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<blockquote data-quote="Preston Meyers" data-source="post: 3626541" data-attributes="member: 583461">Looking to put together a very basic system for my daily driver. I was into car audio a little bit in the mid 90s but haven&#039;t been at all for years. From my previous foray I have two soundstream reference series amps. I&#039;ve got one reference 200 and one reference 3.0 that I&#039;d like to use in the following setup but I&#039;m not sure if they are up to the job. I&#039;ll be honest that I don&#039;t have very discrimating ears and I&#039;m not looking for anything too special but I would like to know I am powering my speakers adequately. If these amps aren&#039;t up to the job I&#039;d gladly welcome any recommendations on reasonably priced ones that might do the job with a little room to grow.So here is the systemHU - Sony CDX705Front Stage - PG RSD 625Sub JL 12W3 (almost as old as the amps!) Probably be in a simple ported enclosure.Refernence 200 is only rated at like 50x2 @4 ohms and I know the PG&#039;s seem to like a bit more than that.Reference 3.0 will do about 300 at the 1.5ohm load which is most likely fine for the sub.Car is a compact 4 door hatch so don&#039;t need a ton to make it listenable. Just want to do better than the factory setup and be able to play some mp3 cd&#039;s as well.Thanks for any input and feel free to make any recommendations at all. Like I said I&#039;m just looking for something to make my 2hrs each day in my car more enjoyable, not looking to compete or be heard 3 blocks away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Preston Meyers, post: 3626541, member: 583461"] Looking to put together a very basic system for my daily driver. I was into car audio a little bit in the mid 90s but haven't been at all for years. From my previous foray I have two soundstream reference series amps. I've got one reference 200 and one reference 3.0 that I'd like to use in the following setup but I'm not sure if they are up to the job. I'll be honest that I don't have very discrimating ears and I'm not looking for anything too special but I would like to know I am powering my speakers adequately. If these amps aren't up to the job I'd gladly welcome any recommendations on reasonably priced ones that might do the job with a little room to grow. So here is the system HU - Sony CDX705 Front Stage - PG RSD 625 Sub JL 12W3 (almost as old as the amps!) Probably be in a simple ported enclosure. Refernence 200 is only rated at like 50x2 @4 ohms and I know the PG's seem to like a bit more than that. Reference 3.0 will do about 300 at the 1.5ohm load which is most likely fine for the sub. Car is a compact 4 door hatch so don't need a ton to make it listenable. Just want to do better than the factory setup and be able to play some mp3 cd's as well. Thanks for any input and feel free to make any recommendations at all. Like I said I'm just looking for something to make my 2hrs each day in my car more enjoyable, not looking to compete or be heard 3 blocks away. [/QUOTE]

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