Basic Question

[ggardner90amp]

i have 2 Rockford Fosgate P3's 12" and i am wondering what i shoulkd get to power them, money is not really a factor but would like to stay below 500 if possible. the rating says that the need 1000W/2000W what does that mean what are the important numbers to look at in the specs of an amp. i really have no idea what i am doing. the guys at the place i take my car to get customized told me that the amp i have now is not good enough it is a rockford fosgate t500-1bd but it was really expensive and the salesguy said it was one of the best on the market.

as you can tell i am very confused about this whole thing and hope someone can help straiten me out

thanks so much

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[Juice0723 10+ year member]

If you have dual 4 ohm subs, get an Audioque amp. Good for the money. And please don't buy from the dealer. Get way better prices on the net.

AQ1200D

http://www.audioque.com/aq/order.htm

 

[ggardner90amp]

what does the 4 ohm measure?

 

[Juice0723 10+ year member]

It should say somewhere on the box for your subs or on the actual sub itself. Like one sub should be either dual 4 or 2ohm. Its the impedance of your subs.

If you have dual 4ohm subs you could wire them up parallel and have a final ohm load of 1ohm. Which the amp will put out most power.

 

[ggardner90amp]

do you agree with his advice on the amp

how much of an improvement do you think the AQ1200D will be over the t500-1bd?

does anyone have any other ideas on possible solutions

 

[Juice0723 10+ year member]

well its 700watts rms more. But if the t500-1bd is underrated like the older ones, the amp probably does around 800watts rms @ 1ohm. Then even still the AQ has 400watts rms more.

And the AQ is cheaper then the RF. $229 shipped for the AQ and RF is 249.99 from sonic electronix.