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<blockquote data-quote="Motorhead87" data-source="post: 8697193" data-attributes="member: 678909"><p>BContrell, I was kind of ruling Taramps out because when I watched the duno ratings for the MD1800 it was coming up with ~65% efficiency and that sounds like a power hog to me. The Smart 3 shows much better with up to >90% in 2 ohms I think it was.</p><p></p><p>I was debating 10’s vs 12’s and won’t a properly built ported box for two 12’s just be massive? When I have the Tahoe I am not going to want to keep the back bench down 24/7 to accommodate a massive box. I was debating on two 10’s vs one 12 and felt like the added surface area of the two 10’s would make that the better option.Also is running a 3k amp to a speaker that’s rated for 1500w going to damage the sub at all? Sorry if that is an ignorant question.</p><p></p><p>Also can you give me some advice on what to look for in order to grade an amp and subs efficiency against other amps and subs? For Amps I pay attention to the efficiency rating and total amps at a given ohm spec on dyno videos. Is that a decent way to look at it?</p><p>For subs I go based on sensitivity rating although I know there is more to it but all of that data is still confusing to me on just how to process that and make sense of it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Motorhead87, post: 8697193, member: 678909"] BContrell, I was kind of ruling Taramps out because when I watched the duno ratings for the MD1800 it was coming up with ~65% efficiency and that sounds like a power hog to me. The Smart 3 shows much better with up to >90% in 2 ohms I think it was. I was debating 10’s vs 12’s and won’t a properly built ported box for two 12’s just be massive? When I have the Tahoe I am not going to want to keep the back bench down 24/7 to accommodate a massive box. I was debating on two 10’s vs one 12 and felt like the added surface area of the two 10’s would make that the better option.Also is running a 3k amp to a speaker that’s rated for 1500w going to damage the sub at all? Sorry if that is an ignorant question. Also can you give me some advice on what to look for in order to grade an amp and subs efficiency against other amps and subs? For Amps I pay attention to the efficiency rating and total amps at a given ohm spec on dyno videos. Is that a decent way to look at it? For subs I go based on sensitivity rating although I know there is more to it but all of that data is still confusing to me on just how to process that and make sense of it all. [/QUOTE]
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