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<blockquote data-quote="Babykinns" data-source="post: 8337255" data-attributes="member: 644906"><p>[quote name='Jeffdachef']power handling is pretty set with the sub&#39;s coils as you said and some subwoofers cant handle larger boxes, but i&#39;d go as far as any subwoofer will get sloppy and begin unload faster if the box is <strong>Overly </strong>big for them. After a certain point it&#39;ll be like free air. </p><p></p><p> [USER=644906]@Babykinns[/USER] ; already said why most people can push twice the rms of their sub in the post before. Any amp, doesnt matter what they claim, will produce considerably less power then you think it will after box rise, voltage drops and efficiency. In reality you are probably only 200ish watts over.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>At a steady 13.7 volts, 1.1 ohm wiring on 2 d4&#39;s box rise bringing me up to i think it was like 1.8, and gain was set using the dmm method based off 2 ohm voltage with -4db test tone, and later tested clamped and dmm&#39;d 1544 rms. So the actual rms my 2 subs are seeing is 1544. To be honest I expected them to blow thinking if they did I would just buy 2 Alpine SWR12&#39;s but its been almost a year now and they haven&#39;t so I just figure hell I don&#39;t need any louder so I&#39;ll just stick with what I got lol.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Babykinns, post: 8337255, member: 644906"] [quote name='Jeffdachef']power handling is pretty set with the sub's coils as you said and some subwoofers cant handle larger boxes, but i'd go as far as any subwoofer will get sloppy and begin unload faster if the box is [B]Overly [/B]big for them. After a certain point it'll be like free air. [USER=644906]@Babykinns[/USER] ; already said why most people can push twice the rms of their sub in the post before. Any amp, doesnt matter what they claim, will produce considerably less power then you think it will after box rise, voltage drops and efficiency. In reality you are probably only 200ish watts over.[/QUOTE] At a steady 13.7 volts, 1.1 ohm wiring on 2 d4's box rise bringing me up to i think it was like 1.8, and gain was set using the dmm method based off 2 ohm voltage with -4db test tone, and later tested clamped and dmm'd 1544 rms. So the actual rms my 2 subs are seeing is 1544. To be honest I expected them to blow thinking if they did I would just buy 2 Alpine SWR12's but its been almost a year now and they haven't so I just figure hell I don't need any louder so I'll just stick with what I got lol. [/QUOTE]
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