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I just purchased 4 12 Ascendant Audio Assassins, I wanted to go for a solid sq setup... with alittle punch to it .. and with the AA subs being 75 dollars a piece I couldnt pass it up.

Im looking for a solid amp to power all four at once , or 2 seperate amps to 2 power 2 subs a piece ... now my question is what kind of wiring would I be looking at here .. ?

What type of amps would properly power these subs? to 600 watt amps for 2 subs a piece ? as they are recommended to have 250-350 rms power? or a 1000 watt mono to power all four with one amp?

If you guys have any input It would be greatly apprieciated ... thanks guys ... great forum you guys have here .. im glad to be a part of it

thanks - mike

are they 2 or 4 ohm?

single 4 ohm

If you have the $$ a Kicker Kx1200.1 would power all of those very well.

I dont know how to post pics yet but you can hook all of them together down to 1 ohm.

And kx1200.1 amps are usually underrater actually putting out anywhere from 1200+ - ~1400 RMS
But it's kinda luck of the draw.lol

this is an amp that will push it > http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fus ... 432D0BA7CB

this is how you would wire it to 1 ohm > http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/w ... l+-+4+ohms

you don't need four subs for a SQ setup LOL
you'd have been better off spending that $300 on a single, higher end sub if SQ was your goal, honestly.

oh yea i know that ... ive just always wanted to have a four sub setup ...

and they were cheap and my friend had two 12s ... they sounded amazing with 500 watts ... amazing sound quality

Maybe he should say SPLQ :) they should get silly loud. you wont hear a difference from 1000 watt amp to a 1200 watt amp. Just go with what ever amp is cheaper.

Unless it's a 1200w RMS quality amp... and a "1000w" peak flea-market amp.

THEN you'd hear a difference.

Definitely make sure you are comparing apples to apples...
RMS power to RMS power - "peak" really is meaningless in comparison, particularly in all the nasty, unregulated, non-standardized ways that manufacturers can state it.

And even within amp manufacturers listing RMS power - your cheaper manufacturers might rate that continuous power when operated at around 1% distortion levels - where a higher-end company might rate their continuous power when operated at 0.001% distortion... and that'll have an effect on power rating, even between two "equivalent" amps.
You control a lot with the gain knob.

im debating between these three amplifiers

Orion 1200D
MB Quart RAA1000
ED Nine.1