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Old 09-15-2008, 07:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So i just picked up 2 15" L7's for my jeep, now the amp i have is 2000w @ 2 ohm, and 3200w @ 1 ohm. Is that gonna be to much power for this pair of subs or will i be in the butter zone?
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Old 09-15-2008, 07:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I don't believe in too much power.

Poor sub/box/amp combo's yes, but too much power? No.
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Old 09-15-2008, 07:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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oh and just to put it out there they will both be in the kicker recomeneded ported box
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Old 09-15-2008, 08:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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no such thing as to much CLEAN power, im looking to push 300 RMS/channel to my front 8's
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Old 09-15-2008, 09:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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You will be fine, just be easy on the gains, thats all.
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Old 09-15-2008, 10:10 PM   #6 (permalink)
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what he said^^ I ran 2- 15" L7's in a wall in my cavy off an orion 2500d and I was throwing a good 2200 watts clean power to them and they were fine, BUT the right box is key to L7's or you will blow the crap out of them, your amp will be perfect at least it should just dont crank the gain and when you tune it make sure you listen carefully and dont let the subs pop
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Too, not to.
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how is the system voltage doing with all that pow-a
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Too much power over too long a period of time = smelly speaker syndrome.... if the coils of the sub cannot dissipate the heat generated by the power, you will blow your speaker.
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Too much power over too long a period of time = smelly speaker syndrome.... if the coils of the sub cannot dissipate the heat generated by the power, you will blow your speaker.
I've seen that condition maybe a handful of times in about 10 years. I would attribute it to the ultra-rare events category. You are 1000's of times more likely to kill your speaker by underpowering it.

Remember, I started in car audio when a 30w/channel amp was an expensive item that few could afford. My first real amp was a RF Punch 30, and it cost me $500 for 15w/channel. I remember killing speakers weekly at times in those days.

I've seen guys run 2000 watts per sub day in, day out. I've run 200w/ channel to tweeters rated at 50w, and never blew one up in that set-up.

Energy to a sub is far more transient in level and duration than any other speaker. Heat damage to the coil with clean power is not very likely, but suspension damage from over-excursion (sub in improper box, or playing music with significant energy below the tuning frequency of a ported box for example) is much more of an issue.

My parents were both in music professionally, so I remember 10's of thousands of watts in amplifiers running active to big drivers, outputting alot of energy, and rarely did they ever die to a voice coil burning up.
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