Boston G5's: Do they like rated power?

[tyler_fitz 10+ year member]

Or a lil more? If so, how much more?

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[tyler_fitz 10+ year member]

head unit power?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Maybe you should ask yourself, will the extra relatively small percentage of watts really make much audible difference? It takes a substantial increase in power to make a noticeable difference, is it worth the risk to your speaker(s)?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

power handling also depends on the box it's in.

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

Rated power in Optimum enclosure, I know what you are saying the HDC3 is rated at 1k rms and people are like"dont even get one" unless you have 2-2.5K for a single.

In this case the specs are right on.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Generally speaking, 'rated power' is thermal, not mechanical. The enclosure size doesn't factor into thermal ratings very much.

 

[tyler_fitz 10+ year member]

alrighty! less money to spend on an amp. thanks guys

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Generally speaking, 'rated power' is thermal, not mechanical. The enclosure size doesn't factor into thermal ratings very much.

true, but i was just stating power handling in general.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[the_general 10+ year member]

one of my good friends who works at Crutchfield had a 10" in a 1.25 cuft, dont remember the tuning, running off of a 1000/1 and no problems at all. i ran mine off of about 250wrms in a 1.75 cuft tuned to ~33 and it wanged as well, but obviously not as much as on the 1000/1