What do you think about this amp for my subs?

Question

hi i got to alpine type r four ohm subs what do u htink of this kole audio amp for it http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8415_Kole+Audio+KX1-5500D.html#

Answer 1

with those subs you can get final impedances of 1 or 4ohms at the amp so the amp needs to have about 1000watts RMS @ the correct impedance (ohms) and also be CEA-compliant which means that the amp has been tested and produces or exceeds the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion (distortion is the main cause of speaker damage)

that amp is far from CEA-compliant so you would be lucky to get half of the advertised RMS wattage and it would more than likely be distorted and you don't want that because

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.

Even the toughest sub, however, can be damaged by excessive distortion from a clipped signal.

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

you need to get a CEA-compliant branded amp

Alpine

Bazooka

Blaupunkt

Clarion

Eclipse

Infinity

JBL

JL Audio

JVC

Kenwood

Kicker

MTX

Pioneer

Polk Audio

PPI

Rockford Fosgate

Sony  

Answer 2

it would be way over powered but work

Answer 3

YOUR SUBS ARE  750WATTS MAX. GET THAT AMP IF YOU WANT TO BLOW YOUR SUBS OR BUY SOME SUBS WITH A HIGHER RMS THAN 250WATTS AND A HIGHER MAX THAN 750 WATTS.

THAT AMP GIVES OUT :  4 ohms: 1700 watts x 1 chan. THAT WAY TO  MUCH YOU NEED HIGHER CLASS SUBS