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<blockquote data-quote="Monologuist" data-source="post: 3075653" data-attributes="member: 577083">yeah...that&#039;s what people have been telling me.&nbsp; But I listen to music that has quite a lot of subsonic bass information at fast transients....punchy electronic bass and kick drum sounds (minimal techno).&nbsp; People have been warning me that these types of sounds require a healthy wattage to produce with control....question is whether this Polk sub rating of 700w rms means a true 700w amp(which I think the 1.600 is pretty close to...maybe 650w) will handle this sort of stuff.&nbsp; I won&#039;t be listening at SPL&#039;s over 120db, and 90% of the time I&#039;ll be closer to 95-105db.Am I gonna have a healthy enough headroom if running 650-700w to 700w rated speaker?The guy I bought the sub from said his pdx-1.1000 was making the sub start to distort with the gain set at halfway...this sounds like slight overkill for that speaker then no?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monologuist, post: 3075653, member: 577083"] yeah...that's what people have been telling me. But I listen to music that has quite a lot of subsonic bass information at fast transients....punchy electronic bass and kick drum sounds (minimal techno). People have been warning me that these types of sounds require a healthy wattage to produce with control....question is whether this Polk sub rating of 700w rms means a true 700w amp(which I think the 1.600 is pretty close to...maybe 650w) will handle this sort of stuff. I won't be listening at SPL's over 120db, and 90% of the time I'll be closer to 95-105db. Am I gonna have a healthy enough headroom if running 650-700w to 700w rated speaker? The guy I bought the sub from said his pdx-1.1000 was making the sub start to distort with the gain set at halfway...this sounds like slight overkill for that speaker then no? [/QUOTE]

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