Do I Have Enough Power For A Sub??

[NFLNetwork 10+ year member]

great...thanks for your help.

 

[thejoker989 10+ year member]

No...i dont own the NFL. Seriously, do i have enough speaker power so when i add a decent amp and sub things will work fine?

Well the first thing you need to determine is how loud you want your sub? At some point your bass will take over your music, especially with speakers powered by your h/u alone. Set some goals for what you want and then you can answer your own questions //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

An amp powered sub would easily overwhelm HU powered speakers, but all you have to do is turn the gain down on your sub. If you want your other speakers to get close to the same output you would need some very nice speakers and an amp to power tham as well.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

An amp powered sub would easily overwhelm HU powered speakers, but all you have to do is turn the gain down on your sub. If you want your other speakers to get close to the same output you would need some very nice speakers and an amp to power tham as well.

not neccessarily....i've heard many systemswith h/u powered coax's and an amp/sub combo that sound very good. high powered sub=no a nice sealed 10" around 200 watts would fit in very nicely for people on a budget who just want a little bit of low end.

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

I'm with the rest of the crowd here on this, get an amp to power them up and your speakers will sound a lot better sound quality, at higher volumes they will not distort either

 

[mtdewelf 10+ year member]

not neccessarily....i've heard many systemswith h/u powered coax's and an amp/sub combo that sound very good. high powered sub=no a nice sealed 10" around 200 watts would fit in very nicely for people on a budget who just want a little bit of low end.

yep, i had my comps running off the deck, with 2 CVR's off my PA 3000 and didn't drown out frontstage.

 

[JohnnyChuttz 10+ year member]

pssh...I had two Type-E 10s in a ported box on 400w back in the day and it would drown out my deck powered speakers.