Stryke AV12 wired to 1100 watts amp ?

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Date: June 09, 2003 at 13:07:34
From: Murilo, [152216246.rjo.virtua.com.br]
Subject: Stryke AV12 wired to 1100 watts amp ?

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I am interested in the AV12 subwoofer from Stryke Audio (or maybe the AV15). Both have a 23mm x-max, but the low efficiency prevents them from reaching full x-max with their rated power handling of 500 watts. (http://www.stryke.com/AVseries.html)

I have a class D amplifier that can power it withmore than that, maybe 1100 watts RMS. This would be sufficient to reach x-max at least on music peaks. But I wonder if this 500 watts PE rating from AV12 refers to 2 hour test with white/pink noise or if it's a musical power rating estimate.

Testing musics with the most intense and constant bass in Sound Forge (applying proper lowpass), I noted their dB mag between peak and RMS power was always bigger than 8 dB. A sine wave has a 3 dB mag. That indicates music gives a 5 dB for headroom (3x power). So, theorically, if the AV12 supports 500 watts of pure sine waves bass (1000 watts peaks), it would also support music with 1500 watts (3000 watts peaks).

Has anyone powered a AV12 with a 1000+ watts amplifier ? Has anyone burned one AV12 (or got close to) ?

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Re: Stryke AV12 wired to 1100 watts amp ? JT Thompson 18-Jun-2003 15:29:11 (0)

If you are using that much power... Vega-Man 13-Jun-2003 09:27:51 (1)

Re: If you are using that much power... Murilo 13-Jun-2003 14:13:23 (0)

Re: Stryke AV12 wired to 1100 watts amp ? mikeported 12-Jun-2003 00:57:09 (20)

RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range Murilo 12-Jun-2003 15:25:24 (19)

Re: RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range mikeported 12-Jun-2003 23:18:11 (18)

Re: RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range Murilo 12-Jun-2003 23:44:18 (17)

Re: RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range mikeported 12-Jun-2003 23:50:06 (16)

Re: RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range Murilo 13-Jun-2003 14:36:26 (15)

Re: RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range Brian Owens 13-Jun-2003 16:28:20 (14)

Re: RMS power vs peak voltages -=- dinamic range Murilo 14-Jun-2003 05:58:25 (12)

You're confused in car audio..... Vega-Man 17-Jun-2003 11:20:24 (11)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Brian 21-Jun-2003 19:34:36 (6)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Andy 03-Jul-2003 06:48:26 (5)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Brian 06-Jul-2003 12:03:19 (1)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Andy 06-Jul-2003 18:06:36 (0)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Jakob 06-Jul-2003 03:13:44 (2)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Andy 06-Jul-2003 08:53:28 (1)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... jakob 06-Jul-2003 09:25:09 (0)

Confused ? Murilo 18-Jun-2003 23:25:07 (0)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Doug 17-Jun-2003 14:52:34 (2)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... mikeported 19-Jun-2003 05:42:56 (1)

Re: You're confused in car audio..... Brian 06-Jul-2003 12:17:48 (0)

absolutely i agree *nt* :-D(NT) mikeported 13-Jun-2003 20:24:45 (0)

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