Can my sub really handle this much?

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

I have a single 10" DVC 4ohm sub rated for 600rms. Can I realistically run 1000 watts to it if I channel the power down? Adjust the gain, turn the bass down through the head unit. Or is this risking to much?

Thanks

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[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

First off, what sub?

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

First off, what sub?

this.

some subs are extremely underrated where as others can hardly play rated without blowing

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

Phoenix Gold Competition Series...

 

[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

RSDc?

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

It's in the mail so I haven't seen the birth certificate yet...lol.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

YES, you can use a 1kw amp to power a 600rms sub. just turn the gain down watch and listen to the sub and if you see it hit its limit you will know. You will here it bottom out.

 

[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

It's in the mail so I haven't seen the birth certificate yet...lol.

You don't need a birth certificate to know what the model # is.

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

RSDc?

10-4...

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

You don't need a birth certificate to know what the model # is.

Sorry took me a sec...

 

[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

10-4...

Yep, I would say go for it, just take it easy on the gains and don't go crank your bass boost on the amp.

 

[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

Sorry took me a sec...

It's all good lol

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

I was gonna hook it to a 750w @ 2ohms, but I already have a 1000watter for 2ohms...but I don't want someone to bump the gain knob and kill the thing.

 

[tjjohnson91 10+ year member]

how about dont use bass boost at all. and go on ROE(realmofexcursion) to learn how to set your gain. They have a thread there all about it

 

[Team TH (Donny) 10+ year member]

When you get the sub and start to hook up everything up have the amp gain all the way down. After finished with wiring and everything is ready to go play like 50 Hz or a rap song, or the like at 3/4 volume. While at this volume slowly start to raise the gain once at the very start of a distort sound slightly turn gain down and you should be good to go and shouldn't have any problems with your setup. Just stay away from clipping the sub and make sure your wires are efficient enough to run the sub clean and will doing fine. I would keep your bass boost off or down all the way on amp to keep clean as possible. It's always a good thing to go that extra bit and run the big three while wiring up for your setup. Also if your amp has a subsonic filter, set it within 5 Hz of box frequency. Example, my current box frequency is 39.5 Hz and my subsonic filter is set to 35 Hz.