is my system underpowered?

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Topic: is my system underpowered?

Posted By: johnmz24
Subject: is my system underpowered?
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 2:35 PM

hey guys im new here, i got a question about my system i wanna know if its underpowered.. ok, i got 6 1/2" speakers all around(pioneer) there 75rms a piece, i got them powered with a 600 watt sony xplode amp. My Subs a 15" Kicker L5 and to power that i got a 760 watt pioneer amp(380 rms). I got the Dual 2 ohm model subwoofer so i cant run it with 2ohms on the amp i got to run it 4 ohms but it still get 380 watts rms, is that underpowered?

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Posted By: reax222
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 2:48 PM

It could be below maximum, but are you happy with the sound?

Posted By: johnmz24
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 2:59 PM

yeaa i am but i want it a bit more bassy

Posted By: reax222
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 5:45 PM

It looks like peak is 1500 watts and RMS is 750watts. It would seem to me that you could double the power. You'll need a good sized amp and some other upgrades I fear. At 1500 watts, you're pulling 120 amps easy. It's 62 amps just for RMS. I think you could gain nearly 3dB. However, I'm not real confident with stereo stuff yet.

Posted By: tremorz
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 6:06 PM

Depends on your enclouser, if it's ported it will be more eff. compared to sealed so it takes less power to be louder in a properly constructed and tuned ported enclouser.I would say couldn't hurt to put a little larger amp on it due to impedance rise you may rest @ 4ohms but it may rise to 6 or 8 ohms when reactive which could cut your power in 1/2. Hope this helps posted_image

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