Subs and Amps

[JBurna]

ok...I am buying 2-12" sony explodes at 2000 watts peak power for my car. what I dont know is what kind of amp to get. I dont get the channels and all that kind of stuff. I want it to support that wattage. can someone tell me how to decide.

thanks
JBURNA

[Mafioso]

peak isn't important, it's the constant (rms) that matters

you'll want a class d mono amp

[C-Note]

lmao people think peak power is where it's at

[E-Rip]

Why dont you just get the Sony Xplode amp as well?

[C-Note]

He probably hasn't thought of that :iono:

[thugluv4life]

personally i wouldnt buy anything xplod. id go more for some alpine subs and a rockford amp or maybe pioneer or kenwood. but if u already have those subs, ur gonna need at least a 1000 watt amp to power them properly. and as stated above, a mono amp would be ur best bet to power teh subs.

[JBurna]

shit... this thread was for people to tell me what things are so i know what to get. like what does 500 watts at 4 channels ohms mean and all that other stuff. i need to learn some shit yall

[thugluv4life]

rms is the power that the subs run at constantly, peak power is what they can max out at with max wattage. a mono amp is just one channel and all of the power is focused to one channel which is much better for low frequency (bass) while 2 and 4 channel amps are best used for interior speakers.

[Mafioso]

google, way too much for us to cover efficiently

[JBurna]

rms is the power that the subs run at constantly, peak power is what they can max out at with max wattage. a mono amp is just one channel and all of the power is focused to one channel which is much better for low frequency (bass) while 2 and 4 channel amps are best used for interior speakers.

just what i needed man thanks

[Mr Burns]

personally i wouldnt buy anything xplod. id go more for some alpine subs and a rockford amp or maybe pioneer or kenwood. but if u already have those subs, ur gonna need at least a 1000 watt amp to power them properly. and as stated above, a mono amp would be ur best bet to power teh subs.

listen to ^this guy he is right and he knows what he is talking about. Don't buy Sony speakers. They look really cool but besides that they aren't all that great. You can find better speakers then Xplodes and they are probably cheaper.

[MauriSSio]

personally i wouldnt buy anything xplod. id go more for some alpine subs and a rockford amp or maybe pioneer or kenwood. but if u already have those subs, ur gonna need at least a 1000 watt amp to power them properly. and as stated above, a mono amp would be ur best bet to power teh subs.

i agree with this guy as well,ive heard bad things about explods and nothing but good things abut the brands he listed,especially alpine and rockford, shit even kicker.......

[The Kozzle]

i agree with this guy as well,ive heard bad things about explods and nothing but good things abut the brands he listed,especially alpine and rockford, shit even kicker.......



Yep Sony makes ALOT of nice shit but car stereo products arent one of them. The Xplod speakers arent very good and their amps get hot enough to cook breakfast on them. Go with any of these following brands and you will be happy:


Alpine
Fosgate
JL Audio(My personal favorite) :)
Pioneer
Kenwood

[C-Note]

Buy Kicker

[Rough Chop Tom]

rms is the max power that the speakers can run at all day everyday without fucking out. max wattage is the absolute peak power that it can have which can be for anything like
.00002 seconds before it fucks out

[Rough Chop Tom]

from my experience jbl make very good speakers. jvc make real nice head units aswell

[MrGixxer600]

Buy Kicker


Agreed. I hust upgraded my sub amp from a 500 watt Class D Memphis, to a 750 watt Kicker Class D...best decision I ever made.

[seeking]

in my experience speaker brand doesnt matter, the amp and headunit is what really matters...speakers are fairly easy to manufacture so pretty much all brands..event he no name brands are going to produce something capeable, its when you get down to the nitty gritty electronics where name brand is what you want

in my car i got 2 12" DUAL woofers in a bandpass box....its powered by a 900watt rockford amp and a JVC headunit....shit is loud, ive had the subs and amp since i was 18...still hitting hard

check out crutchfield.com though...they got people you can call who can answer these questions for you, plus when you order from them they include all needed hardware for free (wireing harness, dash kit, radio removal keys, etc)

[MauriSSio]

ever?

[JBurna]

what about an alpine head unit?

[The Kozzle]

what about an alpine head unit?




Highly recommended. Alpine head units are very NICE.

[**Your Favorite Engineer**]

I really suggest not getting anything Sony... they suck....

I suggest for subs:

Alpine
JL Audio
Infinity
Pioneer
Memphis
JBL (My personal favorite!!!!!!)
Audiobahn
Rockford Fosgate
Kicker

Just about anything else is better than Sony lol...

But i really do recommend JBL, they make really good speakers, i have owned a couple pair before, and i like'em from wut i have heard from other brands....


For Head Units:

Pioneer

and thats about it, pioneer has the best sound imo...

[Darkchild]

Mate, u need to know the impedence of the subs and whether it is dual coil to figure out the best amp for it

Impedence is generally either 4 Ohm or 2 Ohm (at times 1 Ohm), you will need to take a look at the RMS at these impedences to figure out,

I dunno how much uwanna spend on an amp, but The Rockford Fosgate T500-1bd is a particularly good amp and it can run 2x 4 Ohm Dual Voice Coil subs perfectly

[JBurna]

ok what i plan on now is this..... 2 alpine R series 500 RMS dual 2 ohm with a phoenix gold octane r 15.0:1 amp and i already have an alpine head unit

[The Kozzle]

Mate, u need to know the impedence of the subs and whether it is dual coil to figure out the best amp for it

Impedence is generally either 4 Ohm or 2 Ohm (at times 1 Ohm), you will need to take a look at the RMS at these impedences to figure out,

I dunno how much uwanna spend on an amp, but The Rockford Fosgate T500-1bd is a particularly good amp and it can run 2x 4 Ohm Dual Voice Coil subs perfectly




This post is very true. This is why I prefer JL Audio equipment. Their subs kick ass and their amps are universal. In other words, ohms and impedence dont matter b/c the amp will deliver top power whether it be 2ohm or higher. I like this feature b/c you dont have to worry about buying the right ohm subs and whether they need to be wired in parallel or series and so forth.

[Eddie F. Baby]

Kickers are nice subs. I have Fosgates and Kickers, can't tell the difference between them.

[Keyser Soze]

LOL @ people who buy amps and speakers that are thousads of watts,. when in reality they only will use about 400 watts...

[123456]

^^i was gonna say the same shit....Xplodes CANT handle that many watts. they'll blow real quick