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Originally Posted by BoCo
I recently helped a buddy set up a box with a 10" Pioneer sub, running off his head unit's amp (around 22w RMS) and it shakes the shit out of the car. At full volume, you can't even sit in there. Anyone who suggests more than 200w is either ignorant or a retard.
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I gotta call BS here. The only thing that would make you unable to sit in the car at full volume would be the godawful sound of that little amp constantly clipping.
That said, most amps that claim to put out 1000 watts are likely putting out a small fraction of that. Amps that truly put out that much are not very common and are very expensive. The kinds you find on e-bay and in discount stores are either quoting a wattage they can put out for a fraction of a second at 20% THD, or flat-out lying. So when you hear about people running 1000 watt amps, they're most likely only really putting out 100-150 or so.