amp question

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Topic: amp question

Posted By: Herald
Subject: amp question
Date Posted: June 21, 2004 at 3:22 AM

Im going to buy a kole amp to power my focal sub. my question is the amp has specs for both mono and brdiged what is the difference if any? amp is a two ch HK980-2 mono rms 560 bridged max 960. focal sub is a 33k nominal power 400 peak 800.

will this amp pus this sub?

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 21, 2004 at 8:27 AM

"mono" and "bridged" are the same thing. The output that matters on an amp is the RMS value, "peak" is there to help sell the amplifier. Kole is a Chinese-made flea market brand, a division of SPL which is a division of Power Acoustik, so don't expect good, clean power anywhere near those ratings if at all.

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Posted By: Herald
Date Posted: June 22, 2004 at 12:24 AM

what amp would you recomend for this sub svc 4 ohm 400watts

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Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: June 22, 2004 at 9:10 AM

These would work:

Diamond Audio D5 300.2
Alpine MRV-T420
Zapco iForce I2100

Each are 2-channel amps bridgable to 300 rms or over @ 4ohm

It would be some sort of crime to push a focal sub with a kole amp.

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Posted By: Herald
Date Posted: June 22, 2004 at 2:45 PM

thanks i tried to go cheap with the bass amp. but your right it would be a crime. all other parts of my system are good quality nakmichi hu ppi 4ch amp monster wire focal components.

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Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: June 22, 2004 at 3:08 PM

my god man...that's like buying an Enzo Ferrari and accessorizing it at Canadian Tire ( Pep Boys for Y'all )

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: June 22, 2004 at 3:16 PM

Almost as bad as telling how hot the chick is to your best buddy after a full 40 of Crown...... find a better amp for your sub.

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Posted By: Herald
Date Posted: June 22, 2004 at 3:53 PM

suggesttion welcomed keep em coming

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