Need help on choosing an amp

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Topic: Need help on choosing an amp

Posted By: mrtravieso
Subject: Need help on choosing an amp
Date Posted: January 24, 2003 at 6:50 PM

I just bought a pair of 12" ONYX subs, rated at 400w rms each, I was told they can handle possible 500-550w rms each....I need an amp for these, they are dual voice coil 4ohm. what amp do you guys recommend and how should I wire them? I was thinking of wiring them parallel, which would give me a 1 ohm right? if i'm wrong, please correct me, I can use all the help I can get

one more thing, i don't want to spend too much for the amp, something cheap but with nice solid performance....please help. THANKS

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Posted By: pervitizm
Date Posted: January 24, 2003 at 10:15 PM

Check these amps out from sounddomain:

https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/MTX6500D
https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/LITS11000DCOMBO
https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/ULTDT2800
https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/ROC500BD

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Posted By: eedukes
Date Posted: January 25, 2003 at 8:04 AM

I have two Kicker 12 Comp VR that are rated at 400 watts RMS. I have a JBL BP600.1 on these subs and they pound hard. You can get these online for under $200.00. If thats not enough for you, then try the bigger brother, the BP1200.1. Ive seen it online for $260.00. The 600.1 is underrated at 600 W RMS in a two ohm load. The 1200.1 is underrated at 1200 W RMS.

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Posted By: mrtravieso
Date Posted: January 25, 2003 at 11:12 AM

if i connect my subs parallel, i get a 1ohm resistance don't I??? don't i have to get an amp that runs a 1ohm load?