Question about which amplifier to buy and ohms.

Mickey Evan Powell Bronze Member Username: Blitzedeclipse Post Number: 45 Registered: Aug-04	Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 22:55 GMT Sort of a question about ohms here, If the orion 1200d says it pushes 1200 watts at 1ohm, 775 at 2ohms, and you have a dual 2ohm subwoofer, would you be getting 1200 watts to your sub, or 775, or what?
Josh Miller Bronze Member Username: Shadow1290 Post Number: 32 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 23:00 GMT you have to look at rms watts if it says it a 1200 watt amp then that just means that it has a peak power of 1200 watts but may have a rms watt (which is how many watts the amp wiil put on constanty) Ex 1200 watt amp 200 watt rms x2 @ 4 ohms 500 watt rms x1 @ 4 ohms 250 watt rms x2 @ 6 ohms
Jack Silver Member Username: Jaackdeth United States Post Number: 216 Registered: Sep-04	Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 23:03 GMT Provided that is rms power, if you wire your sub Parallel to get 1 ohm, then you will be able to run the amp at 1 ohm or 1200 watts.
Jack Silver Member Username: Jaackdeth United States Post Number: 217 Registered: Sep-04	Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 23:05 GMT I just looked at that amp, and it is 1200 rms at 1 ohm!