choosing a new amp

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Topic: choosing a new amp

Posted By: ice32
Subject: choosing a new amp
Date Posted: February 25, 2008 at 2:37 AM

Hey guys,

I think my flee market amp is about to kick the bucket and I'm looking to replace it with something new and worth the money thats going to provide good power and sound.

My front speakers are these

and my rear speakers are these

my HU is this

It'd be great if you guys could recommend a few good amp selections and what type of money I'm looking at

Thanks in advance.

P.S please let me no what currency the price is in.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 25, 2008 at 1:07 PM

What's your budget?

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Posted By: ice32
Date Posted: February 25, 2008 at 6:38 PM

hey,

about $300-$400 AU
which is about

$280 - $370 US

I don't mind going over a bit if it is for quality, I'm just looking at how much i gotta save to replace my dieing amp.

thanks

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 25, 2008 at 8:04 PM

Hmm, while I am not super familiar with pricing in Australia, look for a 4-channel amplifier from Alpine, Eclipse, JBL or a similar main-stream brand. Don't worry too much about the watts per channel as long as it's 50 or more into 4-ohms. Is Magnat available down under?

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Posted By: ice32
Date Posted: February 25, 2008 at 8:52 PM

Pretty sure its not, if the power into 4ohms are the same on the amps what should i be looking for to define the quality? e.g whats a acceptable noise to signal ratio for a 4chan amp used in mid/highs

I've been looking at the following amps:

Alpine MRP-F450

JBL GT5-A604 (if car audio suppliers around here can get them in at a reasonable price)

JL A4300 (if car audio suppliers around here can get them in at a reasonable price)

I've been looking around at some MTX ones too, seems im pretty sure strathfield here are a distributor for them.