What amp to buy?

Question

Looking to buy an amp for about 300. 1200wrms@2 ohms to power 2 RE SE12D4 subs. Ebay is my bestfriend, the nearest thing I can find is 1100wrms@2 ohms from a Hifonics Amp. Any help is appreciated thanks.

Answer 1

have a better site for you my friend and with a hifonics all you need to power the that particular sub is only 1000watts. the rms on the RE is lower than what is on the hifonics 1000 watt brutus.

check the link i have done just about all my shopping there when i couldn't find it at my spot where i live.

i hope my info was helpful :)

Answer 2

dont waste your cash on that hifonics trash

mediocre at best, flea market grade, bottom rung brand that is very over rated, you would be lucky to get half of the advertised RMS wattage and it would more than likely be distorted (the main cause of sub damage)

you need to stick with CEA-compliant brands- which means that the amps have been tested and produce or exceed the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion and the subs can handle their advertised RMS wattage also

here are the top CEA-compliant brands

Alpine (highly recommend)

Bazooka (don't like their subs)

Blaupunkt (don't like their subs)

Clarion

Eclipse

Infinity (highly recommend)

JBL

JL Audio (very good but over priced)

JVC

Kenwood (don't like their subs)

Kicker (the best in my opinion)

MTX (highly recommend)

Pioneer

Polk Audio (highly recommend)

PPI

Rockford Fosgate (highly recommend)

Sony (don't like their subs)

its important to buy from CEA-compliant companies because if you dont know the real RMS wattage of an amp it is almost impossible to properly match an amp and subs

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.

with those subs (4ohm DVC) depending on your wiring you could get impedances of 1 or 4ohms at the amp (the lower the final impedance the easier/cheaper it is to power, but the lower the sound quality) and 1ohm stable amps that are CEA-compliant are a little harder to find

so you need an amp with about 1200watts RMS @ the 1 or 4ohms and is CEA-compliant

here is a link to a site with great prices http://www.sonicelectronix.com/

Answer 3

go with mtx audio thunder 7801 amp   its 1200 rms at 1 ohm and is cea compliant and underrated..i have one powering 3 12 pioneer premier subs at 400 rms a piece and it pounds