How many watts rms is safe to push to a 12w7?

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

If you're worried about warranty don't try 2200wrms.

 

[efm80 10+ year member]

The 8, 10 and 12 are single 3 ohm (really work out to close to a 4 ohm load) and the 13 is a dual 1.5.
To the OP the difference between 700 and 1200 is not going to be very much on that sub because of power compression.

"power compression".... please explain

 

[lolwut 10+ year member]

"power compression".... please explain

I've never heard of this before...

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

breaking point: Once reached, it's just not going to get any louder no matter how much power you pump into it.

 

[lolwut 10+ year member]

I see. Could I ruin the speaker by pumping 1200 to it? If so, how do I not pump all 1200 watts to it?

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Play music, not sine waves. Keep the gain set low. Keep the volume down. The amp you're talking about won't make that kind of power into the load that sub will present it with anyway.