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[PESteele 10+ year member]

Im thinking of getting a 15inch Kicker Comp VR what would be all the other components i would need 2 power it

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[Raven 10+ year member]

Well what have you got? Stock everything?

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

i kno nothing about this audio stuff so help me out i have nothing right now

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

its in a toyota 4runner it has normal speakers but i want 2 put a sub in it also needs a cd player

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Well, in that case you have stock everything. I'll go over some basic lingo.

Your car is all stock. Radio is stock, speaker are stock, I could say stock until it loses it's meaning. =p

1. You need the sub

2. a box for the sub

3. an amplifier to power the sub

4. the wires to power the amplifier and connect it to the sub

5. and a way of getting music from the radio to the amplifier

Let's go backwards! Yay!

5. If you are replacing the stock radio with a new CD player, you just need a pair of RCA cables long enough to go from it to the amp. See #4.

4. Go to Walmart! 4 guage wiring kits for cheap. Has everything you need, including RCA cables.

3. This is a toughy. Kicker Comp VRs can be 4 ohm, 8 ohm, or DVC 4 ohm. Worry about that later. Find an amp you like that can do 300 watts RMS (RMS = important) at 8 ohm, 4 ohm, or 2 ohm. JBL 600.1 and Power Acoustik OV2-1200 comes to mind. The forum stickies have a huge list of places that sell and give info on amps. Get back with your findings.

2. Boxes are to a sub what a motherboard is to a processor. Don't skimp on it. If you have average carpentry skills, build one yourself. If not, ask around in the box construction forum. Someone will help you out.

1. Cardomain has them on sale for $99 apiece? I dunno. Hopefully someone can find a better price for you.

 

[Savstyle 10+ year member]

or 2 ohm. JBL 600.1 comes to mind. Get back with your findings.
2. Boxes are to a sub what a motherboard is to a processor. Don't skimp on it.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/handclap.gif.0c301076f534e244f0460706894f19e0.gif best analogy ive heard

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Someone else on the board mentioned it. I copied them. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/GTO601-1-JBL-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ5841917465QQcategoryZ18796QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

is this amp any good for what i need

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

http://cgi.ebay.com/600-watt-JBL_W0QQitemZ5842693378QQcategoryZ4950QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or this

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

im lookin at this sub http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5841902952&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

3. This is a toughy. Kicker Comp VRs can be 4 ohm, 8 ohm, or DVC 4 ohm. Worry about that later. Find an amp you like that can do 300 watts RMS (RMS = important) at 8 ohm, 4 ohm, or 2 ohm. JBL 600.1 and Power Acoustik OV2-1200 comes to mind. The forum stickies have a huge list of places that sell and give info on amps. Get back with your findings.

Why not go ahead with 500rms?

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

how many channels

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Channels are not a big deal. Bass has no "direction" so stereo is not important.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GTO601-1-JBL-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ5841917465QQcategoryZ18796QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Good amp, but be careful of users with no feedback. Send some emails, talk to the person, all that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/600-watt-JBL_W0QQitemZ5842693378QQcategoryZ4950QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Same as before. I'm not sure of what JBL amp this is, specifically. The above one is a better built amp, but it costs more.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5841902952&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

DULY NOTED, this sub is $111 shipped. However, appearantly that's a good deal compared to cardomain..

Why not go ahead with 500rms?

Whoops.. appearantly CompCs and CompVRs are two different things. I pointed out 600 watt amps for expandability, but I guess instead I covered my own ***. =p

OK change of plan, Lakota's right. 500 to 600 rms watts. Not 300. Sorry.

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

yea i realized that

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

i think i might go with that sub and the 600 watt jbl i also have a 10 disc changer that i want 2 hook up 2 a hu that also plays cassettes for like under 100 do u recommend any