what subs to get?

http://www.bcae1.com/spkrmlti.htm

read this. should help.

 

not a bad amp to start out with. i can see it doing a good 1200 or so rms with enough voltage.

to me it just looks too small to do 1700 rms.

whats your budget on subs and what about a box for them?

 

what kind of car is this going into.

i will need some kind of idea on price. i too am budget minded.lol

 

the PA amp can be had cheaper on other sites. i saw 188 somewhere while looking for specs for your amp.

if you wish to run 1 ohm mono for 1700 watts then you will need at least 2 subs with dual 4 ohm voice coils. that way you can wire them for a 1 ohm load. or 1 sub with a dual 2 ohm coil. you can also wire that for a 1 ohm load.



so look for a decent brand that can handle the full 1700 rms or 2 that can handle at least 900-1000 watts each.

oh man look here for some deals. 50$ subs.
http://www.edesignaudio.com/index.php

ok gotta go. need to get up at 3am for work. we can pick this up tomorrow

 

your right pedro, I looked at the fuses on the amp. 90 total so you're looking at about 1200 RMS with good electrical.

ToNs, what kind of wires are you using now? you should buy a mono amp for your subs. what kind of subs will you be borrowing from your friend? are the dual voice coil subs? 2ohm? 4 ohm?

 

ya, ToNs go with pedro and look at those eD subs, we have all heard nothing but good things about them (well minus electro, but he fries everything, LOL). i was gonna get 4 of those $50 subs until now. i got into alot of trouble and nom i am lookin at some big fines.

 

what did you do now jonny?

 

you not looking to run it at 1ohm? if your not then you won't get 1200watts RMS from that PA amp. If you power it at around 2ohms then your prolly get 800 watts RMS.

Let us know how you plan on running the amp and then we could suggest some subs to go with it.

 

ok, running a stable 1ohm amp will give you more power to the subs. but the only way you can run an amp at 1ohm is if your sub can be wired at 1ohm.

The only way you can do this with 1 dual voice coil (DVC) sub is to buy a 2ohm DVC sub and wire it like the first diagram to get a 1ohm load.

If you use 2 DVC 4ohm subs then wire it like the 2nd diagram to get a 1ohm load.

Does that clarify things a little for you?

 

in a nutshell that's what it means. Now, some mono amps have 2 of + and -'s and others have only one that is just done to make it a bit easier to install. when they have 2 sets of + - you really only have to use one side because once it goes into the amp it's connected all together anyway. You can connect 2 subs to a mono amp even if their are only one set of + -. you could connect as many subs as you wanted to just one + - terminal on a amp.

 

all i gotta say is i went stupid for a couple hours, was with the wrong people, and the cops put me in the car in front of the whole town on monday morning. Now, i am paying the consequences!

 

doesn't sound good... Oh well, you're young and everybody makes mistakes. I've done a lot stupid things when I was younger, difference is, i never got caught! lol

Hope it won't set your plans too far back.

 

well, i am only 14, i was with a guy that was 18. the cop says i am younger and not getting it so bad, he said it will be for like curfew(or however u spell it), tresspassing, and destruction of property. they r all misdemeanors so that is good! it was gonna be breaking and entering(felony), destruction of property, and like posession of stolen property or something...