Need help choosing an amp

[mblair90]

Hey everyone, I'm new to the whole car audio thing, and I need a little help choosing an amplifier. I have two 12" Audiobahn AW1251T's (http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_136_Audiobahn+AW1251T.html), and I was wondering if this particular amp (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Channel-800-Watt-Bridgeable-MOSFET-Car-Amp-Amplifier_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a15Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a0Q7c293Q3a13Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem4ce9367c53QQitemZ330330176595QQptZCarQ5fAmplifiersQQsalenotsupported)

would be a good choice to power them?

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[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

dont think so....subs are 400 rms and that amp is 800 PEAK output...amp will realistacly probably do around 150-200 rms...do a little research...i think you are going to be dissapointed in this setup..

 

[Miles0803]

i had two 12" audoibahn flame series running off of a 600w peak amp and i was disappointed:crap: hooked up a boss 3500w (1500w) at best lol but was better than the other amp i know boss sucks was just temp. til i got a treo ssx400.1 much better!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

it would work but its not really a good choice

 

[mblair90]

So when it says:

2 x 50 Watts RMS @ 4 Ohms

I'm really going to want that 50 watts to be as high as possible, since the RMS of the subs is 400?

 

[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

yeah....you want the amp to do 2x400 rms

 

[mblair90]

So I've been doing some research and it seems as if a mono amp would be a good bet. I looked up the ways I can hook up my two subs and it looks like I can hook them up at 1 ohm:

If I wired them like that, could I use this amp (http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9618_Crunch+PZi+1000.1.html) which delivers 1000 watts at 1 ohm to power my subs which are 400 watt RMS, 800 watt peak?

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Yes, you could use that amp and run it at 1-ohm, but that Series in the Crunch line up is their cheaper line.............but much better than that 1st amp you put up.