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is there a difference in sound vs wattage, power, and rms?
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<blockquote data-quote="blazian87" data-source="post: 8383893" data-attributes="member: 574798"><p>depends on the company really.. some overrate and some underrate. If you're comparing two different subs using the same power, in your example a 500w rated sub with a 1000w rated sub, typically the 500w sub will just sound louder because it's getting close to it's full potential whereas the 1000w+ sub sounds like it's just getting started, barely getting tickled. Running a 1000w sub with lower wattage amp doesn't make it sound worse per se, it just makes things kinda boring. You're expecting more, so you might end up turning the gain up more higher to compensate, which leads to it sounding worse because of distortion. On the other hand, if you have a super efficient box, you can get away with much less power and still be in the range you need to be.</p><p></p><p>To answer your other questions, it's good to have headroom for your subs so you can push it to it's limits without sending a clipped signal and to keep your amp running cool, but getting a 3000w amp and pushing it to a 1000w rated sub is pretty stupid.. there's a chance you might blow something if you're not careful. get the appropriate amp for the sub so you don't end up wasting money for nothing. This hobby is not cheap so there's nothing cool about having 3000w in hand if you're not actually gonna using it. 800w amp for a 400w rated sub would be just fine though. You'd be suprised how many 500w subs can actually handle 1000w daily if you look around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blazian87, post: 8383893, member: 574798"] depends on the company really.. some overrate and some underrate. If you're comparing two different subs using the same power, in your example a 500w rated sub with a 1000w rated sub, typically the 500w sub will just sound louder because it's getting close to it's full potential whereas the 1000w+ sub sounds like it's just getting started, barely getting tickled. Running a 1000w sub with lower wattage amp doesn't make it sound worse per se, it just makes things kinda boring. You're expecting more, so you might end up turning the gain up more higher to compensate, which leads to it sounding worse because of distortion. On the other hand, if you have a super efficient box, you can get away with much less power and still be in the range you need to be. To answer your other questions, it's good to have headroom for your subs so you can push it to it's limits without sending a clipped signal and to keep your amp running cool, but getting a 3000w amp and pushing it to a 1000w rated sub is pretty stupid.. there's a chance you might blow something if you're not careful. get the appropriate amp for the sub so you don't end up wasting money for nothing. This hobby is not cheap so there's nothing cool about having 3000w in hand if you're not actually gonna using it. 800w amp for a 400w rated sub would be just fine though. You'd be suprised how many 500w subs can actually handle 1000w daily if you look around. [/QUOTE]
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