Need the right amp.

[Kevzaz 10+ year member]

Ok, so I need the right amp for this sub.

I am getting, a 2-Ohm 12" Kicker L7 sub. Well, 2 of them to be exact.

I went to the local store and they said it will be hard to get a good sub for it. Is this true? Would the Kicker mono zx1000.1 be good?

Also, would sealing the L7 be bad?

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[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

i believe the L7's are dual voicecoil subs, meaning with two of them, your gonna need a 2-ohm stable amp (or 0.5ohm, but im not gonna reccomend this assuming you're not too hardcore into this....yet)

with that said, your gonna want a good solid 1000-1400RMS to work with.

The ZX1000.1 would work well with those. Personally, i would go a little bigger and just set my gains accordingly. I like to buy amps with more power then im going to use, so i dont push them over their limits.

what's your amp budget?

 

[Kevzaz 10+ year member]

Hmm, around 200-300 dollars. And they are dual.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

for that price range, the zx1000.1 would do you well. Another good budget option is Hifonics amps. They are slightly overrated (the 2006 and prior models anyways), but they are definately a solid bang-for-your-buck amplifier.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-KICKER-MONOBLOCK-AMPLIFIER-1000-WATTS-CAR-AUDIO-AMP_W0QQitemZ350046326423QQihZ022QQcategoryZ64570QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/HIFONICS-BXI2006D-2-000-WATT-CAR-MONO-AMP-BXI-2006D-NEW_W0QQitemZ140223296943QQihZ004QQcategoryZ64570QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Kevzaz 10+ year member]

Alright, thank you, maybe I can find someone selling on here. And is this a good box for the L7? I can't build one, cause I don't have tools =\.

http://www.mmxpress.com/enclosures/subzone_kicker.htm

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

i would get a zx1500.1 instead.

 

[Kevzaz 10+ year member]

Hmm ok. Time to search the classifieds.

 

[Kevzaz 10+ year member]

Is this box good though?

http://www.mmxpress.com/enclosures/subzone_kicker.htm

 

[budget76 10+ year member]

For the box, i'd say save up for another week or two, and have someone build you one. I don't know exactly what the guys charge on here, but you'll get a MUCH better box than the pre-fab ones. There's a lot of guys on here that could build one.