amp for the whole car

[mat3833 10+ year member]

ok, so im planning an upgrade soon and i need help deciding on an amp. id like to get an amp that will run 2 3-way componant sets and 2 2-way componant sets plus a sub. but im getting an amp for my sub in a few days so should i just get a seperate amp for the componants?

Matt

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[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Memphis Belle possibly?

 

[mat3833 10+ year member]

talk to me like im a retard. i havent talked car audio in a while so shit has changed. im not sure what is and isnt quality anmore.

Matt

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

talk to me like im a retard. i havent talked car audio in a while so shit has changed. im not sure what is and isnt quality anmore.
Matt

that shouldn't be hard, just make sure you got your helmet on.

 

[tr10av 10+ year member]

I've got a Hifonics Zeus that I'm going to be doing the same thing with. Going to have it running my sub off of 1 channel (500W @ 2 ohms) and then have the 4 door speakers wired parallel for a 4 ohm load on the other.

 

[Zellner 10+ year member]

I've got a Hifonics Zeus that I'm going to be doing the same thing with. Going to have it running my sub off of 1 channel (500W @ 2 ohms) and then have the 4 door speakers wired parallel for a 4 ohm load on the other.

how are you gunna filter that? are there diff settings for each channel on a 2 channel amp??

 

[tr10av 10+ year member]

how are you gunna filter that? are there diff settings for each channel on a 2 channel amp??

I've heard you can put a high and low pass filter into the lines but I really don't think it would matter because if I set the filter at full the sub is only going to play the frequencies it can play and the speakers will only play the frequencies they can play so I really don't think its necessary. Yea I might not be getting the absolute best sound because of the extra filtering but I don't think it will hurt anything. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

Oh no! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/escape.gif.52b661afb17bde1db0e0c7da97e75b38.gif

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

ok, so im planning an upgrade soon and i need help deciding on an amp. id like to get an amp that will run 2 3-way componant sets and 2 2-way componant sets plus a sub. but im getting an amp for my sub in a few days so should i just get a seperate amp for the componants?
Matt

get a seperate amp for a component..... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif WHY ???

Cadence FXA-5100

 

[72 chevy van 10+ year member]

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/cat_f42-236_i25_multi-channel-amps-5-channel-amps.html

one of these would work.

 

[mat3833 10+ year member]

idk, i was looking at getting sperate amps so that i could have more choices. if i go with a 5 channel then im slightly limited on sub choices. if i want to run 2 subs in the future 500w may not be enough. i do like the simpler install of a 5 channel tho...

Matt

 

[Michael Savage 10+ year member]

Memphis Belle

75x4 + 1100x1

Would be more than enough power. You can find them floating around forums and sometimes on eGay for ~$450

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Ive got an MB Quart 4 channel that would let you run 2 speakers at either 100 watts (4ohm) or 200 watts (2ohm) each, then 1 sub at 400 watts (4ohm).

Here's a link if your interested

Btw, it has separate crossovers for each set of channels (variable on frequency and type), so you can set your speakers with a HPF, and the sub with a LPF.

 

[andrewmoore13 10+ year member]

I've heard you can put a high and low pass filter into the lines but I really don't think it would matter because if I set the filter at full the sub is only going to play the frequencies it can play and the speakers will only play the frequencies they can play so I really don't think its necessary. Yea I might not be getting the absolute best sound because of the extra filtering but I don't think it will hurt anything. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Uh... The speakers will try to play all the frequencies... Won't they distort and sound pretty much awful...? Think of a 6.5" speaker trying to play down to 40 hz... Or a subwoofer playing what a tweeter puts out. (IDK what frequency tweeters play at... I want to say somewhere around 10,000 hz...)

 

[Goldenknob 10+ year member]

get a 5 channel amp. they make them with a smaller class D section just for powering subs. There was a viper on ebay that had 600 watts powering the subwoofer and the other 4 channels were getting 100 or 200 watts each of class a/b power.