How strong of an Amp should i get?

Hiya yall,

I just bought some new 12" subs... the stats fer them are as follows-

12? High Performance Subwoofer

So like... should i get a 1500 watt amp? 1000 Watt amp? 2000? I don't know! AHHHHH!! PLEASE HELP!

Some subs? how many?

As a rule of thumb, you could use a 1000 watts RMS amp, 500 watts for each sub. There are several options to consider, given the DVC: If you want to wire them in stereo (an option that some people into SQ like, but IMO it's only noticeable in very specific installs) you need a 2 x 500 watts @ 2 ohms amp, and each subwoofer's DVC wired in parallel to each channel. However, most people (myself included) prefer to wire the subs as a mono load, in that case you may use a 1 x 1000 watts  @ 4 or 1 ohm, depending on the way you wire the subs (to see how to wire your subs to obtain either a 4 or a 1 ohm load, visit this link: http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html ).If you go with the 1 ohm load, it is very important to make sure that the amp is stable at 1 ohm, or you are gonna damage it...

Finally, those are only some options... also you may consider the kind of enclosure for your subs. If you are going to put them in small sealed boxes, they probably may need the full 1000 watts to perform at it's best, but if you use a ported / bandpass enclosure, a lot of times you can obtain the same performance with considerably less power...

Please, anybody correct me if I'm wrong... hope it's useful.