A Newbie....2 or 4 channel

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

Hi,

I have 2 6x9 in the rear and 2 4"pioneers in the doors and two tweeters. Alpine head unit. Looking to add a amp. Iv e heard you can use 4 speakers on a two channel amp. Ill run the two tweeters off of the 4" door speakers with a in line crossover. I dont like alot of bass and the blaupunkt 6x9 are doing good. Nice sharp clean bass. Im looking for a amp for $150 or less, w/adjustable bass and crossovers....maybe im dreaming I would love to get a Blaupunkt PCA 250 2 channel amp.This amo is $50. I could run two of these, but dont want to have to buy all kinnds of things for my car battery to run both. Inm geussing I can run one amp on a my car battery without any troubles? Here are the specs if that helps.

* 2/1 channel audio amplifier

* 2 x 50W RMS or 1 x 150W RMS @ 0.1% THD

* 2 ohms stable (non-bridged mode only)

* RCA type inputs

* 0.3-6.0 VRMS input capability

* Variable High-Pass & Low Pass 50-250 Hz

* Variable Bass Boost 0 -+ 12dB

* Frequency responce: 20-30,000 Hz

* S/N >100 dBA at full power @ 0.1% THD

* > 85 dBA at 1W/1M

Not looking for a ton of power, just clean music.Sorry so long.

Thanks for any help

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[project f-150 10+ year member]

Def. want to go with a 4 channel. When running two different speaker sizes like that you want to be able to have individual crossover settings for each pair. The 4's wont handle much bass so you would want to activate the high pass filter for them. But since you want bass from the 6x9s you would want to leave thiere half of the amp full range. Aside from frequencies the power handling for both is different so you need a four channel for independent gain control front/rear. good luck. let me know if you have more ?'s

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

Yea I was pretty sure a 4 channel amp would be best. Cant seem to find any good ones for less then $200 though. Have any suggestions? Im not sure what amps are good. I know better then to buy the amps that say there 800 watts for $80 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Have you looked at Profile?

There are plenty of choices for under $200, peruse the classifieds here for a little and I'm sure you'll find a good choice for that budget.

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

Havent looked at any classified adds. I prefer to buy new from on line stores or local stores. I defenitly dont do e-bays or anything like that..

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13477

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

Thanks Jim. That might be a good option. Are Orion Amps dependable and all? Im going to try to hook this up myself, ive never messed with amps, but it looks pretty straight forward from what I have read. As long as I get a good amp wiring kit.

THanks for all the help and suggestions

Im sure I maybe asking more qeustions soon

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

They're decent amps...not quite up to the levels that their older equipment was, but in that price range I doubt you'll be disappointed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

As for a wiring kit, go here: http://www.knukonceptz.com

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

What about this amp??

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=14796

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

Would I need a 8 guage or the 4 guage kits? Are the kits about 100% everything I will need to install a amp or do I need more?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I would rather use the Orion over the Hifonics.

I'd run a 4awg kit just to give you some upgrade room. http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=eKo-K4 contains everything you'll need.

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

ok....thanks very much Jim. Ill go with the Orion then. Im sure you know alot more then I do. I know there are alot of junk products out there and I defenitly want as much as I can get for the money.

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

Jim,how about this amp???http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1542752/vpcsid/0/SFV/30046/order/asc/order_by/sell_price

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2448

though it is threw ikesound.com

its less then half the price..but onlinecarstereo.com has free shipping and warrenty.... ikesounds is only 90 days

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2218

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2213

 

[americanskiff 10+ year member]

I saw that and thought about it. Im not much on refurbish products though. Usually there defective products that had to be fixed much earlier then it needed. Im really interested to see what Jim has to say about the Clarion amp. Im 40 yrs old, and back in my day, Clarion was one of the top products backj then. I allways liked them. But if ya'll think the Orion would be better then thats whatI would get