can this be fixed?

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

been tossing the idea around

more than welcome to start with mine then.

 

[MasonSmitty 10+ year member]

Would 1000 - 1100 RMS be too much for an SE? Or should I stick with a dual 4 ohm...

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

as long as its clean power and you set your gains correctly, yes it should be ok with 1k.

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

What do you mean when you say they can take 1k.. Because if you mean 1k based off of tuning the amp via DMM at a -3db 50hz tone then yea they can take it because on regular music they see at most 600w rms. But if it is tuned to 1k TRUELY then there is no chance it will survive daily.

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

What do you mean when you say they can take 1k.. Because if you mean 1k based off of tuning the amp via DMM at a -3db 50hz tone then yea they can take it because on regular music they see at most 600w rms. But if it is tuned to 1k TRUELY then there is no chance it will survive daily.

your problem there is using a -3db test tone, use a 0db test tone. i did it with a 50hz test tone at 0db for a dd1508 on 1k and it survived just fine with very hard daily use.

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

That proves my point even more then.

if you use a 0db test tone then you are around 6db away from standard music, which means that 1000w you supposidly run, now just turned into 400w at best.

using the -3db tone gets you tuned closer to what the music is recorded at.

Don't say a sub can take 1000w if you are giving it 400, it really cant handle 1000w.

 

[MasonSmitty 10+ year member]

so I guess I'll just get a dual 4ohm version. The Planet Audio Vector D seems to be a stout amp. I don't want to blow through another sub!