Amp Selection Help

[90TTZ]

Hi, this is my first post so please bear with my noob ness:laugh:

I live in Australia and I own a 1990 Nissan 300ZX. I have started to purchase the components to make a nice system for it, not intended for comps but I would like a system that sounds really good and has power when I want it.

I have bought a set of Eclipse 3 way component speakers SC8365 which are rated to 100Watts RMS.

I have been looking at an Alpine MRV-F545 as a suitable amp to drive these and the 6X9" speakers in the rear.

Would this be a good choice for an amp or would someone have a better recommendation for around the same price around the US$400 area?

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[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

That amp will work fine. I recommend you do away with the rear 6x9's and instead bridge channels 3+4 of the F545 for 500W RMS and run a sub.

Rear fill tends to really mess up the soundstage and imaging. My opinion, but many others share this view and will recommend the same.

 

[90TTZ]

Someone else has also said along those lines of ditching the rears and go a sub. I was looking at a 10" for the boot (trunk). Another amp I have been looking into is the Soundstream TRA960.4 How does this amp compare with the Alpine? The main difference I see is the signal to noise ratio, what does this mean exactly?

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

S/N ratio explained:

http://stereos.about.com/cs/glossaryandtools/g/sn_ratio.htm

For about $50-100 more, I'd go with the Alpine amp no questions asked.

 

[90TTZ]

Thanks for all the info, much appreciated //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Not a problem and happy to help. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif