Power handling for a pair of RE 8's

[Robertw813 10+ year member]

Got a pair of RE8's and a Kicker ZR360 (500-ish bridged @ 4 Ohms). These subs are rated at a max power of 250 each. Just wondering for those that have experience with them if they will hold up ok. I do plan on running a sealed enclosure and being conservative with my gains. However, I might like to play around with a ported enclosure at some point in time. Whadda ya think?

-Rob

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[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

I think they can handle the rated RMS...

 

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

I think they can handle the rated RMS...

good call with that one

and if you dont know that is use http://www.reaudio.com

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

175 RMS for teh lazy people.

 

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

175 RMS for teh lazy people.

now why did you have to go and take all the fun out of it... we should make the new kids search some and not ask questions that they could answer with a little bit of looking around

 

[Robertw813 10+ year member]

Well I appreciate the replies even though they are sarcastic in nature. I had visited http://www.reaudio.com and noticed the specs (you might have just read the title instead of my post) which is why I was asking if the subs would indeed handle their rated max power all day. So, any thoughts on how these things will hold up if they do indeed see 250W consistently?

-Rob

BTW, I love how people are considered newbs if the post count is a certain number. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

no dont run the subs at max all day i would run them at rms. if you were running them max all day they would heat the coils too much and burn up the sub overtime

 

[Robertw813 10+ year member]

I thought that might indeed be a problem, but I wasnt for sure how true the ratings are for the RE subs. I was hoping that with the gains turned down some they would be ok, and I would just have a lot of headroom for when I upgrade later. Thanks.

-Rob

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

set your gain properly with a DMM and youll be fine.