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<blockquote data-quote="DanWiggins" data-source="post: 2144969" data-attributes="member: 544847">No problem, just wanted to make it clear that we don&#039;t cover burnt voice coils.&nbsp; Honestly, with 400-500W of power is usually enough.&nbsp; Going another 200-250W for ANY driver will at most gain you ~1.5 dB, a barely audible difference.The issue is that often those asking &quot;well, can I run 800W on a 600W driver if it&#039;s not clipping&quot; typically do not have the experience or equipment to guarantee it&#039;s not clipping.&nbsp; A heavily clipped amp where the gains are &quot;only set at&nbsp; 3/4&quot; may result in double the power being delivered, and suddently that 800W amp is dropping close to 1600W into it...Remember, it is power - and power alone - that kills drivers.&nbsp; Whether that power comes from clipping or from pure sine waves doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; Too much power is too much power.&nbsp; The key is to get things set properly, and if in doubt ask.If nothing else, the safest approach is to set the gain to match the head deck.&nbsp; If you have a 4V deck, then set the gain knob to 4V.&nbsp; Yeah, you&#039;ll have to turn the volume on your deck up to 80-85% of full to get it really going, but that shouldn&#039;t be a drawback; you actually have finer volume resolution - and a better S/N ratio for the system - when set that way.Dan WigginsAdire Audio®</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanWiggins, post: 2144969, member: 544847"] No problem, just wanted to make it clear that we don't cover burnt voice coils. Honestly, with 400-500W of power is usually enough. Going another 200-250W for ANY driver will at most gain you ~1.5 dB, a barely audible difference. The issue is that often those asking "well, can I run 800W on a 600W driver if it's not clipping" typically do not have the experience or equipment to guarantee it's not clipping. A heavily clipped amp where the gains are "only set at 3/4" may result in double the power being delivered, and suddently that 800W amp is dropping close to 1600W into it... Remember, it is power - and power alone - that kills drivers. Whether that power comes from clipping or from pure sine waves doesn't matter. Too much power is too much power. The key is to get things set properly, and if in doubt ask. If nothing else, the safest approach is to set the gain to match the head deck. If you have a 4V deck, then set the gain knob to 4V. Yeah, you'll have to turn the volume on your deck up to 80-85% of full to get it really going, but that shouldn't be a drawback; you actually have finer volume resolution - and a better S/N ratio for the system - when set that way. Dan Wiggins Adire Audio® [/QUOTE]

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