basshead4life Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 a friend told me that your sub can actually last longer being over powered on a clean signal compared to underpowered on a clipped signal. is this true? Quote Team S.M.D. Maritime Car Audio- (2) 18" SSA ZCON D1 - American Bass 500.1 - 60 ft of 3/0 -480 Ah of battery - (2) stock alternators (70 +90) - Kenwood Excelon x-794, 4v preouts car audio is just a LOT more complicated than "this amp does this power" or "this sub will be this loud". its like 2 + 2 = banana. (if that confuses you then you get the point) lol
wierdguy75 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Yea, a clipped signal will just give distortion to the sub, therefore blowing it. Quote
raytard Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 yes, overpowering on a clean signal could be safer than an underpowerd clipped signal no, thats not 100% always right (you can feed pure square wave at 10 watts to a btl till the cows come home and never get it warm, while a kenwood will blow with 100 watts over rms for about 5 minutes) but in general, yes, a little extra power is safer than clipping Quote Build: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...hl=avalon+build monster/rockford/kicker/stinger cables, pioneer source, jbl highs/amps, kinetik/shuriken batts, iraggi alt, dei security, dc subs(atleast for now) Team DC
Boon Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 RE MT for example - I think it's rated to 2000wrms? Give it 1500w of square wave and it'll smoke bigtime, feed it 4kwrms of clean sine wave and it'll go for ages. Quote 10.x volts fo' life!
jazza02 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 hahai have got a 1000w monoblock and i have got 2 12" JVC subs 350rms each. I clipp my amp every 5min's and i have had the amp for nearlly 2 years. Plus im running the amp at 1ohm and it is only stable at 2ohm . I know i will get hate from every body on this site. But i carn't see the problem in clipping a amp if i am underpowering my subs and running them at a unstable ohm and they sound great and get loud. Last time i metered them i got a 138.8db. But please people don't flame me, As i don't give a F$%k if the sub and amp goes, If they do that means i can go with my 2 DD 3515"s and stetsom amp. Quote CURRENT SET UP Factory HeadunitGladen dual splits Audio helon 4ch amp Audio Helon 9kwrms monoBlock 2 15" Custom built Pap subs rated at 3kwrms each
Noobtastic14 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 How do you know if its clipping? -Drew Quote I am a United States Military Arts and Crafts Professional. Sand it off, Paint it on. uhoh_45 said: dont be a pussy P give the jeep to drew
jazza02 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 well the subs just cut out through the songs, When u turn the volume down for a while the amp kicks back in and im off thumping them again. Quote CURRENT SET UP Factory HeadunitGladen dual splits Audio helon 4ch amp Audio Helon 9kwrms monoBlock 2 15" Custom built Pap subs rated at 3kwrms each
basshead4life Posted June 12, 2009 Author Report Posted June 12, 2009 well the subs just cut out through the songs, When u turn the volume down for a while the amp kicks back in and im off thumping them again. the only reason it cuts out is because of not enough voltage to power the amp. and thanks guys for the info really appreciate it Quote Team S.M.D. Maritime Car Audio- (2) 18" SSA ZCON D1 - American Bass 500.1 - 60 ft of 3/0 -480 Ah of battery - (2) stock alternators (70 +90) - Kenwood Excelon x-794, 4v preouts car audio is just a LOT more complicated than "this amp does this power" or "this sub will be this loud". its like 2 + 2 = banana. (if that confuses you then you get the point) lol
jazza02 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 the only reason it cuts out is because of not enough voltage to power the amp.and thanks guys for the info really appreciate it Yeah i know that, I am running 8 gauge wire to the amp. But tommorrow i am going to chagne it to 2 gauge wire. So therfore my problem is sovel i hope. Quote CURRENT SET UP Factory HeadunitGladen dual splits Audio helon 4ch amp Audio Helon 9kwrms monoBlock 2 15" Custom built Pap subs rated at 3kwrms each
Torres Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Yea, a clipped signal will just give distortion to the sub, therefore blowing it. the distortion does not blow the sub. the extra heat that a clipped signal creates is what hurts the speaker. hahai have got a 1000w monoblock and i have got 2 12" JVC subs 350rms each. I clipp my amp every 5min's and i have had the amp for nearlly 2 years. Plus im running the amp at 1ohm and it is only stable at 2ohm . I know i will get hate from every body on this site. But i carn't see the problem in clipping a amp if i am underpowering my subs and running them at a unstable ohm and they sound great and get loud. Last time i metered them i got a 138.8db. But please people don't flame me, As i don't give a F$%k if the sub and amp goes, If they do that means i can go with my 2 DD 3515"s and stetsom amp. wow ummmmm...i hope you learn a thing or two before you go with such an expensive setup and break more stuff well the subs just cut out through the songs, When u turn the volume down for a while the amp kicks back in and im off thumping them again. :01nocomment8so: Yeah i know that, I am running 8 gauge wire to the amp. But tommorrow i am going to chagne it to 2 gauge wire. So therfore my problem is sovel i hope. :01nocomment8so: Quote
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