To max out XCON or to underpower a ZCON?

[95Honda 486]

"As I've been scanning through this forum I've noticed a lot of people saying no such thing as under powering so basically what im understanding is I can run my 1000 watt RMS rated sub on 100 watts and it will be just as loud with the same output as if I run it at its max rating"

 

 

No, not at all...  You just won't hurt it with 100 watts and it will work fine.  It will obviously be louder with 1000 watts.  The power needed to drive the woofer to it's linear limits is dependent on the enclosure.

[mikel7829 90]

 

"As I've been scanning through this forum I've noticed a lot of people saying no such thing as under powering so basically what im understanding is I can run my 1000 watt RMS rated sub on 100 watts and it will be just as loud with the same output as if I run it at its max rating"

 

 

No, not at all...  You just won't hurt it with 100 watts and it will work fine.  It will obviously be louder with 1000 watts.  The power needed to drive the woofer to it's linear limits is dependent on the enclosure.

 

Did you just quote yourself?

[95Honda 486]

No, I quoted A1 Sauce, I don't know what happened...