Sundown SA-12 power rating

[JoeK 10+ year member]

What is a safe RMS to run these at over their rated 600? Some say they run 2000W daily no problem, while others say 1000W is the top. My amp is capable of 1200W RMS clean power

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[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Depends on your listening habits....

 

[logiball 10+ year member]

I was wondering the same I'm new to Sundown but I just picked up a 1500d v.2 and I was curious if I should run it at 2 ohm 800w or 1ohm 1500w. mostly dubstep, trance, and ol skool good rap(not this new crap they pretend is rap lol) Also I listen for about 30 minutes straight on the way to work.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I would exect the 600W rating is a 50hz sine wave for hours. Use your discresion above that. Recones aren't terribly expensive, so you can just go head and beat it til it breaks, recone, then you know how loud and how long it'll hold up for you!

 

[jsluss17 10+ year member]

i had mine on 1000 watts of clipping the **** out of it power for 5 months and it took it fine. i'd say you could go double it's power cleanly

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

I was wondering the same I'm new to Sundown but I just picked up a 1500d v.2 and I was curious if I should run it at 2 ohm 800w or 1ohm 1500w. mostly dubstep, trance, and ol skool good rap(not this new crap they pretend is rap lol) Also I listen for about 30 minutes straight on the way to work.

Run it at 1 ohm, and turn the gain down.

Personally, I had mine on a clean and underrated 1200w. It took the power fine for close to a year, and I'm now looking to get another and add more power. I even played a 20hz tone on it full blast, and it didn't get warm. I'd say 1k is a safe recommendation for it though.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

The rating is quite conservative on them =)

 

[9F-ckinThousand 10+ year member]

SA-12s rock !

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

i'd do 1k unclipped for daily

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Matt had 2 gp3000's strapped to a pair of sa-10's for burping and music and they never failed. Of course they would stink like crap but they took everybit those two amps had to give.. I would not run that daily 1k each is more then enough.