Is 500 watts true RMS enough power for this subwoofer?
1014676
It all depends on the type of vehicle you have. If you have a car then yea it is but if you have an SUV then no unless you get two. The sub really is a well built sub & handles the bass great.
1268828
Of course, is good..just wiring your subwoofer to 2 ohm.. i have 2 15" Lanzar maxpro 2000W and it sound amazing
1075645
Ok, so the sub is 500W RMS and 4 ohms. That means that your amp will be sending it 350W. You will have 300W going to each of the "200W" 8's and 350W going to the sub. It should be fine unless you are over-driving the 8's - on music, there shouldn't be a problem.
2051889
yes this amp would be perfect... 500 rms amp pushing 2x250rms should be good... you want the amp rms equal to the total sub rms
1678362
No. The amplifier is fused at 5-Amps. With a 115VAC line, the very best would be about 250W-RMS on each channel into 4-Ohms. You can assume about half that for 8-Ohms. When building my sub-woofers, I used two 4-Ohm 350W JBL, 15" car sub-woofers for my home theater. The audio power output from this amp is very strong, much higher than is tolerable, however, it does not exceed 500W-RMS when combined.
1471312
The rms is 1200 and max is 2400; but unless you have a pro grade amp you can push it well past that; I have mine pushing 2400 watts on a legacy amp and it needs more power still
459776
You should be okay with that. Just be sure not to overpower it or you will blow the sub. I've used underpowered amps on mine and they sound amazing!
2239429
It should be plenty, especially with two subs!I have one sub with a little less power going to it and am very pleased with it.Have fun experimenting, I think that is the best part!
376813
Which means your subs rms true power should at the most be pushing 1700 watts. Prob not even that. But it woukd work. Wire down to 1 ohm
547170
Just as long as your sub and speakers watts/rms all adds up to about 300, you should be good. Bridge the sub to get more oomph. But this can have your speakers with less power. You don't want to overload your amp. IMHO, get a mono amp that will power your sub and leave this 300w amp for your other speakers. It's what I did.
1264168
It will produce sound, the quality will be questionable tho. I put 150w rms to mine and they sound amazing. Between 100w-200w would be ideal IMO. The more CLEAN power that you give them, the better they'll sound.
884788
I would say about 150 Watts RMS. You really need some nice clean power to drive these speakers. I would highly advise to Bi-amp your speakers: meaning get an external amp in addition to your Receiver's amp.
1189520
It will do just fine. Personally I would wire the sub's down to 2 ohms then connect them to the amp. Hook everything up and turn it all down. Go out to the middle of no where turn your stero up to the normal volume you want it at and then adjust the amp to that. By all means it will probably over power your sub's since 150rms isn't much and 500 max seems high for a comp? I'm guessing. When you set the amp keep a eye on the sub's and what there dosing find the sweet spot and limit the amp not the volume. Its safer this way. Best of luck :)
1524454
Don't be concerned with the max watts but instead with the rms. I have a 300 watt rms rated amp on this sub in my ranger and it sounds great
1260602
Depends on what the RMS level is on the sub's but this amp will push 1500W RMS at 1 ohm
1653202
If it was the dual 4 ohm voice coil subwoofer it would be fine, the way you'd have to wire the dual 2 ohm version won't give the sub enough power (wired in series for 4 ohms). The amp I got was tested to put out 631 watts rms total, but wiring is the problem here.
649406
Amplifier ratings can be misleading and many are rated at much higher output than they actually produce in practical applications. This subwoofer can handle 500 watts continuous and 1000 watts peak. It will work fine with this amp as long as it is not over-driven.