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<blockquote data-quote="ElCaudillo" data-source="post: 955390" data-attributes="member: 561617">First of all I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread, amazing help.My question is, I understand how to do all these calculations, but what about setting the voltage to the sub&#039;s power rating rather than the amps?&nbsp; Specifically, a (slightly) underpowered sub.Numbers to make things clearer:Amp does 280watts RMS at 2 ohms, so I&#039;m looking for 23.6643 voltsHowever, sub is rated at 300 watts RMS (presents a 2 ohm load of course), so when calculating for the sub&#039;s power rating, I get 24.4949 volts.So what are the consequences of setting the amp to this higher gain level, I mean this can&#039;t magically make the amp produce 300 RMS watts when it&#039;s only rated at 280, right?&nbsp; So does this automatically introduce distortion/clipping?Thanks in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ElCaudillo, post: 955390, member: 561617"] First of all I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread, amazing help. My question is, I understand how to do all these calculations, but what about setting the voltage to the sub's power rating rather than the amps? Specifically, a (slightly) underpowered sub. Numbers to make things clearer: Amp does 280watts RMS at 2 ohms, so I'm looking for 23.6643 volts However, sub is rated at 300 watts RMS (presents a 2 ohm load of course), so when calculating for the sub's power rating, I get 24.4949 volts. So what are the consequences of setting the amp to this higher gain level, I mean this can't magically make the amp produce 300 RMS watts when it's only rated at 280, right? So does this automatically introduce distortion/clipping? Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]

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