Amp for phoenix gold subs?

Question

so i want to hook up two phoenix gold octane-r12 subs to my stock 08 focus. rms is 250w each. peak 500w

will this amp work:

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=120&i=489HA700M&tp=115

if this amp will work for those subs can anyone give me a brief idea on how to hook it up. i dont know if i should hook up the line out converter to my radio or to the rear speakers.

any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

here are your wiring options http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer... so you can get 2 or 8ohms at the amp

so you need an amp with about 500watts RMS @ 2ohms and that amp only pusher out 350watts RMS @ 2ohms so you need a bigger amp

you may be able to get away with using that amp for a little while if you are careful setting your gain and bass boost settings, but be very careful because this is what can happen if you dont match your subs and amp correctly

If you send too much power to your sub, you risk damaging it. The cone of the speaker and the mechanical parts that make it move may break under the stress. Surprisingly, too little power can also damage your subwoofer — in fact, it's actually more common than damage caused by overpowering.

When the volume is turned up and the amp doesn't have enough power, the signal becomes distorted, or "clipped." This distorted signal can cause parts of the speaker to overheat, warp and melt. Not good!

You don't have to match speaker and amp wattages exactly. An amp with a higher output than the speaker's rating won't necessarily damage the speaker — just turn the amp down a bit if you hear distortion from the sub and don't run the speaker at extremely loud volumes for lengthy periods. Likewise, you'll be OK with a lower powered amp if you keep the volume down and don't feed a distorted signal to the sub.

this amp is better  http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/I... ( its CEA-compliant and the other one was not, which means that it produces or exceeds its advertised wattage with minimim distortion, not over rated like the one you were looking at)

here are the top CEA-compliant brands

Alpine  

Bazooka  

Blaupunkt  (what i recommend)

Clarion  

Eclipse  

Infinity  

JBL

JL Audio  

Kenwood

Kicker  

MTX  

Pioneer

Polk Audio

Rockford Fosgate  

Sony