500rms monoblock for a 200rms rated sub? Can I do this?

Jack from Indo
Jack from Indo Posts: 109
edited November 2006 in Car Audio & Electronics
Ye who are far more experienced than I, please help! Thanks.

500RMS monoblock for a 200rms rated sub?

As long as I set the gain safely, is this OK? Or, am I too overpowered anyway?

it would be a JL 500.1 amp with a rockford sub PS210

Reason why I would want to do this is fliexibility to add another sub, or a higher power rated sub, etc etc later.

Please advise this rank neophyte, thanks.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited November 2006
    careful with the gains and you'll be more than fine.
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  • Greg Peters
    Greg Peters Posts: 605
    edited November 2006
    Toxis wrote:
    careful with the gains and you'll be more than fine.

    Unless of course you go after that poor 200 watt sub with a few hours of Bass Mechanik or some sustained test tones ;) . Boston Acoustics' "Woofer Cooker" wouldn't be an ideal track either.

    Normal music with common sense gain settings and volume control should be A OK- normal listening shouldn't put too much heat into the voice coil that your sub wouldn't have a chance of dissipating.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited November 2006
    Yup.

    Think of it like this, a typical car is capable of 120 mph. Does that mean its doing 120 mph all the time? No. Same with an amp. You can hook a 1000 watt amp up to a 50 watt speaker if you wanted to. As long as youre not giving the speaker so much power that it either overheats or overexerts the suspension it will work.
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited November 2006
    Greg Peters wrote:
    Normal music with common sense gain settings and volume control should be A OK- normal listening shouldn't put too much heat into the voice coil that your sub wouldn't have a chance of dissipating.


    Totally agree...
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