Underpowering subs temperarimly?

[brafferty]

So at the moment my car has installed an almani pa900.2 Amp, and a pioneer 3001d (1000 rms)(these came with one of my cars so i put it to use) and im eventually installing my Alpine type R's (1000 rms as well) to a sounstream 2000 watt amp (1300 rms split into 2 subs). Now my question is, even thouigh the soundstream amp will under rate these subs, if i used my type R's one at a time on my amani amp to break them in, would this hurt them? Ibviously 750 watts is underrating them, but i feel like 450, or even 250 which i think is what im pushing could be more harmful if at all.

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[Dmac1991]

do you ever turn down your radio?

if underpowering your subs hurt them, everyone would be blowing subs unless they drive around full-tilt 24/7

 

[James Coyle]

The reason "underpowering" could be considering hurting your subs is because you are trying to push your amplifier too hard, not your subs too little. Say if you had a 1000 w rms subwoofer and you were attempting to power it with a 500 watt rms amplifier, and you turn your gain up on the amp to compensate with its rated (clean) power production, you might send a clipped signal. Check this out: Clipping (signal processing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[James Coyle]

Just set your gain on the amp conservatively, you won't have an issue. The subs will just be less loud than they could be.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

I like how "underpowering" was quoted, you know since there is no such thing.