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I blew a subwoofer with a weak amp?
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<blockquote data-quote="AmuletOfNight" data-source="post: 8303750" data-attributes="member: 662625"><p>I got my first amp installed in my car today. My friend bought me some cheap (CHEAP!!!) subs rated at 400 RMS. Seeing how they were cheap I didn't want to supply them with their full power, so I didn't. I installed an amp rated at 175 RMS @ 4 ohms. When I plugged them both in, it wasn't enough to drive them to produce an actual bass tone..it was just a tinny noise. I went ahead and bridged the amp to one (it's a 2 channel amp) sub so that it would be putting out it's rated 275 watts @ 2 ohms. I turned the bass all the way up on my radio and turned the subwoofer level up all the way on the radio as well. The bass was great. After about 5 minutes of this, the bass just stopped completely and I could smell the "speaker" smell. You know, the smell of a speaker after it works hard. Sure enough, the sub was blown completely. What happened at 275 watts?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AmuletOfNight, post: 8303750, member: 662625"] I got my first amp installed in my car today. My friend bought me some cheap (CHEAP!!!) subs rated at 400 RMS. Seeing how they were cheap I didn't want to supply them with their full power, so I didn't. I installed an amp rated at 175 RMS @ 4 ohms. When I plugged them both in, it wasn't enough to drive them to produce an actual bass tone..it was just a tinny noise. I went ahead and bridged the amp to one (it's a 2 channel amp) sub so that it would be putting out it's rated 275 watts @ 2 ohms. I turned the bass all the way up on my radio and turned the subwoofer level up all the way on the radio as well. The bass was great. After about 5 minutes of this, the bass just stopped completely and I could smell the "speaker" smell. You know, the smell of a speaker after it works hard. Sure enough, the sub was blown completely. What happened at 275 watts?! [/QUOTE]
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