Fi SSD 12" D1 + Diamond D3400.2

[rabidmechanic05 0]

Im looking to downgrade from my current setup considering all the damage that im doing to my car and myself. I was going to do maybe a 1.3-1.5 cube sealed with a 12" SSD and power it with a d3400.2 at 2 ohm. It puts out 800 max at 2 ohm and i think its a little under-rated. Would this work well, im shooting for SQ without so much overly powering bass.

Rock and Metal are my major listening habits btw

[vladd 26]

400W @ 2ohm should be all you see, max ratings mean nothing

[rabidmechanic05 0]

it was pushing 400 at 4 ohm so it whould be good. and yes i dmm'd it to find out

[vladd 26]

dmm with an oscope? how exactly did you determine you were getting 400W?

[rabidmechanic05 0]

voltage squared divided by the ohms

[vladd 26]

my knowlege only goes so far but you were probably clipping the hell out of it and not getting real "power".

[rabidmechanic05 0]

bass boost was off and the gain was at less than a quarter, even then i dont want to push to much power anyway.

[rabidmechanic05 0]

my other option is about 1000 watts at 4 ohm that i know for a fact doesnt clip and pushes the powe easily. its done so for my 15 and my rl-i 8s

[///M5 2,833]

You can't measure power with a DMM only voltage.

[///M5 2,833]

my other option is about 1000 watts at 4 ohm that i know for a fact doesnt clip and pushes the powe easily. its done so for my 15 and my rl-i 8s

not with the 3400.2 lol

[rabidmechanic05 0]

american bass sq880

[vladd 26]

http://www.americanbassusa.com/sq880.html sorry man but unless they're hella underrated you're only looking at about half that at 4ohm

[rabidmechanic05 0]

those specs are way off.....

[vladd 26]

So you know of someone that has benched it?

Also do you understand the difference between RMS and max specs?

I don't know much about american bass amps but i doubt they're going the old skool way of cheater amps.

[JimJ 11]

Even with a perfectly unclipped signal, a DMM won't tell you the whole story...

A DMM didn't tell me I had a 10 ohm impedance rise and was only sending 200W to the woofer during a burp

[tejcurrent 13]

Even with a perfectly unclipped signal, a DMM won't tell you the whole story...

A DMM didn't tell me I had a 10 ohm impedance rise and was only sending 200W to the woofer during a burp

RIckRolled, what did tell you that?

I would seriously doubt that amps putting out twice the rated power...

[JimJ 11]

Putting a clamp meter on the outputs.