best set up

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Topic: best set up

Posted By: sonic73
Subject: best set up
Date Posted: January 05, 2004 at 8:41 PM

Which set up gives would give a solid system:(SQ-all around tight ,clean)

a/ 1 (4) channel amp - wired to four speakers

1 (1) channel amp - wired to sub

b/ 1 (5) channel amp - wired with 4 speakers and one sub

(besides the price in the additional amp and acc., which one of these would sound better?)

(I mean can you really tell the difference?)

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Posted By: silversi17
Date Posted: January 05, 2004 at 11:37 PM

I've never been really big on sharing an amp with more than one class of speaker. Not for sound quality reasons, but for neatness and amp efficiency reasons, as well as options for equipment. Having to choose one amp to power both subs and 4 speakers severely limits your options for all equipment as you are mainly limited by the power output on the amp. Also, I have seen that situation wired all wrong, and poorly tuned to the point of sounding worse than the factory stuff it was replacing. Multiple amps are to me at least, easier to tweak for their purposes, gives you a tremendously larger supply of equipment to choose from, and just in case anything were to break, it is easier to fix. So in summary, if done right, you shouldn't hear any great noticable degradation in sound quality, but typically, 5 channel amps aren't powerful enough to drive a decent sub. (unless you want just some filler bass)

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Posted By: staudio
Date Posted: January 06, 2004 at 12:18 AM

I agree with silver, 5 channel amps dont have the push power and tend to be very large and bulky. I'd get something like a 200-400 watt 4 channel amp, something small and compact enough to install like under a seat or the dash, to power the speakers and a mono amp (depending on what you want for bass) for the sub.

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Posted By: sonic73
Date Posted: January 06, 2004 at 6:18 PM

Thanks for your input fellas.

JL Audio or Alpine for a good solid 4 channel amp?

Posted By: astro88
Date Posted: January 06, 2004 at 6:27 PM

Hang on now...I have me a 5 channel soundstream and it sounds awsome! And it is not big and bulky thank you posted_image

I have had different amps along the way 2 chann 4 chann and all in all the 5 channel amp is the best set up ive ever had. Everything is poportioned perfectly! And as far as sub power goes my amp gives out 150w@ 2 ohms which i have driving two 15s and my mirrors shake quite violently posted_image