sherwood a150x2 and 2 mtx subs

[craaze1988]

i just got 2 mtx thunder8000 and a sherwood a150x2 amp i wanted to know how good the amp is going to hold up with the subs i like alot of bass but should i go get a better amp???

[dbfreak147.5]

umm sherwood...havent heard that in awhile lol
but the mtx8000's rms is probably higher than 150 watts so just look at the rms multiply by 2 and that the amp you should get

[craaze1988]

thanks so if i hooked up the sherwood amp think it would sound good ....i got 2 mtx 12's the box and the sherwood amp for a 100 cant beat that all looks brand new.

[PaulD]

should be enough to gt some thump

[craaze1988]

well if its not what i like looks like i know what i have to do thanks guyz

[stang805]

just so you know, its a whole hell of a lot easier to blow a sub with not enough power than too much, and sherwood blows, you're gonna get a weak distorted signal to those subs and then...poof, Id look for a new amp first

[PaulD]

well, not entirely true ..... power kills speakers. Problem is, when you get an underpowered amp (for the speaker) you think the speaker can handle everything the amp can give. Unfortunately, an amp that is iin bad clipping can easily produce twice it's rated power - sometimes as much as 3 times as much. So that 500 watt amp is now putting out 1000-1500 watts.

[craaze1988]

well i have a 400 watt amp now im not sure what kind its not bridged both subs are hooked up and it up and running sounds f***ing greati had alittle problem with the one sub with the wireing on the sub itself my buddy tryed to fix it but he did a cold solter and still did'nt work so i took it to a pro and now kicks hard and loving it

[dbfreak147.5]

Originally Posted by PaulD

well, not entirely true ..... power kills speakers. Problem is, when you get an underpowered amp (for the speaker) you think the speaker can handle everything the amp can give. Unfortunately, an amp that is iin bad clipping can easily produce twice it's rated power - sometimes as much as 3 times as much. So that 500 watt amp is now putting out 1000-1500 watts.

this is true
but also isnt the distorted power transferred as heat energy and bakes the voice coils?

[PaulD]

no ..... the speaker sees the distorted power as just more area under the curve (additional power).