can a JL 250/1 power a JL 12" W6?

[I-G35 10+ year member]

I was just wondering if the JL 250/1 amp would be enough to power my JL 12" W6?? Thanks for the input

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[Nexson 10+ year member]

I have heard a 250/1 power a 10 w6v2, wow! sounded great!

 

[genxx 10+ year member]

I would look at the 500/1. 250/1 IMO is lacking the power to properly get the most from a 12W6. I wouldn't even run it on a 10W6. What this causes is distortion at higher volume levels and eventually you could damage the driver. There are two schools of theory on whether distortion actually destroys a driver or not. I will not get into this discussion to long. Rule of thumb under power is just as bad as over powering a driver.

 

[BlueAc 10+ year member]

On their website JL recommends using a 500/1 on the stealthboxes that contain a 12W6V2.... So I think that would be the smallest amp to power it with.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I was just wondering if the JL 250/1 amp would be enough to power my JL 12" W6?? Thanks for the input

Absolutely. You won't be able to wring every last tenth of a dB out of it, but 250-300w is more than enough to get a 12w6 sounding very nice.

I would look at the 500/1. 250/1 IMO is lacking the power to properly get the most from a 12W6. I wouldn't even run it on a 10W6. What this causes is distortion at higher volume levels and eventually you could damage the driver.

Only if you're completely incapable of properly setting a gain - or even getting it in the ballpark.

You'd have to be good and stupid (or deaf) to clip that amp bad enough to have any real chance of damaging a w6.

There are two schools of theory on whether distortion actually destroys a driver or not. .

School 1) The correct and most logical one - according to the laws of electricity and physics

School 2) The wrong one - passed on from one ignorant self-proclaimed expert to another.

It's really very simple -- power kills speakers - not distortion (watch out for weak radio stations!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif )

If the same idiot that set the gain on the 250/1 (to cause this distortion you speak of - more specifically - clipping) set the gain in a similar fashion on the 500/1 the odds of damaging the sub would be much greater with the 500/1.

I will not get into this discussion to long. Rule of thumb under power is just as bad as over powering a driver.

That would be YOUR rule of thumb, and one you'd be better off keeping to yourself.