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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 4849607" data-attributes="member: 550915">Basically what I&#039;m getting at is that in a real world application, you will never get the full power from the amp.&nbsp; It just isn&#039;t going to happen.&nbsp; My opinion is that for a daily driver system, there is no point to clamping the amp to find out the power, cause it really just doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; The reactive nature of the load presented by a sub is going to keep you from getting full power out of an amp and you don&#039;t want to ruin the sound of the enclosure by messing with it trying to chase the impedance plot that you want.&nbsp; The only real measure of consequence is &quot;loud enough or not.&quot;&nbsp; Anything other than that is going to be an exercise in futility.If you don&#039;t have enough current, the manifestation of that is a drop in voltage.&nbsp; The goal in increasing the available current reserve by adding more batteries (in parallel!) is to keep the voltage stable.&nbsp; With 90%+ of the amps out there, you get more power with higher voltage.&nbsp; I&#039;m not talking about setting things up for a non-standard voltage but rather keeping the voltage from dropping below the normal level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 4849607, member: 550915"] Basically what I'm getting at is that in a real world application, you will never get the full power from the amp. It just isn't going to happen. My opinion is that for a daily driver system, there is no point to clamping the amp to find out the power, cause it really just doesn't matter. The reactive nature of the load presented by a sub is going to keep you from getting full power out of an amp and you don't want to ruin the sound of the enclosure by messing with it trying to chase the impedance plot that you want. The only real measure of consequence is "loud enough or not." Anything other than that is going to be an exercise in futility. If you don't have enough current, the manifestation of that is a drop in voltage. The goal in increasing the available current reserve by adding more batteries (in parallel!) is to keep the voltage stable. With 90%+ of the amps out there, you get more power with higher voltage. I'm not talking about setting things up for a non-standard voltage but rather keeping the voltage from dropping below the normal level. [/QUOTE]

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