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[chrisw91 10+ year member]

on subwoofers is it nessasary to have a amp put out as many watts as the sub will handle? the thin pioneer subwoofer handles 350 rms and i want to get a 4-channel to just bridge 2 channels and have the other 2 power my speakers, but no amp that i have seen goes up to 350 rms even when bridged. and i am on a low budget, so im not going to go out and buy a 500 dollar amp. would it be fine to as low as 200 watts rms on this sub? isnt what blows the sub up is giving it too much power?

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

i'm sure you could find 350 rms for fairly cheap. either bad install or being an idiot with the gains will blow a sub, not the power you're running. subs do perform better when given the rms of the sub.

 

[chrisw91 10+ year member]

but i would have to go with a mono wouldnt i? im tryin to kill two birds with one stone by hookin up my speakers and sub to same amp so i dont have to have two. by the way, im not lookin to have the loudest system or anyting. plus i just have a single cab truck so im not sure if i need it to be extremely loud

 

[chrisw91 10+ year member]

can someone please help