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Old 09-17-2012, 12:52 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat View Post
Replying to this thread knowing that a single 12 being pushed by less than 300 watts hits hard in a Z. I think your crazy by going with 1,000 watts. Of course your sub will never fully see that however you can easily achieve hard hitting bass with a amp half that size.
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Side note (question) - If say the sub specs say 1000w RMS but you power them with ~500w RMS amp, wouldn't you run the risk of underpowering the sub and damaging it via clipping/distortion?
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