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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: June 07, 2024 at 11:20 PM


Topic: kicker comps

Posted By: nightrider911
Subject: kicker comps
Date Posted: July 26, 2006 at 10:37 PM

I have two kicker comp subwoofer in a sealed box what would be a good ampilfer to power those subs to the limit my budget is under 200 dollar.




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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: July 26, 2006 at 10:51 PM
Put in some overtime hours.  Don't settle for some piece of crap because you randomly came up with a price.  First thing you do is find what impedance those two subs, wired together, come to.  That will start you in the direction of finding an amplifer.

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Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.




Posted By: nightrider911
Date Posted: July 26, 2006 at 11:53 PM

those kicker comps are 4ohm svc subwoofer and i want to wire then parallel so i can hook them up to a mono amplifer.





Posted By: soultinter
Date Posted: July 27, 2006 at 3:36 PM

You need an amp that is 2 ohm stable and puts out 300w rms or less. Bass is mono, you might mean that you want a monoblock which is a 1 channel amp, usually class D technology for more efficient use of power (less heat lost, more power made)





Posted By: nightrider911
Date Posted: July 27, 2006 at 11:01 PM
can i put a bigger amp on those subs




Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 28, 2006 at 10:35 AM
Kenwood KAC-9102D is a decent amp...can get it at www.onlinecarstereo.com for under 200.




Posted By: nightrider911
Date Posted: July 28, 2006 at 2:41 PM
I also did the math on that kenwood amp and the efficency 98




Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 28, 2006 at 7:19 PM
It is a little overrated but will still put out more than enough for those subs and enough to upgrade later on.




Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: July 28, 2006 at 7:27 PM

nightrider911 wrote:

I also did the math on that kenwood amp and the efficency 98

How do you mean?



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Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.




Posted By: nightrider911
Date Posted: July 29, 2006 at 12:53 AM

How to choose a amp that what am talk about. 14.4 x30x2= something and divide the number of the amp watt by that number.





Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 29, 2006 at 2:29 AM
There's more to effiency than that.




Posted By: cutlass013
Date Posted: July 29, 2006 at 5:00 PM
i agree with the amp i used to have that same amp with 2 mtx it served the purpose and the price wasnt all bad




Posted By: am_p3r3z
Date Posted: July 31, 2006 at 11:01 PM
i have a similar problem i got a kenwood kac-x812d 919 watts @2ohms and 1016 @1ohm. iwas lookn at these comps cvr 12" so is tht a good match an if it is should i wire em @ 1 or 2 ohms or is there anythng else u recommend




Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: August 01, 2006 at 12:15 AM
Wire at 2 ohms...safer bet.




Posted By: nightrider911
Date Posted: August 10, 2006 at 2:51 AM

can you over power a subwoofer? i want to put a orion 800.2 amp on my kicker comp  would they sound better with a orion 800.2 amp and a ported box?






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