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Old 07-28-2004, 07:13 AM
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Default What kind of amp would i need to power...

a 10" JBL sub... just one, rated at 400W peak, 4ohm impedance

I just want a bit of clean bass in my car, nothin crazy.

What would be relatively affordable, and do u guys have anything specific in mind?

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Whatever you can afford.
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4 ohms is tough. you might have to get a 2 channel amp and bridge it...
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Default Alpine MRV-T505 bridged

You can pick one up on ebay for about £75.
They're rock solid and and pump out over 300w RMS with all the crossover, gains and parametric EQ on board.
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Default Kenwood 8101D.

Just gain it down.
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Default Re: What kind of amp would i need to power...

Actually, we need the RMS power of the subwoofer to match up the amp. The peak really doesn't help out..
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Default i beleive it is 100W RMS, heres the rest of the specs...

Power Handling, Peak :100/400W Sensitivity :92dB Nominal Impedance :4 Ohms Frequency Response :38Hz-800Hz Voice-Coil Diameter :38mm Qts :0.268 Qms :4.39 Qes :0.29 Fs :29.5Hz Vas :71L Revc :3.52 Ohms Mms :74.99g Levc :2.02mH Mounting Depth :116mm Cut-Out Diameter :229mm Weight :3.0kg.
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Default Re: What kind of amp would i need to power...

Ok, that works..
Those subwoofers have small power requirement, but they are effecient.

Here is what I would suggest..

This Kenwood amp, comes the closest in power.<ul><li><a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/i-rad1cdix/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?i=113KAC5201">Kenwood amp.</a></li></ul>
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Default Would this amp be suitable as well? ...

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-PhARmiBCQRf/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?s=0&amp;c=3&amp;g=110&amp;I=037A2002T &amp;o=p&amp;a=0&amp;cc=01&amp;avf=N&amp;search=au diobahn

and, would either the kenwood or the audiobahn be able to power 2 10s if i wanted to get another sub later on?
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Default AudioBahn is high quality stuff. . .

And it will be able to handle two of your subs definatly.

Advice, when getting the amp installed (or installing it yourself) get a 4 ga amp wiring kit. You will only need 8ga for those two amps which is cheeper, but if you ever want to upgrade amps as well (you might just get addicted to bass) you will kick yourself when you are (1) paying more to buy a 4ga kit and (2) are having to re-run wires)
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