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[HC3400BLK]

thanks alot for all the help

[bibby>Chode]

It's what we are here for i guess.

[Chode69]

Insufficient power will not hurt a driver, however an insufficient amplifier driven into a highly clipped signal will certainly hurt a speaker. Speakers harmed from "underpowering" are done so because the system operator raises the gains on the amplifer/headunit/EQ/etc in order to compensate for the lack of output that small amplifier is capable of providing. What ends up happening is that instead of extra output, you severly clips the amplifier causing a DC waveform to be sent across the voice coil of a speaker. The clipped signal is audibley detected in the form of distortion. The problem with DC current is that an excess amount of power is dissipated in the form of heat as the driver moves a disproportionate distance when compared to the amount of power being fed into the coils. In other words, more heat is building up in the VCs than is being dissipated by the movement of the driver.

In other words, not enough clean power should never hurt a honestly rated speaker. A large amount of clipped power produded from a small, overdriven amplifier will inevitably cause damage to a speaker.

[Ray]

yo .02 + my .02 = good stuff!!!!!!  :^

[ChevyBoy]

yo .02 + my .02 = good stuff!!!!!!   :^

noooooo it equals .04 duhhh

[Guest MegaloManiac]

gain settings turn your volume to the highest you can without distorting.

find the voltage you need, Sq Root of (impedance x Power)

example, i Have a dual 2 ohm RE SX I am goin to wire it at 1 ohm and i want to runn 1100watts off my nine1. so multiply 1 X 1100 = 1100 now sq root that which equals approx 33.17....thats the voltage you are lookin for from the speaker terminals. now once you got ur voltage in ur head plug in ur DMM(digital multimeter) into the speaker terminals on the amp(make sure no speaker wires are plugged into the sub)  now set the DMM to AC voltage, and play a 50hz(0db)  testone. while that tone is playing start turning your gain up until u see the voltage necessary

[Chode69]

yo .02 + my .02 = good stuff!!!!!! :^

[emperorjj1]

yo .02 + my .02 = good stuff!!!!!!   :^

noooooo it equals .04 duhhh

aaaaaaa math ftmfl