How much power can a JBL sub really take?

[greenchaos 10+ year member]

i was trying to get a full JBL setup in my car and i ran across a problem. im using the JBL 600.1 and i was thinking of getting a pair of the SVC 4ohm GT120 subs.

Since ill be running my amp at 2ohms the subs should recive about 300watts rms a piece give or take a few

now there website says that they can Only handle 250watts RMS and 1000watts MAX but someone once told me that you can usually take half of the max and get the rms rating which would make it 500rms thats if they underrate their speakers im guessing.

anyone know for sure? thanks for any help

p.s i tried to search for info on JBL subs first but you cant put "JBL" in the search engine becuase its too short //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

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[paul83085 10+ year member]

i dont think it could hurt the sub considering most all jbl anything is underated never used a jbl sub before so coulndt help you out there....

 

[greenchaos 10+ year member]

hmm what should i do? would i be better off just getting some subs that can handle 300-400rms? or can i make these work?

 

[ridered36 10+ year member]

Originally posted by greenchaos hmm what should i do? would i be better off just getting some subs that can handle 300-400rms? or can i make these work?

just turn your gain down on your amp so that they aren't getting that much power. To set the gain you turn your HU up to about 3/4 and then turn your gain up as far up as you can until you hear distortion, then back the gain off a bit. That should put it in a pretty good area.

 

[BigBoomer 10+ year member]

it will prolly work, just dont turn the gain or bassboost(or whatever that amp has) too high

 

[ridered36 10+ year member]

Originally posted by BigBoomer it will prolly work, just dont turn the gain or bassboost(or whatever that amp has) too high

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[BenTLocK 10+ year member]

going 50watts over rms is not gonna hurt the sub that bad, if at all..

id go for it..