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-94-accordh22

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 6:42 PM / IP Logged

yes you all have helped out a lot. thank you.

so if an amp says like 600W RMS X 2 @ 4 ohm

i would ACUTALLY be able to load it down to like 1 ohm bridged (if it could handle it of course) and get more watts???

i still am not clear on the whole 4 ohm 2 ohm 1 ohm loading thing is this amp worth it - Page 2 -- posted image.

-94-accordh22

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 6:46 PM / IP Logged

o sorry to bug you guys again. but would it be better 2 get like a 1000w 1 ohm monoblock

or a 1000w bridged 1 ohm 2 chan?

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 7:04 PM / IP Logged

In your case either will work, how ever a class d mono amp will fit the bill just fine. They are cheaper and more efficient to run.

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 7:06 PM / IP Logged

and 1 ohm stable means i will be able to turn the 600 watt 4 ohm into something at 1 ohm and have more watts? than 600

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 7:08 PM / IP Logged

IF the amp is stable to run at 1 ohm, then yes the amp will yield more power. When you run amps at lower resistances you will experience more distortion and the amp will heat up much faster.

-94-accordh22

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 10:06 PM / IP Logged

so would it be better to find a amp that is comforably stable at 2 ohms?

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 10:22 PM / IP Logged

I have a fetish for these amps, but they might work well for you...

Pioneer PRS-X720, rated at 1x400 rms 4 ohm mono, in reality puts out about 800 rms, it's a competition cheater amp. It's also 2 ohm mono stable, although nobody seems to have a power rating for it at 2 ohms. It's class AB with a regulated power supply (makes your car's voltage less important), and it is one of the best sounding amps available short of a TRU. Greater than 110 db S/N ratio!

I have two of them and I would never part with them, I got one on Ebay shipped for $200, and the other on Ebay shipped for $125. Just my two cents.

-94-accordh22

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 10:41 PM / IP Logged

see THATS the thing i dont get. i could SO afford an amp at 400 at 4 omhs. but i dont get how you could REALITY squeez out 800.

thats the secret ive been asking.

(if i could buy an amp that SAYS 600 watt at 4 ohms. BUT i could run lower ohms and get more.)

-94-accordh22

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 10:46 PM / IP Logged

what about this:

Lanzar HTG2600D Mono Block Digital MOSFET Amp

dwarren

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Posted: September 26, 2005 at 11:42 PM / IP Logged

eklipz17 wrote:

You could get a HiFonics Tx1005D. 1000wrms x1 @ 1ohm

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2858

You can only wire (2) 4ohm DVC subwoofers in a 1ohm or 4ohm load. If i'm wrong, someone please correct me. (Still a newbie)

If I am correct, I'd look for an amp on ebay that's 800-1000wrms x1 @ 1ohm or 4ohm. I'd save up some more money and get a better amp. I paid around $300 for my JBL GTO1201.1 amp and I got it running @ 4ohms to give me 787wrms. It's a good amp imo. I'd check for brands like Kicker, Eclipse, Orion, JBL, Phoenix Gold, etc.

Hope I helped tho.

Here is some sound advice. If the amp sounds to good to be true, don't buy it. Already you have subs that in my opinion are on the image side of things rather than performance. The list above has real amps mentioned. In order to hear a difference in wattge applied to speakers, one must double the power in order to gain a 3 dB increase which is in the threshold of audible difference. So a 400 watt to a 600 watt amp isn't really going to produce a whole lot of difference.

You may simply be in search of something that doesn't exist in your price range. At one point the watt to dollar ratio was like a dollar a watt. This has since changed but still remains higher than your current budget, it seems.

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