when does too much headroom...

[nauc 10+ year member]

just = a waste of money, since we all know wattage isnt free. well, most of the time anyway

thoughts?

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[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

never because you have room to upgrade the subs

 

[Toone 10+ year member]

When your not using all of your head room?

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

never because you have room to upgrade the subs

im talkin about those who have the drivers they want...

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

When you can't afford it...

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Well if you have a few extra hundred watts of headroom on the amp, and some subs that can handle a little above their rated wattage, you have some room to play with when you want to get a little "extra loud" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

You aren't necasarilly looking at headroom.. but degrees of distortion..

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

You aren't necasarilly looking at headroom.. but degrees of distortion..

explain??????????

 

[Boostedrex 10+ year member]

There's no such thing as too much headroom. IMHO you buy as much CLEAN POWER as you can afford without going over budget. My setup is a good example:

tweets are seeing 175watts each

4" mids seeing 175watts each

6.5" midbass seeing 400watts each

12" subs seeing 500watts each

Am I ever using this much power when I listen to music? No. But when there are big dynamic swings in the music I know that my amps will never max out and clip because I have TONS in reserve. Just my .02 on the subject.