Originally Posted by nodsetse

As for an amp not having enough wattage for a sub that's rated to handle more power than an amp puts out, there's nothing wrong with giving the sub less watts than it's rated for. When you play the system at half it's SPL capability, the sub isn't getting damaged when it's only getting half the wattage it can take. As long as the gain control is set such that the amp doesn't produce huge amounts of distortion and doesn't clip, a "1000w RMS" sub won't be damaged when connected to a 100w amp.