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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8327205" data-attributes="member: 614752">You&#039;ll have a hard time breaking the woofer from setting HPF too high, on the other hand, a woofer designed for low power may not survive bottoming out even once!Safest thing to do would be to start your HPF right at box tuning and watch the woofer through a variety of music at the loudest levels you&#039;ll use.&nbsp; Then you can gradually lower it if you need.&nbsp;&nbsp; Be cautious unless you can afford to and like repairing woofers, because the lower frequency you go the more the cone wants to move and even more so after you dip below tuning.Also if you mentioned what amp you&#039;re using I didn&#039;t catch that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Damaging a woofer from over-excursion&nbsp; is largely dependent on power.&nbsp;&nbsp; For example if the sub is rated 250W you&#039;ll likely never kill it with 50W no matter where you set HPF, but if you&#039;re playing close to or even above rated power you&#039;ll need to be much more attentive to what the woofer does.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8327205, member: 614752"] You'll have a hard time breaking the woofer from setting HPF too high, on the other hand, a woofer designed for low power may not survive bottoming out even once! Safest thing to do would be to start your HPF right at box tuning and watch the woofer through a variety of music at the loudest levels you'll use. Then you can gradually lower it if you need. Be cautious unless you can afford to and like repairing woofers, because the lower frequency you go the more the cone wants to move and even more so after you dip below tuning. Also if you mentioned what amp you're using I didn't catch that. Damaging a woofer from over-excursion is largely dependent on power. For example if the sub is rated 250W you'll likely never kill it with 50W no matter where you set HPF, but if you're playing close to or even above rated power you'll need to be much more attentive to what the woofer does. [/QUOTE]

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