3 or 4 subs

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

the 4 dual 2 ohm will wire to 1 ohm, but i was gonna do to pair wired to 2 ohm, and get the kicker 1500's which are two ohm stable, just seems harder to find a good 3000rms 1 ohm stable amp

Maybe you haven't looked hard enough, there are plenty of good amps...

 

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

the 4 dual 2 ohm will wire to 1 ohm, but i was gonna do to pair wired to 2 ohm, and get the kicker 1500's which are two ohm stable, just seems harder to find a good 3000rms 1 ohm stable amp

Maybe you haven't looked hard enough, there are plenty of good amps...

 

[mal1980 10+ year member]

ok i like the kickers and the hifonics, i could get an audiopipe3k or maybe a saz3000 but ive never known anyone to have a sundown and i see audiopipe at all the pawnshops around here so idk

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

and supposedly subs handle less ported

Other than below tuning this isn't usually true. Right at tuning, in fact, mechanical power handling is based on cone/coil junction integrity rather than Xmech. Well above tuning, power handling is the same as sealed.

The only time I'd recommend going sealed is when you really are looking for sq

This is entirely sub dependant. Some subs do not work well in sealed boxes while sounding great in a ported setup.