Alpine vs Kicker vs Pioneer amps for Hertz and Fosgate?

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

I decided to start building the component setup for my next Jeep and have a couple questions.

a couple of years ago I asked a local shop to install the loudest/clearest and decent quality speakers into the doors of my f-150. They ended up installing Hertz 6x9s and they were powered by a smaller Soundstream amp. They were definitely loud and impressive.

I still have a terramps 3k watt mono running my 12” FI Q and just purchased the Hertz DCX 3.5” to install in the dash of the new 2020 Jeep Wrangler.

It sounds like I have room for 6 3/4 comps in the knee panels and 6 1/2 in the sound bar. I am looking at doing the DCX for both of those spots, or Fosgate Punch series.

what at would you recommend to push the three sets of front speakers?

It looks like the best way to go would be a four channel, since there are very few three channel options out there. And I am wondering if there is a way to turn one of the channels down, so I don’t feed too much power to those little 3.5” dash speakers (60 watt max) and blow them.

thanks

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[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Kicker

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

Hertz DCX series

3.5” = 30 watt rms

6.5” = 60 watts rms

6.75 = 50 watts rms

wondering what the best amp would be to match up with these to perform their best. Or, would the fosgates be a better choice?

 

[murph 10+ year member]

Eclipse xa4000

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

Oops. That was a duplicate.

thank you for the input

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

What about this?

Or this Taramps.

I’m just a little concerned with overpowering those speakers.

400 watts continuous at 2 ohms. Not sure if I could somehow wire them to get 200 watts at 4 ohms. But still, that’s a lot of power for those speakers, I would think.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

What about this?View attachment 22170

That’ll do just fine

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

Eclipse xa4000

im having a difficult time even finding one of those. That’s why I was I mentioned the others.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

im having a difficult time even finding one of those. That’s why I was I mentioned the others.

Yeah they are old and hard to find but cheap and a little HK internals. I’d go with the alpine.

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

Thank you.

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

I mistakenly listed the Hertz 6.5” power handling. Each speaker is rated at 60 watts, totaling 120 watts for the pair.

would this change things?

do I need a more powerful amp now?

 

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

Yeah they are old and hard to find but cheap and a little HK internals. I’d go with the alpine.

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since the 6.5s are actually rated at 120 watts for the paid, should I look at a more powerful amp?