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<blockquote data-quote="maylar" data-source="post: 82030" data-attributes="member: 541144">I emailed Kicker about the power rating of their RMB8&#039;s an here&#039;s the response:We rate this speaker at 175 watts but we also recommend that it be used as a midbass driver. Since this is a shallow mount driver it has very limited excursion. Since lower frequencies cause more excursion it is easy to make the speaker bottom out. Even with the right amount of power. If this speaker is used as a dedicated midbass driver where lower frequencies are filtered this will not happen. Many people have the misconception that this speaker can play low because it is an 8&quot;. It is designed, marketed and recommended to be used as a midbass driver only. You can play this driver as low as 50 Hz with a 24dB/octave crossover. Don&#039;t allow it to play down into thesubwoofer range and it will not pop.So I guess they lied about it being useful as a free-air sub. Now I gotta find another solution.Anybody want to buy a pair of RMB8&#039;s?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maylar, post: 82030, member: 541144"] I emailed Kicker about the power rating of their RMB8's an here's the response: [I][B]We rate this speaker at 175 watts but we also recommend that it be used as a midbass driver. Since this is a shallow mount driver it has very limited excursion. Since lower frequencies cause more excursion it is easy to make the speaker bottom out. Even with the right amount of power. If this speaker is used as a dedicated midbass driver where lower frequencies are filtered this will not happen. Many people have the misconception that this speaker can play low because it is an 8". It is designed, marketed and recommended to be used as a midbass driver only. You can play this driver as low as 50 Hz with a 24dB/octave crossover. Don't allow it to play down into the[/B][/I] [I][B]subwoofer range and it will not pop.[/B][/I] So I guess they lied about it being useful as a free-air sub. Now I gotta find another solution. Anybody want to buy a pair of RMB8's? [/QUOTE]

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