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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 7038586" data-attributes="member: 624844">I thought that was epic.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care what you guys think. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifOn MUSIC you can push a sub a little beyond rated RMS regardless of brand/model.&nbsp; How far you push it depends on how clean of a signal, and the construction of the particular sub you&#039;re testing.&nbsp; The &quot;nominal&quot; rating on speakers is the musical rating. The RMS is a test tone rating or &quot;worst case scenario&quot; type rating that will conservatively operate the speaker without overheating on a test tone or full DC signal.If you push a sub with test tones or a clipped signal beyond its RMS rating, you can quickly overheat the coils and blow a sub.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a DC tear a surround in competition, but that could have been the fault of who coned it or what material they used.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t burn the coils even though the surround was flapping around.Push it till gets stinky and back off a little bit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 7038586, member: 624844"] I thought that was epic. I don't care what you guys think. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] On MUSIC you can push a sub a little beyond rated RMS regardless of brand/model. How far you push it depends on how clean of a signal, and the construction of the particular sub you're testing. The "nominal" rating on speakers is the musical rating. The RMS is a test tone rating or "worst case scenario" type rating that will conservatively operate the speaker without overheating on a test tone or full DC signal. If you push a sub with test tones or a clipped signal beyond its RMS rating, you can quickly overheat the coils and blow a sub. I've seen a DC tear a surround in competition, but that could have been the fault of who coned it or what material they used. It didn't burn the coils even though the surround was flapping around. Push it till gets stinky and back off a little bit. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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