have recently purchased two alpine type r 15 inch subwoofers. alpine specs say they are 500 to 750 rms a piece at 2 ohms.
now I have just purchased a jbl 1200.1 amp for the subwoofers almost every one I have talked to say not to go over the rms of the 2 suboofers. I have had a guy tell me that used to work at a car audio place that it wasent going to be enough.
will this amp power my subwoofers without harming them from over powering and or underpowering them.
now I have just purchased a jbl 1200.1 amp for the subwoofers almost every one I have talked to say not to go over the rms of the 2 suboofers. I have had a guy tell me that used to work at a car audio place that it wasent going to be enough.
will this amp power my subwoofers without harming them from over powering and or underpowering them.
Asked Jun 11, 2010
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you cant hurt aby speaker by underpowering what hurts them is turning the volume up past its limits and sending a bad signal. and being 150 watts short a piece according to ratings you'll never miss it and you'd never notice the difference between 1200 and 1500 watts. just make sure you don't clip the amp and you'll be alright. but that applies to all audio equipment. oh btw try searching for car audio forums. like realm of excursion (roe.com) or caraudio.com. I just happened by this post because I was looking for specs on that amp lol. but like I said try to figure out what the limits are even if your amp was 1500 rms you could still clip it by pushing it to hard
zero43 Jun 30, 2010
too little power can damage your subwoofer, and is actually more common than damage caused by overpowering. as far as this amp powering those type r subs im not sure. you could probably put 1000 watts on each and just have the amp turned down a little. but im not sure if the jbl 1200.1 will push them strong enough for you. if neone here knows anything more correct me if im wrong please.
gdog Jun 30, 2010
It will power them just fine its more than enough power for your type r's... I know first hand I have type x's and a jbl 1200.1. one thing you must have enough power to run that amp im running second battery 0 gauge wire and it moves the crowd.....
rodlang Mar 11, 2011
