Recommended Amp for my components

[braids 10+ year member]

I got the Diamond Audio s600s and I already have a Rockford Fosgate 400a4 amp that is giving them 50w each. I am looking with more power for them since the speakers are 150w rms. The amps I am looking at are the Hifonics Olympus XI, the Kicker kx650.4, the Kicker sx700.4, and the Infinity 7541a.

What do you all think or do you recommend something different? One of the reasons I picked these amps is that they go for a reasonable price on ebay and craigslist. I am on a budget. Thanks.

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[braids 10+ year member]

To clarify, my budget is $225 for an amp.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

2 channel straight or 4 channel bridged? Or does it matter to you?

 

[fearthisskyy 10+ year member]

are you running it active?

Kicker amps will probably be your best budget amp, so I would just get one of those.

 

[mendon99 10+ year member]

I have an Eclipse EA4000 in great condition, does 75x4 rms @ 4 and 150x2 @ 4 and its right in your budget, perfect PM me for details

/shameless plug

 

[braids 10+ year member]

2 channel straight or 4 channel bridged? Or does it matter to you?

I am wanting to run the amp to all four channels. The rear speakers I got that I haven't installed yet are the eclipse SE8365. They were given to me brand new so I was just going to run them as rear fill. The rms on those are only 40w with a max of 120w so if I got a big amp I was going to turn down the gain for the rear.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

I'd suggest you just get a really good 2 channel amp for the fronts and completely do away with or run those rears off of the HU.

 

[braids 10+ year member]

The deck I got is a Jensen VM9020ts and the rms of it is only 18w 60w max. I don't watch movies while driving but when I'm stuck somewhere, I would like to watch a movie and have some type of sound for the rear.

Do you think that my rockford amp I got now would be enough? According to the specs, it runs at 200w x 2 rms bridged @ 4 ohms. Wouldn't that much power going to the front overpower the 18w going to the rear? I remember reading a post somebody made on here giving a relationship between watts output vs. decibles.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

I just ran across a Memphis Baby Belle on eBay with a buy it now of $245 and free shipping.

Heres the link-

http://cgi.ebay.com/MEMPHIS-BELLE-16-MC600D-OLD-SCHOOL-BABY-BELLE-5-CHANNEL_W0QQitemZ130133212479QQihZ003QQcategoryZ39739QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[XanderMoser 10+ year member]

The relationship between watts and decibels is that if you double the watts, you gain 3 decibels of output. Approximately. If I remember correctly.

 

[funkdoktor 10+ year member]

the alpine pdx's would be perfect cuz your components is 150 watts rms....the amp pushes 150watts x 4 rms........its over your budget...but if you have patience to save up cash...this is it.

 

[AeR0 10+ year member]

what does the alpine pdx sell for?

 

[dB-SPL 10+ year member]

Hifonics TXi 4006 amp ($129 + shipping) for the components should be plenty. Run the rears off the HU.

-Bill-