4-Ch amps...med. quality high power vs. high quality low power??!?!?

[Gregory 10+ year member]

So I am looking to buy a 4-ch amp to power my JBL C608GTi components which are supposed to be **** nice (And they should be for $450 bucks), and my rear fill JL Audio TRX600 I think is the model.

The JBL's advertise 150w RMS and the JL Audio's advertise 100 RMS or something.

So I was looking to buy a 100+ watt RMS, per channel, amp for around $250, such as a KX650.4 or a cheaper Soundstream.

But then I got to looking...would I be better off running a lower power higher-quality amp like a Fusion, Audison, or something like that? Would 60ish RMS watts of higher-quality power be better than a 125w per channel KX650.4?

I'm not going to be competing, and I like to be able to crank up my music. I want the speakers to be able to keep up with my XXX12 on 1500w.

Thoughts? Ideas? Options?

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[Bake 10+ year member]

If you want it to get loud and stay clear then you need quality power. 100 watts is only going to be about 3db louder than 50 watts. 3db, by the way, is just enough to notice a little difference. So a quality 60 or 75 watt per channel amp is a much better investment than a 100 or 125 watt low quality amp. Give your speakers clean power and they will give you clean music and put a smile on your face.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

dude, 75watts is better than 100watts?

You on crack?

Watts are watts.

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

I will take my 75 watt per channel PG ZX 450 and annihilate any low buget 100 watt per channel Piece of crap. If you read it said that a QUALITY 75 watts is better than a CRAPPY 100 watts.

 

[MDDrew 10+ year member]

do that blind and see what happens

 

[DJ Kontakt 10+ year member]

get a high quality amp, its worth it

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Get the Kicker. You will not hear an audible difference (sonically) between the Kicker and any of the other amps you listed. However, the Kicker is more powerful, which will make an audible difference.