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Old 02-12-2008, 08:05 AM
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Right now I have the following things,

JL Audio VR650-CSi front components

# Sensitivity: 89.5 dB
# RMS Power Range : 60 Watts

Infinity Reference 7541a 4 channel amplifier

# 4-Channel car amplifier
# CEA-2006 compliant
# RMS Power @ 4 ohms: 111 watts x 4
# RMS Power @ 2 ohms: 139 watts x 4
# RMS Power @ 4 ohms bridged: 278 watts x 2

Now, I want to buy a 10 inch subwoofer with the t-top enclosure, could my amplifer power everything fine? Or would I need a separate amp for the subwoofer?

Also, I wanted to buy some speakers for the rear. Either for the sail panels, or to replace the speakers I have in the hatch. Maybe I would run these speakers off the head unit if possible. Any recommendations?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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You should probably get another amp for the sub. I can't see how you could use the same amp to power both the sub and the mid/high range speakers.
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For just one sub as long as its not some bad *** sub you would be ok. It depends on how much power you wanna run
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In my truck I'm using that same amp to do that. I have a set of MB Quart speakers up front running at 139 watts and the rear two bridged powering a kicker shallow mount sub. The speakers sound great, the sub is lacking a bit. Could be the combination of it being a shallow mount, shoved behind the seat, and only 278 watts...




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