which amp should i get?

For those of us in Canada, the warranty ends at the border, so the internet is not a great sales area for us. Where in Canada are you? Do you already have this sub, nice sub btw. I have worked on numerous neons that have won multiple awards for sq and spl. Which one of these are you heading towards? For an amplifier there are many really good brands out there, it's just hard to get an unbiased opinion from a commission sales person. If you choose this sub, the worst thing in the world that you can do is drastically under power it, you'll be in for warranty on it in no time flat. If you want it loud and your amp is too small, then you will cause the amplifier to run out of power, clip and produce distortion that your sub will say, ok if you want me to play distortion that's great. The heat buildup from the resultion distortion will definitely damage the voice coil.

So, look for an amp that has alot of headroom and is high current. Generally speaking the high current amplifiers are American designed and built vs offshore built. As much as you don't like Rockford, they do build some good amps, but I do agree with you that they don't sound or build them like they used to. You need an amplifier that (if u use this sub) produces a huge amount of power at either 1ohm or 4 ohm mono.

If you plan on running this monster for a period of time be well aware that an amp can't make power unless it gets power and the neons have a tiny little alternator. See my post to the dude that was asking about 2 dvc subs wired in series parallel about some wiring concerns for amps. If you wan't any more information, like I said in the earlier post to the other fellow, ask questions, as many as possible, if you are not getting the proper information or you just need to check it, there are lots of great guys on these forums to help you out. Hope this points you in the right direction. The right amp for you will have to fit in your price range, be very efficient (class d as you have a tiny little alternator), be wired properly and do what you need it to.

Im not shure about the impedence of that sub, but if it's able to be wired at 2 ohm, i would also look at the MRD-M1000.  Alpines accu-class D amps are the most efficient in the industry right now.  It never pulls more than 60 amps to produce the 1800watts peak, don't ask me how alpine did it, but they did it!

before you go buying a amp, find out what amp puts out the most power at the impedance you are able to wire too.  So what if a amp puts out 2000 watts, it may only be at 1 ohm, but if you only have a 2 ohm sub, then you end up with a 1000 watt amp.  See what im saying?

But as for an alt, when you get into that power range, you will definately not get the performace from the amp that its capable of, because everytime it hits, your voltage will drop to about 12v, so your getting approx half the power of the amps output right there, you may as whell just get a smaller amp.   So definately get a upgraded alt, it will keep the voltage up, keep the amp running cooler, thus meaning happy'er amp, more push of power to the amp resulting in more BOOM, which is what your looking for right? haha duh of course.