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subwoofer rattles like hell

hi, it's a mirage bps 150i. it is bipolar, has two 8" woofers. supposed to be very good. this is my first sub. i have a 90 watt amp. it is clean strong power. when i turn the gain past two the left woofer rattles like crazy. like wod smakking together. is the speaker blown or can it just not handle the power coming from the amp. is this refered to as clipping? please advise. thanks in advance.
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atagi
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i don't know if it's clipping because i've never heard clipping, but 90 watts is surely not enough power for a sub. bass requires more wattage than anything else. any decent sub with built in amp will have more than 300 watts, and most have alot more. i wouldn't run the sub until i had a much more powerful amp as you risk destroying the drivers and the amp.

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