I have the Kenwood KAC-7201. The specs say that it puts out 460 watts RMS if it is bridged. I know its not CEA certified testing so i am wondering how many watts the amp actually puts out? I have an alpine headunit that says 4v preouts. I am running 2 Infinity 1042w subs (10" dual 4 ohm voice coils. both subs wired to have 8 ohms each, ran in parallel to put the 4 ohm load on the amp)

 

RMS Power at 4 Ohms 150 W x 2
RMS Power at 2 Ohms 230 W x 2

 

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RMS Power at 4 Ohms 150 W x 2
RMS Power at 2 Ohms 230 W x 2</TD></TR></TABLE>

I used it in bridge mode that 'says' it putsout 460w RMS but usually they dont actually put out that much cuz its very hard to obtain the testing conditions in the car audio environment that they had when they tetsed the amp so im wondering about how many watts was the amp really putting out in bridged position. i wouldnt have the subs up loud at all, just so it would mix well with the regular speakers

 

About 300W RMS into 4 ohms @ 14.4V. 94

 

Take the fuse rating mutiply it by the voltage. This would be the output if the amp was 100% efficient.

50% of that for a class A/B
65-70% for a class D

Is a good guestimate.

 

the ratings on the new kenwood amps are not accurate like the old school kenwoods

 

Will the Eclipse XA1000 that is CEA-2006 compliant, put out 320 into a 4 ohm load? it says it will but im not sure what the CEA-2006 compliant exactly means.

 

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