does underpowering your sub hurt it?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Topic: does underpowering your sub hurt it?
Posted By: mako1215
Subject: does underpowering your sub hurt it?
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I heard that it does hurt it and I want to know for sure.
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Just learning.
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:20 PM
You can not damage a speaker with too little power.
Posted By: mako1215
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:38 PM
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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Just learning.
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:39 PM
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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Posted By: thatfloorguy
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I second that, uderpowering a driver will not hurt it but distorting it will. I have blown a couple with less rms than recommended.
Posted By: nanu28891
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM
lol that just happen 2 me today i better keep that in mind when i get my next sub
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: July 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM
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."
Posted By: thatfloorguy
Date Posted: July 13, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Interesting, that does make sense after reading through that thread. Learning something new everytime I come here. 
Posted By: mako1215
Date Posted: July 13, 2009 at 9:33 PM
yea this all helped out a lot thanks.
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Just learning.
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