Myth Or Fact: Under Powering a Subwoofer?

[What was that? 10+ year member]

I knew what you meant after the video. And I agree.

 

[What was that? 10+ year member]

I have gained knowledge about clipped signals from this thread. Things learned are always positive.

 

[AARKing419]

You are telling the amp to make more power then it can possibly hope to achieve. It cannot physically do it without causing major distortion to the signal. Thats why you have noobs buying 400 watt amps powering 600 watt subs thinking they will be safe, but when they have it all set up and its not hitting as hard as they want even though they are pretty much maxed out on power output from the amp, They start cranking stuff up even more. They think its louder but its actually distortion and it leads to blown subs.

Theres impedance rise and voltage drops to account for so even a reputable 1000 watt amp would probably only make 600-750 watts after rise and voltage drops. 400 watts would be a lot less which is pretty much like tickling the sub. Thats why most people encourage headroom with power. More loudness without the distortion.

Your inbox if full Jeff.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Your inbox if full Jeff.

cleared

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

There is no such thing as "under powering", so can we stop using the term.

 

[treesive 10+ year member]

These are the types of threads that new comers should read so they can see how many people on the many forum sites are going to spit out info to them and have no idea what they are talking about. This in turn piles garbage knowledge on top of more garbage knowledge to the point when there are only a handful of people on the site that still live in a world of correct info. They will then get bored and tired of the overwhelming stupidity on the forum and move on...