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If i hooked up a 1000 watt rockford fosgate amp up to two 700 watt rms subs and still have decent sound???

2 Pyle Red Label 12'' Square Subwoofers

1400 watt peak handling

1000 watt amp

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  • 1 decade ago
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    u should go with JL audio subs next time....the base wont be blasting as much....the treble will be loud. i have 5 JL 15'' and 4000 watts in my car, that **** tears up the neighboorhood.

  • 1 decade ago

    Dude I've bought Pyle stuff before and have always been disappointed. I'm serious and am not joking or trash talking. It looks like a good deal but sounds bad and breaks really fast. I'd give those speakers about a month with that amp. Then you will just have to buy another set, and the total will be as much as the cost of buying good stuff in the first place. My advice - buy a smaller Rockford amp and use the money to buy better speakers.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    First, never go by peak as an amplifier rarely hits peak.

    Find a mono amp that matches the total watts RMS of both subs at the calculated impedance (ohms).

    Be sure the amp is 2006 CEA Compliant

    This explains what I mean:

    http://spkrbox1.spaces.live.com/

    Source(s): 25 year electronics technician, audio guru
  • 1 decade ago

    Assuming the amp is 1000w rms, then yes. If you have 2 subs that are 700wRMS each, then its a total of 1400wRMS for both wired together. So long as your amplifier can handle the woofers at the impedance load created. At least, you won't be overpowering the subs according to spec, but they probably won't sound good anyways because, well, they're Pyle woofers.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes you could but you run the risk of damaging speakers. The rms refers to root mean square of the watts. You may be creating a mismatch by doing so. The 1400/2= 700 per speaker 1400 between 2 speakers.

  • 1 decade ago

    How many channels is the amp? 1,2 or 4? I ask because there are a few ways to answer your question correctly. The question is to vague.

    Is the 1000 watt rating rms or total power?

    Get the amp model number and re-post you question.

    Or call tech support, the number is below.

    The right answer has not been posted yet make the call to tech support or you could blow your subs by NOT feeding them enough power.

    Source(s): Rockford Corporation 600 South Rockford Drive Tempe, AZ 85281 United States of America TEL: 480-967-3565 FAX: 480-967-8132
  • 1 decade ago

    Yes - you have plenty of power to break the neighbor's windows with that set-up.

    Use a sealed enclosure with the subs and make sure they are "in phase" (they both move in and out together, not one in/one out).

  • 1 decade ago

    yep its all good my bro your gana have a sweet bass

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    aints no way, sucka

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