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If I decide to add components to the w124, which I think I am going to, I have a few questions about amplification. When choosing an amp do I want a 2 or 4 channel amp? For the wattage should it be around the peak wattage of the speaker? If I decide to amplify I would need more than one amp to amplify the crossovers and rear speakers yes? How does one wire in more than one amp and will I need to use a capacitor? I currently have a rockford fosgate punch 401s with two 10 inch rockfords on it. They are using 150 watts rms and 400 peak. I'm not totally sure what speakers I plan on getting yet, I'm leaning towards boston acoustics or polks. If someone could give me something general or even specific to work with so I can get an idea of how to shape up my system that would be great.

You choose an amp based on what you want it to do, do you want to amplify 2 channels or 4? It's up to you. Use the rms wattage numbers (rather than peak) when trying to match amps to speakers. Amps are also rated at different loads (4 ohms per channel, 2 ohms per channel, etc.), so keep this in mind. Pick some speakers you like based on how they sound first, then choose an amplifier. If you continuously feed them more than the rms (continuous) rating, you will blow them. If you install a pair of component speakers using the supplied crossovers, you only need 2 channels to feed them. Your speaker wire will come from the amp to the crossovers, which will split off between the midrange and tweeter. I suggest you go to www.crutchfield.com and read up on amplifier tutorials. Also check out www.bcae1.com for more information. Do a search on this forum on capacitors and you'll find a lot of information.

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