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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 545658" data-attributes="member: 555320">Not quite sure what you are saying........the RMS of a sub is typically the thermal power handling of the voice coil (i.e. that amount of power won&#039;t fry the voice coils).&nbsp; But the mechanical power handling is dependent upon the size of the box.....as stated earlier, for a sealed box, small box = high mechanical power handling; large box = lower mechanical power handling.&nbsp; Since a box volume close to VAS is typically at the &quot;larger&quot; end of the box size spectrum for a given sub (since going too much over VAS causes the sub to act as if it were in an IB alignment [no box at all]), it&#039;s mechanical power handling would likely decrease well below the RMS wattage in a box close to it&#039;s VAS, in my opinion.&nbsp; Best way to find out the mechanical power handling limits is to load everything into a box program and look at the excursion graphs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 545658, member: 555320"] Not quite sure what you are saying........the RMS of a sub is typically the thermal power handling of the voice coil (i.e. that amount of power won't fry the voice coils). But the [I]mechanical[/I] power handling is dependent upon the size of the box.....as stated earlier, for a sealed box, small box = high mechanical power handling; large box = lower mechanical power handling. Since a box volume close to VAS is typically at the "larger" end of the box size spectrum for a given sub (since going too much over VAS causes the sub to act as if it were in an IB alignment [no box at all]), it's mechanical power handling would likely decrease well below the RMS wattage in a box close to it's VAS, in my opinion. Best way to find out the mechanical power handling limits is to load everything into a box program and look at the excursion graphs. [/QUOTE]

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