| Author |
Thread: What amp would run 2 12" Alpine type "R" the best? |
    
Matt |
| Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 08:57 am: |
|
THis summer im getting ready to upgrade my car audio from 2 12" Jensen subs to Alpine. The type "R" series is rated at 300 watts so ill probably get a 300 watt amp. And if the box im getting has 2 sets of terminals can I hook 1 amp up to the terminal and hook the other sub to the sub thats hooked up to the amp. Will there be any issues if I don that. Any Feedback will be nice. Thank you |
|
|
|
|
| Posted on Friday, March 21, 2003 - 11:11 pm: |
|
well Matt.. i do beleave that each alpine is rated at 300 watts rms.. so you would want an amp that has 500-600 watts rms... you have to look at the rms rating when choosing an amp, or even speakers for that matter.. match the numbers up.. are these speakers dual 4 ohm voice coil.. if so.. a class D amp may be just what da doc ordered.. use rockford, alpine, heck there are soo many out there.. i wouldnt use jl audio 500/1 though.. it says 500 but is closer to 700, and 800 watts rms.. the guy i sold them to blew 4 12's and 2 15's(mtx top of the line) with this amp. .. too much power.. but great sound quality... |
|
| Posted on Friday, March 21, 2003 - 11:13 pm: |
|
OH and yess you can hook all the subs to one amp.. wire the voice coils in series, and then wire the two subs in parallel |
Matt |
| Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:08 pm: |
|
What price range do these JL audio amps fall in? |
Matt |
| Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:24 pm: |
|
Oh and what are the Pros and Cons comparing 2 ohm and 4 ohm dual voice coils? And what would you reconmmend. The amp that I''ll probably purchase is the MRD-M300 its a Class-D I buying it cuz it has the built in bass processor to let you model your own bass style. |
|
| Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 05:04 pm: |
|
Well Matt.. as far as what i have seen on the net they range from $450-600.. in the local store the lowest i have seen is about $550 and goes up to 650.. i usually get my stuff from the net.. takes alittle longer to get.. but the jl 500/1 i had.. may it really controled my subs... BEAUTIFUL SOUND.. GREAT SOUND QUALITY...
Now this amp your cuz has.. man thats a great amp... get it... because of your subs, if you could get another one it would be great... one per speaker.. now the key to the 2 or 4 ohm thing... well it depends on what amp you get... if you get the one your cuz has, you want to end up with a 2 ohm load at the amp nothing under.. nothing bad or good about how you hook it up.. you have to go by what the amp can work with safely....( |
|
| Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 05:07 pm: |
|
Almost forgot.. the reason i say get one per sub is the rms reading of the subs and the amp... they both match up.... subs 300 rms.. and the amp 300 rms at 2 ohms.. perfect match.. thats the real reading you want to go by to match speakers... |
Matt |
| Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 04:54 pm: |
|
thanks for the assuring reply |
|
