RMS to MAX

[loser_fish 10+ year member]

I went to ABC warehouse and bought a 10" JBL GT in a bandpass box to get me through until I get my XTR 15" back from Orion (blown), and the RMS is like 50-275 watts but the max is 1,000. Do you think I can run at least 300 to it safely? I have a JBL BP 300.1 for an amp and I just dont want to run 300 watts to it and have 2 speakers out for repair.

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[maylar 10+ year member]

Turn it down when it gets distorted. A speaker will get distorted long before it reaches its burn-out point. But 300 sounds a tad high for it by the specs.

 

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I'll try that, thanks a lot

 

[Unregistered]

As long as you don't distort the sound by cranking the amp gains, the sub will handle 300 RMS with no problem. A 500 watt RMS amp wouldn't even blow it as long as the sound was kept clean.