine.1 is putting out over 1200 watts and my 2 12W6V2's are ported, and they knock like crazy. You don't need 1000 watts each, around 500 - 700 watts per sub will be plenty.

 

[firehawk618 10+ year member]

Those should already be singing with 600rms each.

They're only seeing 300rms each. Amp is rated 600rms at 4 ohms.

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

buy a new amp. 1200-1400rms bro

 

[firehawk618 10+ year member]

Ok so it looks like i'll be ditching my alpine in favor of a higher powered amp.

Any recommendations on one that will put out 1000 to 1200 watts at either 4 or 1 ohm?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

get a rockford t1000.1 they are 1 ohm stable and put out about 1400.. thats what i had on my w6's and the slammed.. in 2 different ported boxes and one bandpass..

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

i would look into a hifonics amp or something along those line. THey give out almost rated power and are on the cheaper side too

 

[okiedokie 10+ year member]

firehawk618, what ever you do dont step down, step up.

you dont need more power.

sundown are really nice amps for the money,

jl 1000/1 would work really good as well, it's rated @ 1000/1 into 1.5-4ohm, you get the same rated power know matter what.

jl new HD amps.

look around before you buy.

 

[GlocksRock 10+ year member]

Get A Nine.1