For instance, I've seen where someone answered with a suggestion that, "it never hurts to overpower a sub as long as you don't give it any distortion".
This is totally false. Overpowering a sub is what leads to damage distortion or not.
He also suggest a higher powered amp than what's required and further suggest to "just turn the gain down".
This person claims to be an installer for 16 years and yet doesn't even know what the gain control is for. It's not a volume control knob!
The gain MUST match the RMS volts of the source or HU.
Furthermore, he claims that, "under powering a sub will cause damage".
This is also totally false as under powering a sub just means the output will be low. If you think about it, turning the volume down actually under powers a subwoofer. How will this damage them?
HardThinker, if your going to answer questions, at least give correct answers through research and stop guessing. You're suggestion will trash someones system.
2006-11-28
06:35:37
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