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<blockquote data-quote="Umbra" data-source="post: 8301307" data-attributes="member: 658055">You have to look at the specs. The HDS2 series subs take 600 watts RMS and they&#039;re offered in multiple coil configurations. You&#039;ll want an amp that does 600W RMS at the right impedance. If you&#039;ve got two of them you&#039;ll want to double the wattage you need so you can max out the pair. The HDS3 series take twice the power and does twice the output. They&#039;re 1200W RMS each and they cost twice as much accordingly. 1200W is towards the limits of what stock electrical electrical can put out. If you&#039;re keen on two tens then go with what cjm86 suggested. I was going to suggest the same, but I was away. If you&#039;re not looking for as much output go with the one twelve in that line. It&#039;s more powerful than the ten, but not as powerful as a pair. If you want something that&#039;ll be closer to the pair, go with the HDS312.SQ&#039;s Q1-1200D does 1200W RMS at 1 ohm. So if you get a pair, you can get either dual 4 ohm coils or dual 2 ohm, but if you get a single sub and want to wire to one ohm, be sure it&#039;s a dual 2 ohm. Let us know what car you&#039;re using so we can assess where your limit is. If you want loud bass without splitting your skull or worrying about being able to power it, get a 600RMS 12 and a used amp. You can get the amp for under $125 shipped around here (maybe not the soundqubed)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbra, post: 8301307, member: 658055"] You have to look at the specs. The HDS2 series subs take 600 watts RMS and they're offered in multiple coil configurations. You'll want an amp that does 600W RMS at the right impedance. If you've got two of them you'll want to double the wattage you need so you can max out the pair. The HDS3 series take twice the power and does twice the output. They're 1200W RMS each and they cost twice as much accordingly. 1200W is towards the limits of what stock electrical electrical can put out. If you're keen on two tens then go with what cjm86 suggested. I was going to suggest the same, but I was away. If you're not looking for as much output go with the one twelve in that line. It's more powerful than the ten, but not as powerful as a pair. If you want something that'll be closer to the pair, go with the HDS312. SQ's Q1-1200D does 1200W RMS at 1 ohm. So if you get a pair, you can get either dual 4 ohm coils or dual 2 ohm, but if you get a single sub and want to wire to one ohm, be sure it's a dual 2 ohm. Let us know what car you're using so we can assess where your limit is. If you want loud bass without splitting your skull or worrying about being able to power it, get a 600RMS 12 and a used amp. You can get the amp for under $125 shipped around here (maybe not the soundqubed) [/QUOTE]

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