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<blockquote data-quote="soulstace" data-source="post: 1934194" data-attributes="member: 569136">Yes, you could run that sub on that amp just fine.&nbsp; Just be careful.&nbsp; If it&#039;s a dual 4 ohm sub, and you connect the voice coils in parallel, it will be running at 2 ohms and the amp would allow 500rms to be pushed to it.&nbsp; The good news is you will get clean bass with little to no distortion.&nbsp; If you turn it up too loud the voice coil will most likely bottom out and you&#039;ll hear a loud clipping sound (I heard this sound before, when I hooked up my two 300 Watt rms 10w3 to the 1200W+ RMS amplifier in my avatar.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t actually damage the speakers).&nbsp; Just keep the gain below the threshold.&nbsp; If you start to hear clipping from the speaker turn it down fast!I think having too little power for the sub is worse than having more power than it was meant to handle!&nbsp; Too little power will lead into much more distortion when you crank it up louder.&nbsp; And in my experience distortion leads to more blown subs than anything else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soulstace, post: 1934194, member: 569136"] Yes, you could run that sub on that amp just fine. Just be careful. If it's a dual 4 ohm sub, and you connect the voice coils in parallel, it will be running at 2 ohms and the amp would allow 500rms to be pushed to it. The good news is you will get clean bass with little to no distortion. If you turn it up too loud the voice coil will most likely bottom out and you'll hear a loud clipping sound (I heard this sound before, when I hooked up my two 300 Watt rms 10w3 to the 1200W+ RMS amplifier in my avatar. It didn't actually damage the speakers). Just keep the gain below the threshold. If you start to hear clipping from the speaker turn it down fast! I think having too little power for the sub is worse than having more power than it was meant to handle! Too little power will lead into much more distortion when you crank it up louder. And in my experience distortion leads to more blown subs than anything else. [/QUOTE]

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