Originally Posted By: kcarlile
Well, unless the amp is turned up to maximum gain, with a signal at maximum gain, no driver is getting 1000W or 800W, regardless of how many drivers are hooked up.




I was using a 'max gain' scenario in my example, just for shits & giggles. ;\)

Good people understand that was not an attempt to say that the EP800 is ALWAYS pumping out 800 watts to each woofer 24/7. I was merely using the 'maximum output' scenario to understand the way power works. My previous understanding was that at maximum output of a 1000 watt amp with two drivers hooked up,each driver would consume 500 watts a piece.

So in that example I gave, I was showng off how wickedly knowledgeable I've become as I'd finally come to understand that they would both draw the full 1000 watts (at maximum output) that was available. Not divide that available power between them. \:\)

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