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<blockquote data-quote="Bdozers" data-source="post: 8644397" data-attributes="member: 672809"><p>[USER=623440]@Cliff[/USER] hopefully it is. Its CEA-2006 compliant so thats a good sign. I read through a rather hilarious heated debate when looking it up. I&#39;ll definitely wait for your review on the infinity amp before I decide. </p><p></p><p> [USER=556673]@TAHOE[/USER] My budget is 200 shipped for the amp. I really would prefer not to spend higher and I don&#39;t have a problem getting a used one. Preferably I&#39;d like to stay around 100 bucks - that to me is the sweet spot and would qualify for my "low hanging fruit" approach. If I can get at least 80% of the benefits of a much more expensive amp at a significantly lower cost this is fine with me. Also, thank you for being a good sport.</p><p></p><p> [USER=610398]@GRANDPA[/USER] -- I actually don&#39;t want to go louder. When I saw the deal I initially only wanted the amp but they won&#39;t separate the set to sell to me. I did a little googling and some were saying 2 W3s would be comparable and may sound better (SQ wise) than a IDMax since they don&#39;t need to be driven as hard (per unit). Of course I won&#39;t know unless I try it out for myself which is why I&#39;m open to buying it. Its relatively low risk. I can&#39;t possibly see not being able to get at least $200 back for the two W3s if I don&#39;t like them. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I almost forgot --- The reason my choices of subs were rather on the upper end of power handling is because my POS car does not come with fold down seats. I was not aware that it only came with the Premium package which I didn&#39;t get when I bought the car. It was one of the last white ones in the bay area and they actually had to ship it to the dealer I was at from another city. I was there from like 12 noon and finally drove off the lot at 9pm. Pile that on with the fact that Germans love to insulate and cover whatever they can the trunk is so well sealed that they well as far as stuffing the ENTIRE rear deck with insulation foam cut to dimension to block off every area. I did not want to be the idiot that followed up a weak powered sub with yet another weak 10 or 12 inch sub. On the plus side... I rewired the voice coils following the diagram I found here: <a href="https://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/tools/subwoofer-wiring/" target="_blank">https://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/tools/subwoofer-wiring/</a> I have to say.. Its sounding rather good at around 50-70% with the bass set to -2 on my factory radio. I can finally feel the bass without having my volume cranked. Looking forward to rewiring the car to 4 gauge and running some clean power from a good amp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bdozers, post: 8644397, member: 672809"] [USER=623440]@Cliff[/USER] hopefully it is. Its CEA-2006 compliant so thats a good sign. I read through a rather hilarious heated debate when looking it up. I'll definitely wait for your review on the infinity amp before I decide. [USER=556673]@TAHOE[/USER] My budget is 200 shipped for the amp. I really would prefer not to spend higher and I don't have a problem getting a used one. Preferably I'd like to stay around 100 bucks - that to me is the sweet spot and would qualify for my "low hanging fruit" approach. If I can get at least 80% of the benefits of a much more expensive amp at a significantly lower cost this is fine with me. Also, thank you for being a good sport. [USER=610398]@GRANDPA[/USER] -- I actually don't want to go louder. When I saw the deal I initially only wanted the amp but they won't separate the set to sell to me. I did a little googling and some were saying 2 W3s would be comparable and may sound better (SQ wise) than a IDMax since they don't need to be driven as hard (per unit). Of course I won't know unless I try it out for myself which is why I'm open to buying it. Its relatively low risk. I can't possibly see not being able to get at least $200 back for the two W3s if I don't like them. I almost forgot --- The reason my choices of subs were rather on the upper end of power handling is because my POS car does not come with fold down seats. I was not aware that it only came with the Premium package which I didn't get when I bought the car. It was one of the last white ones in the bay area and they actually had to ship it to the dealer I was at from another city. I was there from like 12 noon and finally drove off the lot at 9pm. Pile that on with the fact that Germans love to insulate and cover whatever they can the trunk is so well sealed that they well as far as stuffing the ENTIRE rear deck with insulation foam cut to dimension to block off every area. I did not want to be the idiot that followed up a weak powered sub with yet another weak 10 or 12 inch sub. On the plus side... I rewired the voice coils following the diagram I found here: [url]https://knowledge.sonicelectronix.com/tools/subwoofer-wiring/[/url] I have to say.. Its sounding rather good at around 50-70% with the bass set to -2 on my factory radio. I can finally feel the bass without having my volume cranked. Looking forward to rewiring the car to 4 gauge and running some clean power from a good amp. [/QUOTE]
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