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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Immacomputer" data-source="post: 3385385" data-attributes="member: 570419">When I'm driving my sub hard, the signal is clipped like a ***** but I'm not worried about it because my amp is underpowering the sub. Right now, my sub can handle about 750rms or so without a problem but I have it on an amp that does about 300wrms. Clipping that amp isn't going to hurt my sub at all and it hasn't. But, if I powered it by an amp closer to the 750rms, then clipping that amp could very well cause problems and blow the sub.Power is power and it is over powering that blows speakers. When amp companies rate their amps, they rate them for a certain power at a certain THD. When you start going over that THD limit where they rate the amp, you start to gain more power and as the signal clips, even more power is generated. Just because an amp is rated at 1000rms does not mean it can't do 1300rms or more.</blockquote>

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