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<blockquote data-quote="grandam888" data-source="post: 7194758" data-attributes="member: 628519">your best bet is craigslist. alot of people new to car audio buy a blingy pyle(oshiz), or boss etc cause it says it does 4000 watts. but in reality it does 600. a good rule fo thumb is to look at the fuses built into the amp(sonicelectronixcom almost always shoes pictures of fuses on side). the calculation for watts is volts times amps. so if you have 60 amps worth of fufes on the amp, you would say 14voltX60amps=840 watts. so if the amp claims 1800 watts its lying. now this doesnt mean to say an amp does 840 watts cause of the amperage of the fuses, this is just a process of telling if an amp manufacturer is lying.as far as a good amp for a low price, try planet audio. only buy big bang and big bang 2 series if its a newer model. you can get a bb2400.1 for 219 refurbished on ebay and it will do its rms(or pretty near it) and pay no attention max ratings. also the bb1400.1 sells new for 219 on ebay and will do its rms.so your choices are crappy boss amp for 100$ that does 600 watts, or a &quot;decent&quot; planet audio amp for 219 that does about 2000 rms at 1 ohm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grandam888, post: 7194758, member: 628519"] your best bet is craigslist. alot of people new to car audio buy a blingy pyle(oshiz), or boss etc cause it says it does 4000 watts. but in reality it does 600. a good rule fo thumb is to look at the fuses built into the amp(sonicelectronixcom almost always shoes pictures of fuses on side). the calculation for watts is volts times amps. so if you have 60 amps worth of fufes on the amp, you would say 14voltX60amps=840 watts. so if the amp claims 1800 watts its lying. now this doesnt mean to say an amp does 840 watts cause of the amperage of the fuses, this is just a process of telling if an amp manufacturer is lying. as far as a good amp for a low price, try planet audio. only buy big bang and big bang 2 series if its a newer model. you can get a bb2400.1 for 219 refurbished on ebay and it will do its rms(or pretty near it) and pay no attention max ratings. also the bb1400.1 sells new for 219 on ebay and will do its rms. so your choices are crappy boss amp for 100$ that does 600 watts, or a "decent" planet audio amp for 219 that does about 2000 rms at 1 ohm. [/QUOTE]

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