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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 2003854" data-attributes="member: 560148">No, you can&#039;t sorry, well you can, but it&#039;s not magic.&nbsp; A low powered clipped signal won&#039;t hurt a speaker.&nbsp; I could take my 100 watt amp turn the gains all the way up and play test tones all day.&nbsp; There&#039;s simply not enough thermal energy there to overheat.Amps can put out way more than rated power, just not without clipping, that&#039;s why speakers die.&nbsp; Since the original wavefrom is no longer being generated (tops are &quot;clipped&quot; off), you lose excursion over a clean signal with the the same power.&nbsp; During clipping an amp is being pushed do it&#039;s limits, sometimes putting out over 2x the power its&#039; rated at.&nbsp; Meaning you 500 watt amp is now putting out 1000 watts to a 1000 watt rated sub.&nbsp; However since it&#039;s not a clean signal, you are loosing excursion, meaning your getting less air flow than the designers intended to the sub to have at 1000 watts.&nbsp; This buildup of energy will eventually fry the sub.It&#039;s the same reason why if you build too small a box you may not be able to give a sub RMS wattage.&nbsp; You&#039;ll never reach mechanical limits in that box.&nbsp; Meaning your giving it RMS without full cooling, aka fryed speaker.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 2003854, member: 560148"] No, you can't sorry, well you can, but it's not magic. A low powered clipped signal won't hurt a speaker. I could take my 100 watt amp turn the gains all the way up and play test tones all day. There's simply not enough thermal energy there to overheat. Amps can put out way more than rated power, just not without clipping, that's why speakers die. Since the original wavefrom is no longer being generated (tops are "clipped" off), you lose excursion over a clean signal with the the same power. During clipping an amp is being pushed do it's limits, sometimes putting out over 2x the power its' rated at. Meaning you 500 watt amp is now putting out 1000 watts to a 1000 watt rated sub. However since it's not a clean signal, you are loosing excursion, meaning your getting less air flow than the designers intended to the sub to have at 1000 watts. This buildup of energy will eventually fry the sub. It's the same reason why if you build too small a box you may not be able to give a sub RMS wattage. You'll never reach mechanical limits in that box. Meaning your giving it RMS without full cooling, aka fryed speaker. [/QUOTE]

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