I have 2 rockford fosgate 400w peak power 8 ohm subs. What kind of amp should i get. Price range 200 or lower.

Question

I have 2 rockford fosgate 400w peak power 8 ohm subs. What kind of amp should i get. Price range 200 or lower.

Answer 1

like juventusdefender said, the impedance of those subs is so high that you will get a higher impedance of 4ohms at the amp and since they are SVC you don't have any wiring options- just one way to hook them up

when you match amps to subs you need to know the RMS wattage, peak/max wattage means nothing at all- The only sub i could find that Fosgate makes that has a peak/max wattage of 400watts had a RMS wattage of 200

so i am going to say any amp that has about 400watts RMS @ 4ohms (800watts RMS @ 2ohms) and is CEA-compliant (which means that it makes or exceed the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion)

here are the top CEA-compliant brands

Alpine  

Bazooka  

Blaupunkt  

Clarion  

Eclipse  

Infinity  

JBL

JL Audio  

Kenwood

Kicker  

MTX  

Pioneer

Polk Audio

Rockford Fosgate  

Sony

here are some

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_6411... (good deal)

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_6741...

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9477... (good deal)

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_7422...

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8515... (good deal)

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_1179... (good deal)

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_7013... (good deal)

Answer 2

i agree about feeling sorry man, besides 400 watts PEAK is a joke, that puts ur subs at 150-200 watts rms. ud be better off going to walmart and, never thought id say this and getting some xplods or cheap pioneers, or even lightning audio which is made by rockford fosgate, they rms what you peak and im tlaking cheap like 70 bucks for one sub, and a 1200 watt xplod amp is like 150, theres a whole system thats better than yours for like 300 bucks and without the 8 ohm hassle

Answer 3

i feel kinda sorry for you because two 8 ohm subs limits the wiring capabilities and requires you to get a bigger amp...

i think this is your best option though... http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_3777...