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<blockquote data-quote="gunz4me" data-source="post: 4897569" data-attributes="member: 596464">Not 100% true.&nbsp; Feed speakers, especially subwoofers, enough power to continuously keep them driven past their physical limits and see how long they last!&nbsp; I watched someone do this in my college days and the voice coil came through the dust cap<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />But in another way, you are correct.&nbsp; In the past I have overpowered subwoofers and various other speakers by 2 to 3 times their RMS capabilities and I never had one of them fail.&nbsp; As long as the gains are set properly and the speakers aren&#039;t being driven past their physical limitations, more power will not damage them.&nbsp; It is all in how the system is tuned!In the OPs case, should he choose to overpower his subwoofers, I would recommend that someone with knowledge help him tune his system and teach him to listen for when his subwoofers are physically distorting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gunz4me, post: 4897569, member: 596464"] Not 100% true. Feed speakers, especially subwoofers, enough power to continuously keep them driven past their physical limits and see how long they last! I watched someone do this in my college days and the voice coil came through the dust cap:eek: But in another way, you are correct. In the past I have overpowered subwoofers and various other speakers by 2 to 3 times their RMS capabilities and I never had one of them fail. As long as the gains are set properly and the speakers aren't being driven past their physical limitations, more power will not damage them. It is all in how the system is tuned! In the OPs case, should he choose to overpower his subwoofers, I would recommend that someone with knowledge help him tune his system and teach him to listen for when his subwoofers are physically distorting. [/QUOTE]

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