Obsidian Audio question

[big_a 10+ year member]

Obsidian Audio 12's have a 600 rms power handling according to Obsidians site. What is the most power you can actually feed one without damaging it though? Thanks

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[duanebro 10+ year member]

Depends on the box and what is being played. There is no real answer to this question.

 

[naughtyca 10+ year member]

if the box is right you should be able to feed it a little over 1k, this also depends on how gain happy your fingers are on the remote gain

 

[big_a 10+ year member]

Thanks guys. Ill be having a ported box built for the sub

 

[I<3AudioTechnix 10+ year member]

a Lot. I think they run like 1.5k or so for burps.

I'd say 1k daily would be pretty ideal. Assuming you have a good, clean signal.

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

I have to agree to disagree on this. I have ran Obsidian. For daily use I would NOT recommend any more than 600 watts. For burping yes you can get 1000-1500 watts clean to them. But for daily use anything over 600 watts will cause the voice coils to heat up rather quickly. So this all depends on your purpose of the subs. Daily use: 600 RMS Competition Use: 100-1500 clean

 

[big_a 10+ year member]

I emailed someone from Obsidian to see what they recommend but never got a reply

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Depends on your listening habits. I was running mine off an aq2200 @ 1 ohm (1 12") and i never smelled coil. But then again I usually play a song full tilt for a minute or two then turn it down. If you're the kind of person who likes to listen to it full tilt all day, wait until Nick is done with the 3" coil proto's

 

[big_a 10+ year member]

Yes I plan on giving it a good work out every day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[big_a 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/subwoofers/548366-obsidian-audio.html

Found this thread.....looks like 800 is the most you want to feed them!!

 

[Brianyakno 10+ year member]

i had a 15" oa sub on a ap1500. and i smoked it. even at half gain it started to smell lasted a month before it was up in smoke. 800wrms daily TOPS i agree with big a

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

i had a 15" oa sub on a ap1500. and i smoked it. even at half gain it started to smell lasted a month before it was up in smoke. 800wrms daily TOPS i agree with big a

Over double rated power and you blew the sub. No surprise there. Gain knob position is not an accurate representation of power output.

If you stay at/near what the subwoofers are rated, and warrantied, for you will be fine.

 

[Brianyakno 10+ year member]

yeah i figured that i got it dirt cheap while i had a beast built up wasnt much of a loss flipped the motor and basket. sounded great tho i was impressed

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

Over double rated power and you blew the sub. No surprise there. Gain knob position is not an accurate representation of power output.
If you stay at/near what the subwoofers are rated, and warrantied, for you will be fine.

If you listen to him ^^^^^^^^^ that sub will last forever.

 

[Villeza1 10+ year member]

Over double rated power and you blew the sub. No surprise there. Gain knob position is not an accurate representation of power output.
If you stay at/near what the subwoofers are rated, and warrantied, for you will be fine.

The sub can handle over double rated power just fine. The ap amp makes dirty power. If it was clean the sub would still be alive.