amp and sub questions
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Topic: amp and sub questions
Posted By: gi jesus
Subject: amp and sub questions
Date Posted: February 03, 2005 at 11:16 PM
i have 2 10 alpine type-s subs in a sealed box and i was wondering if anyone could recommend a good amp to power them. im currently running an ancient 2-channel apline amp that i think is rated for 75wx2@4ohm and the amp is bridged and the subs are wired sub 1 - to sub 2 + and sub 1+ to amp and sub 2 - to amp and it seems to run fine but i was wondering if i could get something with a bit more power i also have a kicker 120.2 amp that does not want to come out of protection mode even with nothing hooked up to it any answer would be greatly helpful
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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: February 03, 2005 at 11:23 PM
You could get a one-channel amp instead of the 2-channel that you have. Rewire the SVC 4ohm subs to parallel for a 2 ohm load. Power them to the extent that their combined RMS allows.
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Posted By: gi jesus
Date Posted: February 03, 2005 at 11:25 PM
i was wondering about their combined rms too.. the sub is rated for 300w rms so with 2 i get 600 rms..so what should i look for in an amp.. should i look for 600w max ro rms?
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 03, 2005 at 11:32 PM
Get a Alpine MRD-M501 or the new MRD-M605
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Posted By: bullman96
Date Posted: February 03, 2005 at 11:34 PM
equal to, more, or less 600rms. if you can afford it go with more so you can upgrade your subs in the future and not worry about getting a new amp. if moneys tight, a 500rms amp will do fine as the volume would be just about the same as if you had a 600. i wouldnt get anything less than 500rms though.
Posted By: wheelerdr
Date Posted: February 04, 2005 at 8:41 PM
go get a kenwood excelon 811d. money tight this is about 235 ( locustaudio.com) run it at 2 ohms getting 919 turn the gains down get just what you want. then later if you decide you want more power this amp will do 1000 watts at 1 ohm easy
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