by geolemon » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:42 pm
Taco Supreme wrote:damn guys, i dont wanna sound ungrateful, cuz i really do appreciate your knowledge and input...but will the amp work and sound good or not? this is my first system, and im only 16, lol, basically, obviously i want to impress my friends, but it doesnt have to be too serious
Yes, it will work.
And if it's the least expensive option, I support it. Heck, down the road you can buy yourself a sub that's a 750w or 1000w dual 2 ohm sub, and wire the amp to 1 ohm if you like - if you might want an upgrade path down the road, since the amp will make 250 more watts.
(before you get all excited over the 250 extra watts though, understand that the power/loudness ratio is stacked way against power... it nearly a fivefold increase in power to effect just a 6dB gain in loudness... so those extra 250w would be hardly audible even, not even a dB on the meter.
)
I would expect that if you can find that amp for $175, that you should be able to find a 500w 2 ohm stable amp for about $125 or so.
But that option wouldn't allow you that upgrade path.
I would run that amp myself though, for a fun car. I don't know much about that sub, I fear anything that's a square sub "kicker clone", because Kicker owns all the patents to certain needed technologies (namely, corner surround pleats
).
But at the same time, i'd be curious as hell to try it out - why not?
[quote="Taco Supreme"]damn guys, i dont wanna sound ungrateful, cuz i really do appreciate your knowledge and input...but will the amp work and sound good or not? this is my first system, and im only 16, lol, basically, obviously i want to impress my friends, but it doesnt have to be too serious[/quote]
Yes, it will work.
And if it's the least expensive option, I support it. Heck, down the road you can buy yourself a sub that's a 750w or 1000w dual 2 ohm sub, and wire the amp to 1 ohm if you like - if you might want an upgrade path down the road, since the amp will make 250 more watts.
(before you get all excited over the 250 extra watts though, understand that the power/loudness ratio is stacked way against power... it nearly a fivefold increase in power to effect just a 6dB gain in loudness... so those extra 250w would be hardly audible even, not even a dB on the meter. :argh )
I would expect that if you can find that amp for $175, that you should be able to find a 500w 2 ohm stable amp for about $125 or so.
But that option wouldn't allow you that upgrade path.
I would run that amp myself though, for a fun car. I don't know much about that sub, I fear anything that's a square sub "kicker clone", because Kicker owns all the patents to certain needed technologies (namely, corner surround pleats ;) ).
But at the same time, i'd be curious as hell to try it out - why not?