matching subs to a fosgate 401s

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Topic: matching subs to a fosgate 401s

Posted By: kmay4761
Subject: matching subs to a fosgate 401s
Date Posted: January 28, 2007 at 10:14 AM

I own an 87 camaro and a rockford fosgate punch 401s, its a 2 channel amp that puts out 100 watts rms x 2 at 4 ohms 200 watts rms x 2 at 2 ohms 400 rms x 1 at 4 ohms bridged and 1200 max at 4 ohms bridged i'm looking for either one or two 12's but don't have a whole lot of money to work with does any one out there have any advice on what subs would put out the best sound being pushed by that amp i did have two mtx thunder 4500's but blew one, i ran both subs of the amp bridged and i bought all this used from a buddy i would like the get something that would sound as good as the 4500's but be less abusive on my amp

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Posted By: kmay4761
Date Posted: January 28, 2007 at 10:31 AM

If there is any other information that would help you guys out tell me what i need to find out and i'll get it

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: January 28, 2007 at 10:50 AM

The first question is how much do you want to spend?

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Posted By: kmay4761
Date Posted: January 28, 2007 at 3:40 PM

no more than 500 and i'm shooting for 200 to 300 would be great

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: January 28, 2007 at 4:07 PM

For that price you can get a couple Kicker Comp VRs or Infinity Kappa 12's, or if you want to get serious one of the new generation Adire Brahma 12D2's which would probably out-perform most everything else in this price range.

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