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phinsup 11-25-2005 01:07 PM

I dont want to spend a fortune but the cheap hunk of **** I have now is not driving my new sub, 10 inch kicker iso with dual voice coils 2ohm... So any suggestions as to what I can drive that with, without spending a small fortune.

TYSON 11-25-2005 01:12 PM

How much power do you want?



I like PPI myself. I've got an A200 that drove my entire old stereo, nobody ever complained about it not being loud enough. (it's only rated at 50X2)

phinsup 11-25-2005 01:14 PM

I am not trying to really pound a lot of bass, just need something that will drive it reasonably without overloading. How pricy are the ppi's?

94touring 11-25-2005 01:16 PM

I have a phoenix gold amp, i think its 200watts total. Been awhile since I bought it now, but its more than enough and cost a couple hundred bucks max if I remember correctly.

TYSON 11-25-2005 01:17 PM

I paid $450 CDN for it 10 years ago. Funny thing I noticed back then was you could make a big jump in amp quality without paying a huge amount more. Least it seemed like it to me. I haven't shopped car audio in a long time.





I would also check out McIntosh and Soundstream. You may know McIntosh as big time high quality home stereo stuff, but their car audio was surprisingly affordable in comparison.

phinsup 11-25-2005 01:17 PM


Originally Posted by 94touring' post='781399' date='Nov 25 2005, 02:16 PM
I have a phoenix gold amp, i think its 200watts total. Been awhile since I bought it now, but its more than enough and cost a couple hundred bucks max if I remember correctly.



u use it for a sub? 200 would be nice https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

94touring 11-25-2005 01:23 PM


Originally Posted by phinsup' post='781401' date='Nov 25 2005, 11:17 AM

u use it for a sub? 200 would be nice https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



Yep, one sub. Not huge, not fancy, and the quality is good. Before my old setup was stolen, it pushed a 8" alpine sub in a bandpass box, and wow it was amazing.





Just took a peak in my car and this is what I have. They still sell it. http://source1audio.econgo.com/?BODY=cat/105450a.esl&

TYSON 11-25-2005 01:25 PM

Oh yeah, that PPI was running into a passive crossover that had stereo high pass and mono low pass, so it ran my sub and 4 speakers. Non clipping, no distortion, ever.

94touring 11-25-2005 01:26 PM

On sale, 109 bucks. http://www.audio-warehouse.com/web/m...200/detail.asp

Rob x-7 11-25-2005 01:26 PM

check the specs on the amps, as long as its 2 or 1 ohm stable its good to go.



I have some Sony amp in my car, it seems good, but I have to say the Infinty BassLink in my other car really sounds good for as simple as it is.

teknics 11-25-2005 05:21 PM

i got a decent bazooka amp for a good price, i think it puts out like 400watts or something and is 1 ohm stable (IIRC, havent toyed with my speakers and **** in a while, dropped the heavy hobby https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR ) And yes its really and amp not the bazooka bass tube thingo, an actuall bazooka amp. it is sorta ricer tho its got carbon fiber plastic on it lol.



kevin.


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