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<blockquote data-quote="blazian87" data-source="post: 8326311" data-attributes="member: 574798">Your amp is probably not 1 ohm stable which will cause the amp to heat up bad.. You&#039;re gonna have to get a better quality amp. It probably doesn&#039;t do rated RMS watts on your amp. Never look at Max watts..You were probably clipping hard in your amp and your subs just couldn&#039;t handle it. If you&#039;re wanting to run 5000w or some ridiculous number like that, you need the electrical to back it up. You have to make power to run power. Don&#039;t just put a big amp in expecting it to run good when you don&#039;t have anything generating the power for you. You can make good use of your power by being efficient on your box. Even 1000w can sound loud with the right box and equipment. Since you have a lot of room, make your enclosure on the bigger side and it&#039;ll be efficient/louder with less power. That way you don&#039;t have to buy a crazy 5000w to be &quot;loud enough&quot;.I would probably make your box like maybe 5 cu ft net for your 2 12&#039;s. Tune it to whatever you like depending on your taste in music. Low 30s for rap and mid to higher 30&#039;s for rock and other genres that have a lot of midbass.Subs tend to get hot in sealed boxes so you can&#039;t be blasting them for 4 hours straight and expect them to survive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="blazian87, post: 8326311, member: 574798"] Your amp is probably not 1 ohm stable which will cause the amp to heat up bad.. You're gonna have to get a better quality amp. It probably doesn't do rated RMS watts on your amp. Never look at Max watts..You were probably clipping hard in your amp and your subs just couldn't handle it. If you're wanting to run 5000w or some ridiculous number like that, you need the electrical to back it up. You have to make power to run power. Don't just put a big amp in expecting it to run good when you don't have anything generating the power for you. You can make good use of your power by being efficient on your box. Even 1000w can sound loud with the right box and equipment. Since you have a lot of room, make your enclosure on the bigger side and it'll be efficient/louder with less power. That way you don't have to buy a crazy 5000w to be "loud enough". I would probably make your box like maybe 5 cu ft net for your 2 12's. Tune it to whatever you like depending on your taste in music. Low 30s for rap and mid to higher 30's for rock and other genres that have a lot of midbass. Subs tend to get hot in sealed boxes so you can't be blasting them for 4 hours straight and expect them to survive. [/QUOTE]

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