4:20_all_day
10+ year member
Junior Member
so i'm underpowering my kicker compvr 12's by about 50 watts each... (rated at 400rms, and i'm sending them about 325-350 obviously approximately) but i just bought two new ones cuz i tore the voicecoils out of the old ones. Now i hear people say they're easily overpowering these subs by 100 watts each. My problem is the new ones give out a foul smell like burning something when i turn them up to about halfway on the bass line driver. am i damaging the voicecoils? or am i just burning away the manufacturing oils...? i don't understand why i'd be damaging the voicecoils cuz i'm feeding them clean watts.....