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Message: <blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 4595786" data-attributes="member: 550915">There are some really small amps out there.  I've got some amps from the early 90's that are about the size of a paperback book.  The Alpine PDX series come to mind as some of the smallest for the power that they put out.  You can simply put the amp under the seat if space is an issue.You don't need a lot of power, but headroom will help keep the distortion to a minimum.  That's what the HU amps lack is headroom.  Most of them can't do 17w with distortion limited to 1%.  Figure with a 1w reference (which is really not enough to get the sound level above the noise floor of most cars) you're looking at a dynamic range of a whole 12dB.  Going to 100w gives you a 20dB range.</blockquote>

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