Is My Amp Big Enough????

[rosstavich]

I am about to get a 15" JL audio W3 sub and was wondering if a 250 watt JL amp will be able to support the sub?? What do you think???

[derek_ski99]

well whats the wattage on the sub...rms and peak.

i mean the 250 watt amp will power the sub but it wont be up to where it could be. you'll just be under-powering it mostlikely. depends on what the wattage rating is on that sub

[pimpalero2003]

it will move it barley id say at least a 700 watt amp

[King Asoka]

From the jl website they say 250watts is the absolute min, and about 500watts is the optimum and anything around 1000 is way too much. So I say get 500 and you should be in good shape.

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=3

look at the graph at the bottom

[battistoni21]

Def get a bigger amp, your gettin a 15 inch....... blast that bad boy

[wrightie]

is it a w3, w3v2 or a w3v3? it would seem like you would need more juice if it were iether of the last 2

[battistoni21]

Yeah, now that I think of it, (this is my perspective) if you don't want deep bass, then don't get the 15 inch, get a 10, but if you got a w3 15, then definatley add more juice, get a 850w amp or something around that range. It should hit perfect for just one sub......1500W for 2....