I own an Infinity Kappa Perfect 10.1 rated accourding to Infinity at 350 Watts RMS and 1400 Watts Peak. Anyone know if the JL 500/1 Mono Amp is too powerful? It's rated at 500 Watts RMS. Any help or ideas you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help ahead of time!

 

powerful? i dont' think the amp can ever be TOO powerful. with that said, it's a great amp with tons of adjustibility. you also have the option of running two 10" woofers later.

 

I just wanted to make sure I won't blow the sub. I read a few things online where people were saying that. Granted, I don't believe most of the stuff I read online, but I thought I would see what other people said before I made the investment.

 

blowing the sub is more likely caused by turning the volume too high and causing a weaker amp to clip. of course, over-excursion will cause speaker failure.

keep in mind that i'm not a professional nor a physics major...but in general, i like my amps to have twice the power output as the speakers' RMS rating. clean power is good.

 

JL amp is pretty decent for sound quality, for subs it's great.
the amp will be ok as long as you don't put the gain up to high.. when you notice the qualityh of the bass going then you know you're pushing the sub too much.

Great sub by the way..

when my amp was working i was pushing a 60w RMS components with 125W per channel amp. and it was fine as long as i kept the gain low.
I could still drive the speakers louder then i would ever listen to but prevented me from killin the components if i accidently turned up the volume too high.

 

When you set up the amp, the manual will give you voltage specs to set up gain by measuring output voltage with a tone cd. Instead of the recommended voltage, set it up for 350 watts maximum output. I think that would be 37.4 volts into a 4 ohm load. That will keep you from overdriving your sub.