Shiva and what AMP?

[SpeeDFX 10+ year member]

I am going to buy subwoofer, a Shiva and I need to know what would be the best amp, but for the least amount of money that could power this sub to the best of its ability. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

jbl 1200.1

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Make sure it puts out 600W RMS @ 4ohm. Just look for that.

 

[bootleg 10+ year member]

I use a JBL 1200.1 and am EXTREMELY satisfied with it.

Heh, I lived there once, Jeremy jl fan, military brat.

 

[SpeeDFX 10+ year member]

Ah darn...I dont have enough money to buy a BP1200.1 AND an amp for my speakers also. I've read few posts on this board where people have used a BP600.1 to power one shiva, and they said it worked great, is there anything wrong with this? I am new to car audio.

I have $500 to spend on a new sub, sub amp, speaker amp, and I am interested more in SQ then SPL. Can you guys help me out a little more with this please?

 

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

a shiva cant handle a 1200.1......so it doesnt matter if you can afford it or not....jeremy doesnt know anything about car audio he just recomends JL w7 and a 1200.1 all the time cuz he doesn't know anything else. Try the 600.1...you can get it for around $190 i believe.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

bumpind 03 is a retard trust me and others on the jbl 1200.1 keep the gain down and you will be fine, but if you get the 600.1 it will **** when later down the road you want to add another shive or somthing. Think of the waste go with the 1200.1

 

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

if he was to later add another sub....why not add another amp with it?? why pay for more amp than you will need? Why worry about blowing the sub when you can power it extremely nice for $100 cheaper and a lot less strain on your electrical system (if you have no upgrades). But its up to you...if you plan on adding another sub sometime real soon it might be worth it to get the 1200.1...but i wouldn't recommend going with that much power to that sub.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

Thats what im saying if he is gonna add another shiva then why not just buy the 1200.1 now and turn the gain down for saftey instead of buying 2 jbl 600.1??

 

[bootleg 10+ year member]

http://www.ikesound.com has the 1200.1 for $285 shipped, the 80.4 for $149.00 shipped and you can get the Shiva from http://www.ampmanaudio.com for $125 shipped. Comes out to $559 even, though if you just went with the 600.1, which will work wonderfuly for you, it's $205 at ike and the total then would be $479 shipped.

 

[SpeeDFX 10+ year member]

Ok cool, thanks for the suggestions. RIght now, whether I get the 600.1 or the 1200.1 depends on how much money I have to spend on a 4 channel amp for my speakers

I bought some Infinity Kappa 3-way 6.5"s and 6x9"s for about 150 total off of ebay. I went to the Infinity website and it says 75w RMS for the 6.5s and 110w RMS for the 6x9's. NOw I need to know what will be a good 4 channel amp to power these to the best of their ability ( at this point, I'm not interested in leaving more room in power just in case I upgrade in the future, so an amp that matches the speaker specs is good), but I have no idea about multichannel amps. Thanks everyone for helping me pick a mono block though, I've decided to go with the 600.1 (money). Now help me more with the 4 chan amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif, thanks

 

[SpeeDFX 10+ year member]

bump, come on //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bootleg 10+ year member]

Alright well if he were to get the 600.1 and wanted to buy another sub and you sudgest get another amp with it, then he'd be paying twice when he can just buy the 1200.1 for the extra $80.

 

[thewoahna 10+ year member]

I run 2 Shivas off a JBL 600.1 and it works great! I would not have picked any other amp to run my setup!

 

[SpeeDFX 10+ year member]

are you serious? how can the bp 600.1 run two shivas?