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<blockquote data-quote="mat3833" data-source="post: 6073181" data-attributes="member: 587645">wow, do you actually beleive what you just typed?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif if so you should go back to school. 120V house current is AC current, which is what speakers run off of. 60 HZ is actually perfectly do-able for most speakers larger than 6 inches(and some that are 6 inches, just depends on the design) 120V does not = 120DB... your house wiring can basicly put out however many amps you need as long as the breaker doesnt trip or the wires dont fry. so lets do some simple math:120V X 10A = 1200watts (V stands for volts and A stands for amps, u follow??)120V X 40A = 4800wattsso lets say your &quot;plug a speaker into a wall outlet&quot; scenario with a 40A breaker would give at least 4000W. that sub would play a consistant 60HZ tone(actually its more like 57-63HZ, it varies a bit).the output in DB would depend on the actual sub used. id go into calculations on how to figure out an aproximate DB reading but i dont think you havemuch higher than a middle school education./rantMattoh and power doesnt kill subs, HEAT AND/OR DISTORTION do.and one more thing, i have no clue how u came up with the 4000W at 1 ohm = 63.2 V. i guess i must have slept through that part of engineering. enlighten me if you dont mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mat3833, post: 6073181, member: 587645"] wow, do you actually beleive what you just typed?? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif[/IMG] if so you should go back to school. 120V house current is AC current, which is what speakers run off of. 60 HZ is actually perfectly do-able for most speakers larger than 6 inches(and some that are 6 inches, just depends on the design) 120V does not = 120DB... your house wiring can basicly put out however many amps you need as long as the breaker doesnt trip or the wires dont fry. so lets do some simple math: 120V X 10A = 1200watts (V stands for volts and A stands for amps, u follow??) 120V X 40A = 4800watts so lets say your "plug a speaker into a wall outlet" scenario with a 40A breaker would give at least 4000W. that sub would play a consistant 60HZ tone(actually its more like 57-63HZ, it varies a bit). the output in DB would depend on the actual sub used. id go into calculations on how to figure out an aproximate DB reading but i dont think you havemuch higher than a middle school education. /rant Matt oh and power doesnt kill subs, HEAT AND/OR DISTORTION do. and one more thing, i have no clue how u came up with the 4000W at 1 ohm = 63.2 V. i guess i must have slept through that part of engineering. enlighten me if you dont mind. [/QUOTE]

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