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Message: [QUOTE="jdc753, post: 935847, member: 52"] Yes basically RMS is the safe continuous operating power, some of the "cheaper" company's and gear will list Peak power ratings, but those are more of a marketing gimmik to grab people's attention. In car audio like diesels, you can boost the fuel/power as long as you are careful with it and know the tell tale signs to listen for. As long as the power is clean and you are not clipping the signal than the speaker can be pushed relatively safely to it's thermal and mechanical limits. For example in my truck I have on occasion smelled the glue from the speakers when they have gotten warmed up a bit, and I have also heard metal on metal contact from the cone slapping the backplate on the sub. Usually you will hear some distortion before this happens but the sub was super clean sounding. Quick twist of the volume brings everything back into acceptable limits. Also certain subs will handle more power above ratings than others, and also the box will greatly dictate the power handling abilities too, a large or ported box will handle less power than a tight sealed box. As far as I know they are! I got this one from a preorder deal so this is a first run batch. I don't quite know if this will have more output than the 13tw5 but I would certainly guess it to be cleaner sounding. These are built off XBL^2 technology which has a different sound to it than other subs. Sorta like a gas job vs a diesel kinda thing. It's a cleaner sound, but to some is just so different from what they are used to that they don't like it. Hopefully I'll get some experience from it soon, but if it is anything like the current sub I have then it should be nice, expecially with the compact package. [/QUOTE]