how much power can this handle...being safe..

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

ok so im lookin to buy a new amp soon and was wondering how much power i can push my 05 15" RE XXX with safely.. ive heard around 2000watts to be safe but am curious as to what everyones push through these daily and been safe

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[boomzabit 10+ year member]

I used to own the exact same sub.. i thought my RF 1501bd was almost a perfect match. If you set your gain and everything right, i dont see why you could hook one up to a 2500w amp.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

thats kind of what im lookin to do actually.. but wondering if 2500 might be a tad much.. not sure trying to see if anybody has any info on this matter first before i buy an amp for no reason and blow my sub to boot

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

1600-2000 watts.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

1600-2000 watts.

mm ok thats basically where im at so maybe i should save my money and wait lol

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

mm ok thats basically where im at so maybe i should save my money and wait lol

It never hurts to have a bigger amp and gain it down for SQ purposes.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

1500 watts should be about right. I had a motor I was going to build up a few years ago... 1500 is what people were recommending at the time.

 

[FtheNutHuggers]

big amp, beautiful results without pushing the amp too hard. rather than worry about how much power the coil will handle, get the big amp and have a professional set the gains based on the material you listen to. This way you will neither mechanically hurt the sub nor thermally kill it. At that point, based on your enclosure's limits with that sub coupled to it in that particular vehicle.....it would not matter what power you were actually getting to the sub, just that it's doing the best it can without electroacousticalmasochism. that's German for: subwoofer suicidal tendencies/practices.

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

big amp, beautiful results without pushing the amp too hard. rather than worry about how much power the coil will handle, get the big amp and have a professional set the gains based on the material you listen to. This way you will neither mechanically hurt the sub nor thermally kill it. At that point, based on your enclosure's limits with that sub coupled to it in that particular vehicle.....it would not matter what power you were actually getting to the sub, just that it's doing the best it can without electroacousticalmasochism. that's German for: subwoofer suicidal tendencies/practices.

Hahahahahahahahaha.........

Since when have you seen a shop with an o-scope?

 

[FtheNutHuggers]

notice, i didn't make the mistake of saying "SHOP"......so true is it not?

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

notice, i didn't make the mistake of saying "SHOP"......so true is it not?

Many people on here aren't going to go to a shop or find a "professional" to tune their amp. They want to do it themselves. And it's not hard to get where you want by just doing it by ear.

OP, I've never seen one played, but I've seen one in person and just compared stiffness and thought about some things and 2000w rms seems a little overkill for these woofers. They might be able to handle it, but I don't think it would be necessary.

 

[FtheNutHuggers]

depends totally on the enclosure. he could use a design that reaches significant thermal compression at just 900w.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

depends totally on the enclosure. he could use a design that reaches significant thermal compression at just 900w.

I'm all likeliness we are probably talking about a sealed or ported enclosure, both which will allow the woofer to handle that power.

 

[treesive 10+ year member]

I have the same sub and I feed mine 1500 rms and have been for five years. Sounds great have never had any problems at that wattage.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I have the same sub and I feed mine 1500 rms and have been for five years. Sounds great have never had any problems at that wattage.

Why does your sig say you have an rl-p?