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[oryan20xx 10+ year member]

What would happen if I was to hook up a 1000 watt rms amp to a 1000 watt peak sub and turned the gain all the way down? Would this destroy the sub if I was to be careful?

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[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

What amp/sub?

 

[Berry47 10+ year member]

It depends on where your gains are set. I am running 300 watts rms to my cdt comp set and that is 2 times more then rms. They sound amazing and have had no problems with them. Its all about using your ears and good judgement. If the speaker starts clipping turn down the gain.

 

[skatenc 10+ year member]

what is clipping

 

[LoneRanger 10+ year member]

what is clipping

You know that nasty pop and crackle sound your buddy's Best Buy system makes when it hits a real low note......that's clipping //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

When the gains on your amp are too high, some of those nice pretty sine waves become "squared off" and cause a nasty sound to be produced. These ugly square waves carry way more power than your run-of-the-mill sine wave and can cause serious thermal problems *read as burnt voice coils* if uncorrected. In extreme cases, clipping can cause the pole to "jump the gap" and bang against the inside of the former causing permanent damage to your funky pups //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

If you hear anything but bass or trunk rattle coming from your system, or if it seems to "get quiet" all the sudden during extended cycles, you should probably back the gain down a bit.

 

[skatenc 10+ year member]

yea i just blew my audiobahn sub ( yea i know audiobahn ***** i didnt know what i was getting i had it like a month before i came here to the boards) i had a 1200w rms amp and 1100 rms sub and i had my gain all the way up trying to see if it would get louder and well...... my sub now sounds like blop blop blop instead of boom boom boom i

 

[oryan20xx 10+ year member]

the amp would be a Memphis MC1000D run at 1 ohm and the sub is an Alpine Type-R dual 2 ohm.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

is the box for the sub ported? and also type R's dont sound to pretty when there in the higher number's... they sound there best at around 500-700

 

[oryan20xx 10+ year member]

box is ported

 

[BooLeaN 10+ year member]

My type R 12's took 600 RMS each for 2-3 months. then i sold them. I had the gain on the amp at 1/4. Just listen and be careful.