JL 8w3v2-4 Power Handling

[Trey Bradshaw]

I'm trying to figure out how much I can throw at a JL 8w3v2. The JL website
says 125w RMS, but that seems awfully low. Is that per voice coil? If I get
a dual 4 and wire it down to 2 ohms, I'm going to run into problems finding
an amp that weak.. The amp I'm looking at now (JBL BP300.1) is listed as
300x1 at 2 ohms. If that is 125w RMS per channel, then I should be fine,
given it should be able to handle 250w RMS when wired up...

But, if that's only 125w RMS total, I don't know if I should be putting that
much power to it. Anyone have any small amps they would recommend?

trey

[MZ]

JL notoriously underrates their subs. Many folks usually triple JL's
suggested power ratings for subs.

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"Trey Bradshaw" > wrote in message
...
> I'm trying to figure out how much I can throw at a JL 8w3v2. The JL
website
> says 125w RMS, but that seems awfully low. Is that per voice coil? If I
get
> a dual 4 and wire it down to 2 ohms, I'm going to run into problems
finding
> an amp that weak.. The amp I'm looking at now (JBL BP300.1) is listed as
> 300x1 at 2 ohms. If that is 125w RMS per channel, then I should be fine,
> given it should be able to handle 250w RMS when wired up...
>
> But, if that's only 125w RMS total, I don't know if I should be putting
that
> much power to it. Anyone have any small amps they would recommend?
>
> trey
>
>

[Donald Sherwood]

It depends on the enclosure, and how much air is being moved across the
Voice coil.

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"Trey Bradshaw" > wrote in message
...
> I'm trying to figure out how much I can throw at a JL 8w3v2. The JL
website
> says 125w RMS, but that seems awfully low. Is that per voice coil? If I
get
> a dual 4 and wire it down to 2 ohms, I'm going to run into problems
finding
> an amp that weak.. The amp I'm looking at now (JBL BP300.1) is listed as
> 300x1 at 2 ohms. If that is 125w RMS per channel, then I should be fine,
> given it should be able to handle 250w RMS when wired up...
>
> But, if that's only 125w RMS total, I don't know if I should be putting
that
> much power to it. Anyone have any small amps they would recommend?
>
> trey
>
>