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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1903768" data-attributes="member: 561023">Here&#039;s a suggestion to get you started. Bear in mind this is not a Be All End All &quot;you MUST follow my suggestions&quot; pointer...just a quick look into a decent entry-level budget system.<a href="http://www.ascendantaudio.com/assassin12specs.html" target="_blank">Ascendant Audio Assassin 12&quot;</a>....manufacturer-direct for $90 so I cannot imagine shipping being more than $25 per driver for a subtotal of $115/shipped per driver and $230/shipped for the pair.<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Profile-California-AP1000M-Mono-Amp-Low_W0QQitemZ230003336056QQihZ013QQcategoryZ18797QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">Profile AP1000M monoblock</a> amplifier from a known, trusted seller on eBay, $108/shipped. This amp makes 500w when shown a 2 Ohm load. Each Assassin has a single 4 Ohm voice coil. When wired in parallel they will create a 2 Ohm load like this:<img src="http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/graphics/infolib/carlib/subs/2_4ohmSVC_2ohm.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />500 for this particular pair of 12s is a pretty good match. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifNow you&#039;ve got a decent set of 12s and appropriate amplification for them and I&#039;ve only spent $338 of your $500 budget. That leaves you over $150 for wiring, enclosure materials, etc and likely will still leave enough for lunch at BK //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1903768, member: 561023"] Here's a suggestion to get you started. Bear in mind this is not a Be All End All "you MUST follow my suggestions" pointer...just a quick look into a decent entry-level budget system. [URL="http://www.ascendantaudio.com/assassin12specs.html"]Ascendant Audio Assassin 12"[/URL]....manufacturer-direct for $90 so I cannot imagine shipping being more than $25 per driver for a subtotal of $115/shipped per driver and $230/shipped for the pair. [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Profile-California-AP1000M-Mono-Amp-Low_W0QQitemZ230003336056QQihZ013QQcategoryZ18797QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Profile AP1000M monoblock[/URL] amplifier from a known, trusted seller on eBay, $108/shipped. This amp makes 500w when shown a 2 Ohm load. Each Assassin has a single 4 Ohm voice coil. When wired in parallel they will create a 2 Ohm load like this: [IMG]http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/graphics/infolib/carlib/subs/2_4ohmSVC_2ohm.gif[/IMG] 500 for this particular pair of 12s is a pretty good match. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Now you've got a decent set of 12s and appropriate amplification for them and I've only spent $338 of your $500 budget. That leaves you over $150 for wiring, enclosure materials, etc and likely will still leave enough for lunch at BK [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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