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i have a 12in JL AUDIO w0 subwoofer with a brandnew voice coil is 600 watts too much or not enough for it?

Answer 1

I believe that a w0 subwoofer takes 125w RMS so 600w to it is way to much, about 5x the power it takes. Turn down the gain k**b on the amp to less than half way and you'll be fine. These can take about 300w to them, but no more. You will tell when enough is enough by turning the gain up and listening to the sub hit. If it sounds way to hard of a hit then turn it down until it sounds like it should. It's a higher pitched noise so you'll tell without a problem.

Answer 2

too much--- it is only rated to handle 125watts RMS http://mobile.jlaudio.com/pdfs/10_12_15W...

Answer 3

Just like Mrwakeup. The JL W0 is only 300 watt. You will be safe with the 600 watt as long as you dont turn it up to the full capacity. Besides unless you have a JL amp or another quality amp then its not a true 600 watt. By the way is that a 2 channel or 4 or 1. that makes  a big difference too. 600w/4ch=150watts per channel and you do the math on 2 & 1 channel. hope that helps.

Answer 4

I believe the 12w0's are 300watt subs.  I would suggest either grabbing two w0's....or a smaller amp.

Answer 5

like stated earlier, you just need to be careful not to wire all 600 watts to it. over powering the sub will blow it