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1500w will probably work better then the 2kw amp since he probably has no electrical upgrades.

But no you won't hear a difference in volume.

You CAN'T hear a 1dB difference , you won't hear a difference between 1500w and 2000w clamped.

You will probably get less then 1dB louder because of power compressiona and other circumstances.

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Considering he's running boss subs... What do you think he'll choose for a "2000W" amp? I'd convince him to buy yours.

In theory double the power =3 dbs. so 33% more power = 1 decibel. in theory that is

It's actually about 1.24 dB.

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you will definetly hear a difference! with 2k you wont hear anything cause subs will be gone. with 1.5k you better turn that gain down and play on cool days only otherwise you wont hear anything on that amp either. good luck with that! go 1500!! if that

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With box rise it could be alot... You could only really be putting 600 watts now, but with upgrade amp it could 800. That is a big difference at such low wattage numbers, esp if there is a real quality difference between amps. Your 1500 watt amp might not really be 1500 watts rms.

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you will definetly hear a difference! with 2k you wont hear anything cause subs will be gone. with 1.5k you better turn that gain down and play on cool days only otherwise you wont hear anything on that amp either. good luck with that! go 1500!! if that

You won't hear a difference at all between 1500w and 2000w clamped. It's barely a db difference.

With box rise it could be alot... You could only really be putting 600 watts now, but with upgrade amp it could 800. That is a big difference at such low wattage numbers, esp if there is a real quality difference between amps. Your 1500 watt amp might not really be 1500 watts rms.

Even with box rise you won't hear the difference. The differnce in percentage between those 2 power levels you mentioned are the same.

If the 2kw amp is a boss amp, you will definitely hear a difference between a actual 1500w and some boss audio 2000watts...

And you shouldn't take box rise into consideration, don't worry about it at all.

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