To amp or not to amp...

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

Should I amp my 4 full 50rms speakers or is there a HU that could power them sufficiently? Are there any 200w amps that have onboard equalizers? What about this ?

Luke

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[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

What speakers are they? What else do you have in your car? Do you already have ea head unit? As far as the equalizer, maybe getting a really good head unit would take care of that for now.

 

[Slowd N Throwd 10+ year member]

either amp the speakers or get a real good head unit

 

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

Right now they are mb quart discus coax 6.5 in the rear and discus component 6.5 in the front. No HU yet, that's why i'm asking. Will have mono amp to alpine r-type 12" so I want to know if i should bi-amp or not...

Luke

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Amp them; it shouldn't even be a question //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I would definitely say amp them then. As for the head unit, I cant really recommend any, other members can give you some pointers on purchasing a good head unit.

 

[JimBo930 10+ year member]

amp them... i didnt amp my 6x9 mbq's and they sounded like ***, bass overpowered them , then i amped them and they sounded amazing

 

[djchinky 10+ year member]

im in a very similar situation.. i want to use my HU power for 5.25 type-s coax in rear and 6.5 components (havent bought them yet.. dunno which ones) in the front.. but dont want to spend extra $$ on a 4ch amp.. im not big on bass comin out of my components cause should the bass be sufficient enought comin from my 12" sub?? i just want nice clear sound

 

[djchinky 10+ year member]

im sold.. everyone tellin me to get 4 ch amp.. so i will i bet even a cheap rinkydinky one will prob sound better than HU amp

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

external amp > internal amp...

and as far as headunits, i can vouch for my alpine CDA-9856.. theyre nice.. pretty, and have very clean sound... and very good speaker/sub rca outputs.

 

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

I'm having some trouble finding a decent amp on ebay. 50rms x 2 rear and 60rms x 2 front. Any amps come to mind?

Luke

 

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

So then I shouldn't go above the 50rms eh?

Luke

 

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

How much higher can I go in this setup and not be worried about overpowering them? I swear I won't play them that loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

And are there any of those that are "solid little amps" with decent prices?

Luke

 

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

Also, what is the general consensus on Legacy, XXX, Audiobahn etc.

Luke

 

[Darks!de 10+ year member]

bump