# Audio folks

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [July 30, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-folks/15231 "2006-07-30T00:55:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-folks/15231/32 "2006-07-31T18:50:48Z")

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If You are USING AN ANY AMPLIFER AND CRANK THE GAIN POT ALL THE WAY UP, IT WILL CLIP.

So, If You use a 100 wrms amplifier, and try to get 800wrms out of it, Yes, You’ll clip the signal to shit and eventually hurt the coil.

Is this what You guys are referring to?

Cause, that sure as hell is not what underpowering a speaker is.

> [@Jack](#):
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> k… now I agree with both of you…
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> I guess overpowering… is bad, but stressing the amp is just as bad right?
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> I was thinking back to my Pyle days… where I had a 1200watt amp (MAX @ 14volts) and 2 400rms sony subs… the amp got cooked… probably cause it was pyle… and probably cause it was like 200 watts RMS @ 12volts.
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> What about the 12v vs 14v argument? Doesn’t the alt in the car charge @ 14volts…
> 
> or is it cause the power feed is coming from a 12v battery and not the 14v alt?

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