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[bobibo 10+ year member]

Helloo, I've just ordered the Ascendant Audio's Arsenal 15 subwoofer and its comin' next week... But I need suggestions for some juice(amplifier), it's my first setup in a car, the Arsenal 15 is gonna be in a 3.5cu.ft ported enclosure, and I wanna use the subwoofer to it's full potential without risking damages on the sub and amp, (By the way, im a noob, tough some of you might have noticed already). My budget is around 300$, I've been checking out the Kenwood KAC-9152D, I don't know but there are nice reviews on it but its really cheap.. so I'm afraid that it's a "bullshit" amplifier, I can get it at 160$+shipping, the price is way too good for me, but as I said, I really want to push the subwoofer to the max(safely), let me know if the kenwood is good...or any other suggestion are appreciated.., I'm aiming on having from 650watts to 850-900watts RMS(witch I think is best for the sub) of true Quality Sound/Loud/CRISP DEEP bass with WIDE frequency range(10hz-200hz) for the Best Price Possible, and btw, if it's a Dual 4ohm voice coil, than I should be looking at the RMS output power of an amplifier at 2ohm, is that correct? ALL answers are greatly appreciated!!thx alot every1

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[BigManFred3251 10+ year member]

I have been looking at the KAC-9152D and there has been some good reviews, but the only thing that makes me not want to get it is they dont hold out in abuse when running at 1 ohm. I've been told the amp is really good at 2 ohm. So if you are looking for an amp to run at 2 om and get good power to your sub then this is the amp to buy. I was a little worried about the price too, something that cheap has to be as good as what you payed for, but seeingwhat people have said the amp is nice and clean at 2 ohm and higher. I'm not saying that the amp will not play at 1 ohm, but if you have it running hard it's been known to shut down with the low ofa load. If you dont run the amp hard at 1 ohm I dont think it will be a problem, but you were looking for amp to run a 2 ohm so the amp would be really good for ur sub.

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

i had a KAC-X810D, the excelons are pretty nice. give good power, and not overrated. i think a good amp is elemental designs nine.1 it'll make 900 watts at 2 ohms on 12 volts. and they can be had for $300. pretty solid amp.