I'm totally noob on the amp - sub - watts relations. I am able to install it by wireing everything, but that's it. I have a Kenwood KAC-729s two channel stereo 150 WRMS / channel but it is bridgeable for 300 WRMS in mono for a sub. The amp is rated at 600W peak. The guy at the shop (was bout 3 years ago) told me to by a 12" cerwin vega single voice coil that was rated at 150 RMS and 300 W peak and told me it would be ok for the amp.
I kept burning the poor little sub, and I wasn't even pushing the amp at the max. Then I went to the shop and decided to change my sub for a Kenwood single voice coil (don't know the exact name though) that is rated at 300 WRMS and 1000 W peak. I though that if my sub could take higher watts than my amp, it wouldn't be a problem for him (also got a fkin deal on the sub
) I told the guy what amp I had and he told me this sub was no good for my amp, that it was too big. I bought it anyway. I have it for about one year and a half, I'm driving my amp at half its power and i'm gettin no problems.
Can it hurt the amp to have a sub too big?