Kicker or Eclipse?

Paradigm wrote: How bout we all go to Steak-N-Shake and get a steakburger and call it a day?

Ah yes, the old GRAY-AREA restaurant analogy.  Hmm, so what would be the Steak-N-Shake of the audio world... Alpine? 

Whell, if your pulling 140 amps ontop of what your vehicle already pulls, then you for shure no doubt need a new alternator if this is your daily driver in which you listen to the music loud around town. The stock alternator no matter how big it is was only made that big to deal with the demands the vehicle can draw which is usually 75% of what the alternator can produce on its best day. So...you have 25% approximately left on your alternator to add aftermarket electronics to (assuming your alternator is kept in an ice box..highly unlikely)  which equates to approximately 20-25 amps extra for the average stock truck alternator....wheres this extra 115-125 amps going to come from? Definately not from the magical power producing flux capacitors, thats for shure.  Definately take the $$$ you have right now and shop for an alternator, then get that MEAN Eclipse system, if you keep it powered up properly it will hammer hard alllllll dayyyyyy longggggggg.

  Enjoy!

I didnt make it seem like they were, i wa sjust using an example mark up is limted. Im in college, i work in the tv deparment and sell tv's when im in town. (so ya ya, i dont know jack about car audio..or very little, thus is why im on the boards here trying to figure this stuff out..which i do appreciate)...so ok, alternator it is, i just gotta find one for a dakota. Do dealers generally carry that stuff? or will they charge me an arm and leg