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mako1215

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Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:03 PM / IP Logged

I heard that it does hurt it and I want to know for sure.

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Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:20 PM / IP Logged

You can not damage a speaker with too little power.

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Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:38 PM / IP Logged

Ok. Thanks. While I'm at it how well do you think two 2 kickers cvr124s will hit with about 150-200 rms hooked up to it

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Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:39 PM / IP Logged

under powering a speaker alone wont blow it, but what kills speakers is when you turn the gain on the amp all the way up to compensate for a lack of power.

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I second that, uderpowering a driver will not hurt it but distorting it will. I have blown a couple with less rms than recommended.

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lol that just happen 2 me today i better keep that in mind when i get my next sub

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Posted: July 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM / IP Logged

thatfloorguy wrote:

I second that, uderpowering a driver will not hurt it but distorting it will. I have blown a couple with less rms than recommended.

Wrong answer. You have not blown the woofer for that reason. You have blown the woofer by making the amplifier try to make power beyond it's RMS rating, causing the AVERAGE power to go beyond the RMS rating of the driver.

See here:

"Too Little Power" thread...

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Interesting, that does make sense after reading through that thread. Learning something new everytime I come here. does underpowering your sub hurt it? -- posted image.

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Posted: July 13, 2009 at 9:33 PM / IP Logged

yea this all helped out a lot thanks.

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