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Good battery for a 5k install w 320 amp alternator?
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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8737187" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Indeed, if you don't have plenty of free time and just want to do the project for the sake of doing a project, paying the premium for something tailor made from a reliable company (like SSA) definitely has value.</p><p></p><p>Has he offered to repair or replace your subs for you if you do wind up melting them?</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I'd buy the 8K as well for a number of reasons but NOBODY can guess what your impedance will actually be at any given frequency, nor how much average power over time your woofers will actually be seeing when you're riding along playing your favorite playlist. I also don't know a whole lot about that particular woofer and what they use for a coil so I can't speculate how close their rated power is to true (it'll take XXX watt sine wave clamped for 8 hours straight) continuous power handling. I will say that that amp will almost definitely have enough power on tap to smoke your subs if you're not careful so at the end of the day it'll be up to you to feel out their limits depending on what sort of music you play and how hard you're trying to push things. </p><p></p><p>Having extra power on tap will probably be very helpful but be aware that what those subs will handle for dynamic peaks is going to be way different than what they'll be happy with for continuous power. You could probably do any three songs off of Black Sabbath Paranoid album in a row full tilt without breaking anything but your subs would likely be close to failure before the end of one re-bassed or woofer test type track. Buy the big amp, but be careful. 5000W is more power than all 4 burners on your kitchen stovetop combined and is simply a lot of heat for little copper coils pumping away to try to dissipate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8737187, member: 614752"] Indeed, if you don't have plenty of free time and just want to do the project for the sake of doing a project, paying the premium for something tailor made from a reliable company (like SSA) definitely has value. Has he offered to repair or replace your subs for you if you do wind up melting them? Don't get me wrong, I'd buy the 8K as well for a number of reasons but NOBODY can guess what your impedance will actually be at any given frequency, nor how much average power over time your woofers will actually be seeing when you're riding along playing your favorite playlist. I also don't know a whole lot about that particular woofer and what they use for a coil so I can't speculate how close their rated power is to true (it'll take XXX watt sine wave clamped for 8 hours straight) continuous power handling. I will say that that amp will almost definitely have enough power on tap to smoke your subs if you're not careful so at the end of the day it'll be up to you to feel out their limits depending on what sort of music you play and how hard you're trying to push things. Having extra power on tap will probably be very helpful but be aware that what those subs will handle for dynamic peaks is going to be way different than what they'll be happy with for continuous power. You could probably do any three songs off of Black Sabbath Paranoid album in a row full tilt without breaking anything but your subs would likely be close to failure before the end of one re-bassed or woofer test type track. Buy the big amp, but be careful. 5000W is more power than all 4 burners on your kitchen stovetop combined and is simply a lot of heat for little copper coils pumping away to try to dissipate. [/QUOTE]
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