Feeling around for something to power my SSD

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

There is a good possibility all these things are correct.
I know for sure it'll strain your electrical less, sound better (maybe inaudible difference, but still)

Ah thanks for quoting that, I remembered something.

Will there be absolutely no difference in the amount of power I will be able to feed my subwoofer for thermal or mechanical reasons, even if in very regulated amounts of time?

I presume I have my driver in a small enough box that over excursion will not be an issue, within reason of course.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

should be no difference really. maybe a tiny bit, but no where near enough to remotely matter.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

Something else, JimJ is advising I should run my SSD at only about 500w over at SSA (they are taking too long to answer though and I'm an impatient kind of person). Why would I want to do this? The driver is rated at 800w and I have the copper coil in a small volume box. As far as I know, all signs point to feed this thing more power.

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

Possibiliy increase the life of the subwoofer, because if you power it at 500 vs 1000 there wont be a difference in volume output.

Dunno, just an idea?

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

I won't be powering the sub over it's rms. Maybe even 50-100w lower, but I want a 1000w amp so that I can send the driver a clean signal and have the power for future upgrades. I like to think ahead.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

I would really look at SAE-1000d, very good entry level amp with a bit of headroom for ya

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

Possibiliy increase the life of the subwoofer, because if you power it at 500 vs 1000 there wont be a difference in volume output.
Dunno, just an idea?

500 v 1000 with no audible difference in output? I don't know about that...

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

twice the power ideally gains 3db which is 2x as loud to the human ear

 

[Silverbane 10+ year member]

You should be fine giving an SSD 1k watts.

I would also recommend a SAE-1000D. Jakes customer service is top notch and it is a solid amp.

Your major difference will be in the price to quality ratio. At 4 ohms the amp will be a bit more efficient and will have less THD, but will be a fair amount more cost wise. On the other hand, a solid 1 ohm amp will audibly sound just and nice and be fairly gentle on your electrical system anyways.