Hifonics 1206d or 1606d for single RE SE12

[nra424 10+ year member]

Hey Im gonna run a single se12 at 2 ohms and was wondering if the 1206d is rated accurately enough for me to just go with that, or if I should go with the 1606 and be careful with the gain? Thanks

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[av8ter 10+ year member]

I run a 1208d(same as 1206 but 2008 model instead of 2006) and it does my one RE SE12 just fine. If I could do it all over again I would get a 1610d from a Hifonics so I could have enough power for two subs.......

Kevin

 

[BASSINMYSUBS 10+ year member]

i say the 1606. does more power which is good if you ever wanna upgrade

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

I'd rather have the extra headroom with the amp and just play it safe. RE's stuff is known to take more than rated RMS if it's clean, unclipped power. Besides, the 06 models didn't quite do rated power, so figure closer to 1400 max, so maybe 700 rms. Since the RE SE is rated at 600 RMS, that amp would power it very nicely. I'd rather have the extra "oomph" from my amp to power my sub cleanly than have a less powerful amp and drive the hell out of it to get loud and possibly distort and clip the signal. Just my $0.02