im running this off a 1500 watt amp ive been beating it hard for a month now lol,but back to the sub its worth the $$$ dual voice coils strong rubber or whatever it is if it blows ill just buy another one in my younger days ive spent $250 on one sub and blew it out in a month dont be fooled by the name some of these names like planet audio and dual are made by the big names like kenwood