What would be a good amp to use?

Question

What kind of amp would be a good one?

I want to put 4 speakers like these:

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=51400&i=1084627CFP&tp=100

And a woofer (planning on geting 2 in the future but for now just one)like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-XS-LB12S-Xplod-subwoofer/dp/B000RF5JKY/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1212378505&sr=1-12

What would be a good amp to use, dont know much about this and dont want to get a wrong one. Please Help.

Answer 1

with the 4 speakers, i think easiest way to go is getting a  Pyramid PB440X . it has 2 channels, but because the speakers are equivalent in size and power, it would run perfect. hooking up two speakers to each channel would give even bass of 60w RMS to each speaker and would sound perfect. cheap as ever too, and is a mini so it would fit ANYWHERE in your car. i don't mean to be discourteous, but please don't get an xplod subwoofer if you want sound quality or bass. it produces nothing, so i recommend getting the Lanzar OPTI1222D subwoofer. it rates at a true 1100 watts RMS. to go with that get a monoblock BOSS AUDIO OL3KD amp to really power it. and to round all this up get a bass slammer single 12" ported enclosure. all of these items will run you around $300-$400 together. best of luck to you!

Answer 2

Ok to start off do not buy sony.  I have sony and its horrible, im upgrading asap.  Infinity comps are good.  A smaller amplifier perhaps one of infinitys own smaller amps if you wish to buy an amp for the speakers.  But go with two alpine type Rs.  One to start off if you dont have the money.  Alpine 1000.1 amp would power two perfectly or if you choose to get one then the amp will be good at lower power levels and you'll be able to upgrade in the future.

Answer 3

you would be better off with two amps, one for the subs and one for your inside speakers

for the inside speakers you want an amp with two or four channels (four would be better, one for each speakers) and for the subs you want a mono class d (one-channel) amp

when it come to the amount of wattage needed just look at the RMS wattage (not peak or max) and buy a CEA-complaint amp

you also want to get the correct size wire for your amps, here is a chart to help http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-BgzY...

good choice on the speakers but the same cannot be said for the subs, here is what i would recommend (they are all CEA-compliant brands which mean that the amps produce or exceed their advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion and that the subs can handle their advertised RMS wattage also)

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)

Kenwood (don't like their subs)

Kicker (the best in my opinion)

MTX (highly recommend)

Pioneer

Polk Audio (highly recommend)

Rockford Fosgate (highly recommend)

Sony (don't like their subs)