Jewcano

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My cuz is giving me his 2 12" subs in a box, he doesnt know the brand cause he's too lazy to take a look. Anyhow he used to use a Alpine v12 to power the subs. Anyhow he won this one for me and i would like to get input from you guys.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Alpin...QQcmdZViewItem

Jewcano

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So no-one knows about this product???

vin 78

Its a pretty nice amp, however, the sub channel (5th ch.) is a tad weak for 2 12's.
Maybe power your highs/mids with the alpine amp and buy an additional amp for the sub.

Or maybe buy a freeair sub and power it with the 5th channel, and skip on the 2 12's all together.

Jewcano

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Well the thing is my cuzz said he had this amp in his car powering those subs, he said it cranked out pretty good. Im just not sure that for 80 bucks its gonna be strong enough to support 2 12's....i mean if its underpowered thats ok right??? Or is that bad.....im sorry im not a electronics guy.

vin 78

Underpowering speakers can eventually damage the speaker or amp.
But if your cousin said that it worked of fine, then go for it.

Spyder78

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vin 78 not doubting you or anything but how is that??

I put in DLS component speakers front and rear and I know for a fact that they are underpowered connected to stock amp for now. But what kind of damge can incur?? My impression of electrionics is that as long as you dont push it to max handling capacity than you're fine. Am I incorrect in my understanding??

VinnyQH

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most speakers blow becuase they are underpowered. if you turn up your volume and it starts to distort, it turns a dc signal into an ac signal, which in turns makes the voice coils move in ways it wasn't designed for. Since it does that, voil coils and rub up against other things producing a) a bad voice coil or b) a lot of heat. Heat is the number one problem for any type of electronics.

GSteg

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speakers receive ac waves