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Thread: How big of an amp can i use and be safe? |
    
Jordan James Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 07:59 pm: |
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I have two 15" Pyramid subs 600 Watt RMS Power each 1200 Watt Peak Power each 4 Ohms Impedance what is the most watts i can run to EACH ONE with out damaging them?
with a ported box
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New member Username: Mad_at_madd
Chico,
CA
USA
Post Number: 8
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 08:15 pm: |
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In theory you can run an amp with a 1200 watt RMS at a 2ohm mono load, if you wire the speakers in parallel. However, if you are going to do this I would recommend running something like a 1200watt sound storm or some other lower quality brand, 1200watt amp.
I had a 1600watt sound storm at one point running two Alpine type E 12's they were 4ohm single V.C. subs. They had a RMS/peak of 250/500 and the Sound storm pushed them fine. However, when I bought my 500watt memphis, which should have been safe for the speakers according to their rating, I blew one of the speakers within 3 months time. |
Jordan James Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 08:35 pm: |
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are you saying run 1200w to each or one 1200 watt powering both subs? |
Jordan James Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 08:36 pm: |
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are you saying run 1200w to each or one 1200 watt powering both subs? |
Gold Member Username: Invain
Michigan
United States
Post Number: 1946
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:44 pm: |
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No offense, but what he's saying is that if you run 1200 watts to them, make sure you get a crappy amp to match the crappy subs. A crappy amp won't push near the 1200 watt's they say they can, nor can your subs take near the 1200 watts they say the can. |
Bronze Member Username: Mad_at_madd
Chico,
CA
USA
Post Number: 13
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 12:11 am: |
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Yeah, what Joe said. |
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