Rockford 1500 @ 2ohms 2 much for MacDaddy's?

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I have 2 12" Diamond Audio MacDaddy subwoofers. They are 500RMS a piece. Both are wired together into a 2 ohm load and being pushed by a Rockford 800a2 amp, which obviously is rated to put out at least 800 RMS. So that's a minimum of 400 to each sub.

I would like to get a bigger amp to push these subs harder. I figured getting an amp slightly larger is pointless as I would probably hear no difference, so I thought about getting a 1500bd.

Does anyone think that would be a problem. Would it kill my speakers? Would they be able to take the power? At the time, those subwoofers were Diamond Audio's biggest subs, so I would think they should be able to take some good power.

Anyone have a thought on this?

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[denim 5,000+ posts]

I have no experience with those subs, so bump incase someone else does

 

[gellis4 10+ year member]

they'll take it, just be careful. My cousin's shop used to deal a lot of Diamond, and the Mac Daddy's they would generally run over 600 rms to them. Just don't go crazy w/ the gains.