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Originally posted by merkerguitars
and yes by overpowering you can blow them...but at that volume you will start to get hearing losses. Alot of JL subs can be powered about 100 watts over and take the abuse quite nicely.
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Yeah, its far safer to overpower than to underpower. By overpowering, you are given a level of control that you don't have when underpowering. You have headroom on the amp, so the speakers never ask for too much power from the amp, and the amp doesn't clip.
On the subject of overpowering, here's what I've done or am doing:
Alpine Type R 5.25 components: rated at 45 watts or so, running them at about 65.
Alpine 12" Type R subs: rated at 300, running them at 600ish
JL XR653CS (6.5" woofer, 4.5" mid, 1" tweet): rated at 70 watts, ran them at 150
JL 12W7, rated at 750 watts, ran them at 1000
a friend of mine runs his 13W7 rated at 1000 watts at 2000 watts.
I've never blown anything up or even had reason to think I was close to doing so.