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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 6907544" data-attributes="member: 614752">1) Is it okay to overpower a sub? Everyone had always told me it was a great idea to overpower subs and that 1150w would never hurt a 1000w sub.A &quot;1000W&quot; sub can handle probably double that or more for very short periods of time depending on box and frequency....the key being FOR VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.&nbsp;&nbsp; As you allready said for 5 minutes it&#039;ll take your amp full throttle.&nbsp;&nbsp; For about the third time here the MMats amps are probably under-rated and it likely is capable of quite a bit more power.2) If my amp is only 1150w RMS isn&#039;t that going to be the most power it puts out regardless of how high I turn the gain on the amp or headunit volume? So even if I have the volume at max and gain at max, the amp will only put out 1150w correct? If not...how does it work..?For the 4th time here, that Mmats amp can probably put out 10-20% over its &quot;rated&quot; 1150W of relatively clean signal.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you overdrive it the signal will become a big fat square wave which although is the same power in the Voltage * Current sense, the effective heat generated and not properly dissipated by cone movement is as someone else said equivelant to possibly double the 1150W you think you&#039;re giving it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 6907544, member: 614752"] 1) Is it okay to overpower a sub? Everyone had always told me it was a great idea to overpower subs and that 1150w would never hurt a 1000w sub. A "1000W" sub can handle probably double that or more for very short periods of time depending on box and frequency....the key being FOR VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. As you allready said for 5 minutes it'll take your amp full throttle. For about the third time here the MMats amps are probably under-rated and it likely is capable of quite a bit more power. 2) If my amp is only 1150w RMS isn't that going to be the most power it puts out regardless of how high I turn the gain on the amp or headunit volume? So even if I have the volume at max and gain at max, the amp will only put out 1150w correct? If not...how does it work..? For the 4th time here, that Mmats amp can probably put out 10-20% over its "rated" 1150W of relatively clean signal. If you overdrive it the signal will become a big fat square wave which although is the same power in the Voltage * Current sense, the effective heat generated and not properly dissipated by cone movement is as someone else said equivelant to possibly double the 1150W you think you're giving it. [/QUOTE]

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