Amp choice

[Cangri 10+ year member]

How do you choose between 2 and 4 channel amps?

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[MTX520 10+ year member]

what do you plan to run?...mostly most of the people use 2 channel amps for subs..the most 4 channel amps people use it for mids and highs...

 

[Cangri 10+ year member]

a set of dynaudio 242'2 and possibly some rear fill

 

[MTX520 10+ year member]

a good 4 channel would work for ya!..

 

[Cangri 10+ year member]

also how do you go about selecting amp power? The continous power handling on the 242's are 100w system indepedance is 4ohm.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

if the rms on the speaker is 100 then you need a 100rms per channel amp.

 

[Cangri 10+ year member]

and what about the ohm impedance?

 

[MTX520 10+ year member]

and what about the ohm impedance?

should look at the speaker ohm load then get a amp that does the amount of power required at the same ohm...

you get what i mean bro?..

 

[aworldcollision 10+ year member]

for quality drivers liike dyn's get the very most power.

NOTHING SOUNDS BETTER THAN POWER!!

If your drivers have a an RMS limit of 100 watts, I'd say 500 watts should sound great

Headroom is key for musical dynamics.

Impedence is a tricky game you may not be ready to play. Impedence is very important when speaking in terms of power management but an 8 ohm driver with 96db of sensitivty is going be louder and cleaner than a 4 ohm driver at 88db. Not to get too tricky but don't think these are the final answers they're giving you, just good enough answers.

You're in Tacoma...just stay away from Car Toys and Foss and you'll be alright

Did you get Dyn's from around here?

 

[bustaplz 10+ year member]

for quality drivers liike dyn's get the very most power.
NOTHING SOUNDS BETTER THAN POWER!!

If your drivers have a an RMS limit of 100 watts, I'd say 500 watts should sound great

Headroom is key for musical dynamics.

Impedence is a tricky game you may not be ready to play. Impedence is very important when speaking in terms of power management but an 8 ohm driver with 96db of sensitivty is going be louder and cleaner than a 4 ohm driver at 88db. Not to get too tricky but don't think these are the final answers they're giving you, just good enough answers.

You're in Tacoma...just stay away from Car Toys and Foss and you'll be alright

Did you get Dyn's from around here?

Are you being serious?

 

[Cangri 10+ year member]

I haven't purchased them yet cause im still looking at what amp I'm going to run them with. It's so hard to choose with all the diffrent brands. I'd say im caught between zapco,arc,tru technology,genesis and alpine pdx. The places I'm looking at to install are systems unlimited in bellevue,wa.