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    Posted: 03 April 2021 at 5:37pm		 
Hello forum.

Given I have a mono system with one

Subwoofer
600 watts RMS
8 ohms

and one

Top box
165Watt RMS
8 ohms

powered by a 12V 90AH battery. Thomann recommends that the output Watt by the Amp should be larger then needed in order to avoid clipping.

I own a Pioneer GM-D8704, it spits out 2 x 300W bridged. That would work for the top box, but for the sub ??

What choice would you make? Go for 1-Channel Amp?
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You got the amp so try it, if it gets loud enough you're good. A larger amp with double the power would only get slightly louder but might cut the run time in half. 
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Originally posted by Conanski Conanski wrote:

A larger amp with double the power would only get slightly louder but might cut the run time in half. 


Even so, I still risk clipping and damage to some components. Especially when I want to play loud ...
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"What choice would you make? Go for 1-Channel Amp?"

Or something stereo that will give you around 1kW bridged. It seems simple enough.
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Well - you really need a crossover as well. Or find an amp/s with filters on it already, eg at least a low-pass for the Tham.

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Originally posted by nilspixel nilspixel wrote:

Even so, I still risk clipping and damage to some components. Especially when I want to play loud ... 

You'll damage components even faster with a bigger amp if you don't know enough to stop pushing when the amp is out of gas.
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