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[vinnie_febs 10+ year member]

I'm thinking of buying two 10"s RE .SE Rated at 600 RMS @ 4ohms. I was thinking of buying one Mono Amps for each sub or maybe you guys can tell me what configuration would be the best with which amp. pls don't brake the bank.

I was thinking of getting two Sony XM-DS1300P5 rated at

400x1 @ 2 ohms, what do you think?

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13718

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[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

ummm...no. Don't ruin good subwoofers by buying shitty amplifiers. Your best bet is to go with Profile. Check them out on http://www.thezeb.com My personal preference is to go with the CL or Clarus series, since i hav had problems in the past with the CA or california series. You get a little better warranty and a few more features. But Profile clarus series will be much better than those sony...plus u'll get more power for the money. Check out what rms power u need at what ohm load, and u should find one to fit what u need. good luck, peace

NG

 

[AudioGuy]

Acually the sony mono amps are very good, and powerful the rated rms on them is pretty close to actuall. But if you get one for each your underpowering those subs by 200watts rms on each, try and find 2 amps with 600watts rms at 2ohm. Actually let me find one!

This jbl has 600watts rms at 4ohm which the speakers are.

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/JBLBP12001

This power acoustik is nice it runs 600watts rms at 4ohm

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/POWA1800DB

If you need cheaper i can find one better.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

or even better...get 2x profile CL800. Find them on ebay new for cheap...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3082866340&category=18796

there, 23 of them available. Order 2 of them and you'll have you'll have two 600 watt rms amplifiers for $260!!! Also, make sure your subs are dual 2ohm subs...if not then get something else like...

my actual preference...a much better way would be to get one amplifier that will give 1200 watts rms. Just get a jbl1200.1

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=jbl+1200.1&ht=1&sosortproperty=1&from=R10&BasicSearch=

whether your subs are dual4ohm or dual2ohm the amplifier will give you 1200 watts at either 2ohms or 1ohm. so, go ahead and get that...also talk to capone on the board. He had 2 10" se's and a 1200.1 good setup. peace

NG

 

[nosaj070 10+ year member]

I second the JBL 1200.1, it'l actually give you like 1300, so you'll be set.

 

[vinnie_febs 10+ year member]

I guess I'll be going with the JBL1200, thank you all. I got one more quick question if you don't mind. I'm a little confused when it comes to the wiring. For what I can see if I wire them in series I will get 2ohm per sub.

Now, my question is how do I wire them from the enclosure to the Amp and still drive it at 2ohm? Does I make any sense?

 

[AudioGuy]

http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wiring/index.html

Their is a tutorial on how to wire subs. Have fun putting it together!

 

[vinnie_febs 10+ year member]

nice!!!!!!

 

[AudioGuy]

No prob man, thats what im here for.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I guess I'll be going with the JBL1200, thank you all. I got one more quick question if you don't mind. I'm a little confused when it comes to the wiring. For what I can see if I wire them in series I will get 2ohm per sub.Now, my question is how do I wire them from the enclosure to the Amp and still drive it at 2ohm? Does I make any sense?

make sure you triple check the voice coil configuration. They are most likely dual 4ohm subs. So, you must while each individual sub in parallel to get a 2ohm load with each speaker. Then wire the speakers in parallel to get a final 1ohm load to the amp. peace

NG