500 watt rms 1000 watt max

whiteboy · Post by **whiteboy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:20 pm

my buddy just bought a 12 for his car.

its 500 watt rms and 1000 watt max

he figured that meant he shoudl get an amp the was between 500-1000 watts

the guy at the stereo shop told him he needed a 1200 watt amp to power it.

he was confused so he called me.

i would think putting 1200 watts to a speaker rated at 1000 max is a no brainer that something is gonna go wrong, probably a blown sub..

am i retarded or is the guy at the stereo shop??

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:29 pm

both... joking.

he was probably giong to sell you an amp that did like 1200w max, 600ish RMS. that extra 100w probably won't be a problem. i've giving my sub an extra 400.

whiteboy · Post by **whiteboy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:33 pm

yeah i dont have any info on the amp cause my buddy is 700 miles away, and he just told me what he knows...

and about u over powering ur sub by 400....ur sub wasnt 75 bucks (including the box) brand new