Hi thanks for the replies. I have not purchased the subs yet either. I have been talking to the SQ guys. I was thinking about the hds 10"s but the said under the same power the hdc will be louder. I told them I would probably be running 750-1200 rms to each. They said that would be fine. Nice to hear from people that have used them. Sounds like they might have been blowing a little smoke my way. Not sure I like what I am hearing about them. I want some that have a clean sound, and I do like low bass. Mostly I want a good punch with music. As for the electrical system in my car, it has a pretty new 150amp alternator. I do have my old 650 farad cap from my slp days, but it might not be good anymore. I also have some 100ah batteries I could but in, but from what I remember that won't really help while driving as it is just another thing the alternator has to put power to. One good thing is my battery is in the trunk in this car and I already have 0 gauge wire running from the front to the back. I can get a 300amp alternator for this car. It is $800 though because it is a dumb liquid cooled one in this car. More than the cost it is a real pain in the butt to put in. Back to the subs... I have looked at a ton of different ones from different manufacturers. I finally decided on the HDC from SQ. I liked what I was hearing about them. I can change to something else though. I did like the impressive size of the motor structure on them. Not a huge deal since it probably won't be seen. I like the price on them, things like DD will be out of my range. I have never ran 10s before. In the past 12s were as small as I have used and right now I am using a pair, which is the least amount I have used. I have ran 6 15"s before and 8 12"s in other cars. But I am not really going for SPL now. I want something to hit a little harder than my 2 12"s but to hit the low notes too. For reference I am using 2 of my old PPI pro 12"s with around 200rms each. They are in a sealed box and have a really good SQ. They also get low. On the amps, I like what I have read about some of the CT sounds amps. Some have issues. I used to run all PPI PRO-ART series. I could run those all day at 1/2 ohm, and for a while in one car I ran them at 1/4 ohm. Best amp I have ever used. Now I am using my old ax606.2 just because I had the subs and amp laying around. I am staying away from PPI amps now though I have heard the phantoms are pretty good budget amps. I know a lot of companies aren't the same quality they used to be. Like I said today I made up my mind for SQ. If I am honest yesterday I decided on soundstream to do a lower cost amp, and the day before I am pretty sure it was hifonics. Ct, has always been in the back of my mind though to consider as has Sundown D.C. Audio, and SQ. I kind of got away from SQ and moved to hifonics when I saw a good YouTube video comparing the components of each. The hifonics was using as good if not better components at a lower price. I don't have to go 10"s in the car, but I want to keep my box fairly small. Right now the design I posted in the help 101 is 3.0 cu ft. I can go bigger but don't want to go much larger than that. As for my budget, it is not set in stone. I found out I will always go over it. I want to stay under $300 for each sub. Under $200 is better if it is not going to sacrifice a lot to do it. I would like to stay under $500 for an amp. Under $300 would be better. But same goes for what I said with the subs. Daily I won't crank this, but I want to be able to if I decide to. I am married though and work 2 jobs so the wife won't be happy if too much goes to my stereo and not "family activities" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif thanks again for the help!
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