when i ordered this sub i figured that it would be great, once the installation was complete, they sounded great, they are for sure not gonna hold 1150 RMS. wayyy over rated. they got hot on me alot and i was only pushing 450 watts to each one. after about 2 weeks of playing them, they finally started smoking really bad and burnt them. the warranty replaced them but the next set did the exact same thing. looking at the price, i should of known that it wasnt worth it.

First of all, like you are, I read the reviews. I was skeptical for those that said they blew them, but wanted to believe those that said they were good. I also wanted to give Boss a chance. I've never bought cheap brands. I've always had Pioneer and Rockford Fosgate. I bought two of these. In two weeks, one is blown and the other is smoking on its last leg. I hooked them up to a Boss Phantom PH5000d. If you look the amp up, you'll probably think I overpowered them. Not the case. I had each speaker in series (gives 8 ohm) and the pair in parallel (gives 4 ohm). At 4 ohms, the amp puts out 1800 watts RMS total to the two speakers that should be able to handle 2300 watts RMS total - together (1150 each). Nonetheless, they are smoking and one is unresponsive.

For the three weeks that I had them, the sound was comparable to anything out there, and they hit hard! I custom built a single enclosure for each of these (1.8 cu ft ported and tuned to 38 Hz). I wish they would have lasted. If you want to blow money this month on nothing, buy two of these.

I had one of these subs wired up how a guy that runs in stereo competitions recommended me to to my amp that was rated half of one of these subs, and its been in for about a week and the coils are starting go. If these subs are rated at what they are or somewhere close I don't understand how this amp is pushing them hard enough to fry the voice coils. My amp is rated 1200 watts max and 500 watts X 1 RMS into 4 ohms.

I bought these speakers put them in a sealed box to specs. With a 1800 watt RMS mono amp wired to 1 ohm the amp was turned not even half way up and they both blew in 2 weeks tops. So if you have a great amp get a different speaker. I don't believe Boss is telling the truth about their rms. My not so great p2's hit harder and thats bull.