There is absolutely no way that you can ever or possibly damage a sub by giving it less than rated RMS wattage. All it does is give the sub a longer life span, and the amp a shorter one is all, only due to the fact that the amp is trying to max out all of the time. After quite some time the amp will eventually fail, not the sub.
Actually gotta correct you there george...
If you send too much power to your sub, you risk damaging it. The cone of the speaker and the mechanical parts that make it move may break under the stress. Surprisingly, too little power can also damage your subwoofer ?in fact, it's actually more common than damage caused by overpowering.
When the volume is turned up and the amp doesn't have enough power, the signal becomes distorted, or "clipped." This distorted signal can cause parts of the speaker to overheat, warp and melt. Not good!
You don't have to match speaker and amp wattages exactly. An amp with a higher output than the speaker's rating won't necessarily damage the speaker ?just turn the amp down a bit if you hear distortion from the sub and don't run the speaker at extremely loud volumes for lengthy periods. Likewise, you'll be OK with a lower powered amp if you keep the volume down and don't feed a distorted signal to the sub
Ya you just won't get the true quality of you sub you just don't want to try pushing to much power through a sub all though i have heard of subs going bad because they are havin such low power ran through them but that is rare i have never had it happen.
it would work but you wont get max quality of sound.
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