I am going to have 2 JL Audio 10" subs next week and I am tryin to figure out what kind of amp I should get. I took a look on ebay but there are just so many different terms and Im not familiar with audio stuff. Any help?



Justin

 

get a JL amp, so when you sell it you can be like "YO MANGS, GOT DA JL SUB AND AMP PIMPIN"

 

That tells me nothing!! JK man. What I am looking for is a speific type of amp, like specifications and all that because there are so many different channel/ohms/wats/ all kinda of stuff. I am really confused as to what I need.

 

Want to spend $100 or $1000?

 

My rockford amp was $115 shipped, 250 watt 2 chan

125 RMS X 2 @ 2 ohms

 

We don't care what your amp was.


Get a Class D monoblock. As for wattage, what kind of subs? 10wWhat?

How do people expect useful answers without providing necessary info?



HEY GUYS WHAT AMP DO I NEED?

 

Look dragonrage, if you READ MY POST, I said I dont know what they are. I dont understand what all of these terms are. Chill out...

95bait, Im looking to spend around $200. I dont need the best of the best, I just want something that sounds nice and clean.

 

Could you post the specs on your subs (impedance, single or dual voice coil, RMS wattage, and max wattage should be good)? That'll help people tell you what to look for. If you don't know how to figure out that information, post the model# for them.

 

model or links

 

I will do that later on tonight. I didnt realize that you need all that info to match a good sub. If I would have know I wouldnt have posted the question without all of the info first. Sorry fellas. Ill get it up later tonight.

 

Suggestion..

get 1 10"

My single rockford hits so damn hard.. my head is still hurting

 

Well I was given these subs as a gift. I just got them but they are in a custom enclosed box. There is no way to get into the box and look at the model number of the subs without taking off the carpet and destroying the box. All I know is that they are 2 10" JL subs. I am not trying to build the best system, I just want to know generally what kind of amp will work with two 10" subs. I am looking to spend around $200. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Okay I want something around 1000 watts I think. But do I want a 500/2 or something like that?

Should I get something like a 350/4 or would that be worthless because I only have two subs?

 

500 watt 2 or 4 chan imo

 

Do you have access to a voltmeter? If you do, measure the resistance across the wiring connections. That will at least give an idea of what the impedance might be (impedance and resistance are different, but I believe that they are in the same ballpark on speakers).

Do you have two sets of wiring connections coming from the box or just one?

Can you ask the person that gave you the box what subs they put into it?

Here's the problem... You want to match the RMS wattage of your amp(s) fairly closely to the RMS wattage of your speakers. If you have to guess, I would recommend guessing high on wattage since you can adjust the gain and turn the volume down to keep from overpowering the subs. If you end up with an amp that's just too weak to drive the speakers, then you end up S.O.L.

If you find out the impedance of the speakers, then that helps to decide how you can wire them up. If you have 2 sets of connections and each set is 4 ohms, then getting 1000 watts is a lot easier. If they are 2 ohm impedance, then you'll either need to wire them up in series (giving 4 ohm total load) and find something that can drive 1000W at 4 ohms (might be a budget buster) or you would need to run 2 amps. But there are just too many possibile combinations of factors to be able to give you a good answer with what you've said so far.

Ideally, you want to use a Class D amp and I've never seen one in a 2 or 4 channel setup. You can use a single channel (Monoblock) Class D amp, but you need to know if you're speakers should be wired in parallel or series to make sure you don't fry everything. The other way to do it is to run 2 amps, which is harder to do on a ~$200 budget. Once you get the impedance information and tell us how many connections there are going into the box (one pair or two pairs), then we could at least suggest how best to wire it up and some general suggestions on what to look for in an amp.

It's not that I don't want to recommend an amp, but with how little information you've given, it just becomes too likely that whatever someone else picks for you, it won't be a good match.

 

Well I know that there is one red and one black connection on each side of the box. One pair for each sub.

I dont have a voltmeter though...