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<blockquote data-quote="jonatbaylor" data-source="post: 6838826" data-attributes="member: 614009">Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. Finishing the Audio component part of this car took a back seat to tearing the interior out and redoing the upholstery etc...Now is the perfect time to do the audiowork..New Head Unit setup as of 3 weeks ago. Ditched the eclipse.Mcintosh MX4000 and MDA4000 DAC.&nbsp; 2 pairs of Boston Z6&#039;s, just like the original post said.I can still go up to 1k on the amp costs. I&#039;m seeking the highest possible SQ without going over 1k for one or two amps. I would also like to push 200w per side to those bostons.. and as someone else suggested, rule of thumb was, you do 70-80% of what the amp can handle? So I guess that means I need a 1000w amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifI have no problem getting a sweet used amp, btw. My MAC stuff is used but in pristine condition.What do you guys think of this amp?:<a href="http://www.butleraudio.com/tdb475.php" target="_blank">Butler Audio</a>Its a butler tube amp. I could bridge and get about 2 x 200w bridged at 4 ohms... so it would push a lot more at 3ohms (I don&#039;t know the formula) maybe 280w per side? Some quick googling hasn&#039;t given me a formula yet. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif@jamesw, I do like that MCC404 amp, its only pushing 100w per channel tho..I think thats going to grossly underpower my speaks. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I did see one used on ebay though, I thought about picking it up</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jonatbaylor, post: 6838826, member: 614009"] Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. Finishing the Audio component part of this car took a back seat to tearing the interior out and redoing the upholstery etc...Now is the perfect time to do the audiowork.. New Head Unit setup as of 3 weeks ago. Ditched the eclipse. Mcintosh MX4000 and MDA4000 DAC. 2 pairs of Boston Z6's, just like the original post said. I can still go up to 1k on the amp costs. I'm seeking the highest possible SQ without going over 1k for one or two amps. I would also like to push 200w per side to those bostons.. and as someone else suggested, rule of thumb was, you do 70-80% of what the amp can handle? So I guess that means I need a 1000w amp [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] I have no problem getting a sweet used amp, btw. My MAC stuff is used but in pristine condition. What do you guys think of this amp?: [URL="http://www.butleraudio.com/tdb475.php"]Butler Audio[/URL] Its a butler tube amp. I could bridge and get about 2 x 200w bridged at 4 ohms... so it would push a lot more at 3ohms (I don't know the formula) maybe 280w per side? Some quick googling hasn't given me a formula yet. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] @jamesw, I do like that MCC404 amp, its only pushing 100w per channel tho..I think thats going to grossly underpower my speaks. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] I did see one used on ebay though, I thought about picking it up [/QUOTE]

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