i'm gonna try to find it,but somewhere i read that the 3800 watts is good for like a minute,i'll look

here ya go,2nd paragraph

http://www.jlaudio.com/HT/electronics.html

How do you get 3800 watts out of one circuit?

Very slowly

You'd think that unit would be a candidate for dual power cables (a la 790) if there ever was one.

possibly HUGE caps,but yeah,good point!300 lbs,80lbs drivers,100 lbs box,120 lbs electronics?what'd they do, build a convertor,and sell basically an 'optimized'(for home) car sub system,for alot of money?
can really bump up wattage claims,eh?

Maybe the "short time" list is the time it takes to dump a huge load out of some giant caps.

Only problem here is your movie can't have 2 giant bass scenes back to back..

i'll get the phone call when my dealer gets one,but it looks like it'll be sometime in the fall.i look very forward to hearing this thing,i've heard one 13w7 with a kilowatt,and it was insane!i'll put up a link that shows 13w7's in action

http://realmofexcursion.com/brands/jlaudio.htm

heres vids of all jl makes,make sure to watch the 12w7,it's labeled "best excursion vid...."

i've got 10w3's in my truck,check them out!

if you go here:
http://realmofexcursion.com/videos.html

you can choose from most all car sub manufacturers,if you are into it you can spend hours here

(need to look for the id max)(image dynamics)