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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8256878" data-attributes="member: 655960"><p>Just to clear a few misnomers up... if a Boss amplifier only produces 600 of 2000 claimed watts, that does not mean the power will be "dirty". If the gain is set properly and the source signal is clean, then the signal the amp produces will also be clean. I just won't be as much power as Boss claims. In fact, you could take that board, repackage it as another brand and claim it to be a 300 watt amp and suddenly, it would be called a powerhouse of an under rated amp. It's true that Boss uses lower quality components on their amplifiers but the same can be said for Precision Power. After all, they aren't magically able to source high quality semi conductors at a 3rd the cost other manufacturers have to pay. They use the same quality semiconductors Boss uses... they just don't over rate their amps.</p><p></p><p>Regarding underpowering a speaker, it is not unsafe to under power a speaker. If it were, every time someone listened to their audio system at less than full volume, they would be doing damage to their speakers. If a speaker is honestly rated at 1000 watts that means the speaker can dissipate the heat generated by a 1000 watt sine wave indefinitely. Moreover, it can also dissipate the heat generated by any signal below that power level indefinitely as well... so long as the signal is a frequency that's safe for the driver.</p><p></p><p>OP, keeping the 12s in your system will not produce any appreciable amount of extra volume for you, especially considering the additional drain it will have on your electrical system. Also, if you aren't prepared to do electrical upgrades, I would recommend staying at or below 1500 watts. Not because the sub can't handle it, but because your electrical system can't. If you don't, at the very least, upgrade your power wiring and do a big 3 upgrade, you'll likely end up with headlight dimming and you will put an excessive load on your alternator, which will cause it to fail sooner than later.</p><p></p><p>That said, the sub you're looking at can take double it's rate power safely and probably even more than that in the right hands, so don't worry about it. And if you do sell your other equipment, I would strongly recommend putting that money into electrical upgrades rather than more subs /amps. Your electrical system is the foundation of your entire audio system and whatever its limitations are is what the system's limitations will be. To put it simply, you could install the best quality 7K amp money can buy and on factory electrical, you'd be lucky to get 2000 watts of clean power from the amp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8256878, member: 655960"] Just to clear a few misnomers up... if a Boss amplifier only produces 600 of 2000 claimed watts, that does not mean the power will be "dirty". If the gain is set properly and the source signal is clean, then the signal the amp produces will also be clean. I just won't be as much power as Boss claims. In fact, you could take that board, repackage it as another brand and claim it to be a 300 watt amp and suddenly, it would be called a powerhouse of an under rated amp. It's true that Boss uses lower quality components on their amplifiers but the same can be said for Precision Power. After all, they aren't magically able to source high quality semi conductors at a 3rd the cost other manufacturers have to pay. They use the same quality semiconductors Boss uses... they just don't over rate their amps. Regarding underpowering a speaker, it is not unsafe to under power a speaker. If it were, every time someone listened to their audio system at less than full volume, they would be doing damage to their speakers. If a speaker is honestly rated at 1000 watts that means the speaker can dissipate the heat generated by a 1000 watt sine wave indefinitely. Moreover, it can also dissipate the heat generated by any signal below that power level indefinitely as well... so long as the signal is a frequency that's safe for the driver. OP, keeping the 12s in your system will not produce any appreciable amount of extra volume for you, especially considering the additional drain it will have on your electrical system. Also, if you aren't prepared to do electrical upgrades, I would recommend staying at or below 1500 watts. Not because the sub can't handle it, but because your electrical system can't. If you don't, at the very least, upgrade your power wiring and do a big 3 upgrade, you'll likely end up with headlight dimming and you will put an excessive load on your alternator, which will cause it to fail sooner than later. That said, the sub you're looking at can take double it's rate power safely and probably even more than that in the right hands, so don't worry about it. And if you do sell your other equipment, I would strongly recommend putting that money into electrical upgrades rather than more subs /amps. Your electrical system is the foundation of your entire audio system and whatever its limitations are is what the system's limitations will be. To put it simply, you could install the best quality 7K amp money can buy and on factory electrical, you'd be lucky to get 2000 watts of clean power from the amp. [/QUOTE]
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