two 10's.....need more power??

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

Ok, i installed two 10's in my friend's car for him today. Two xplod 10's (i know..not great, but he wanted a more budget-minded sub) running off of a 400w max 2 channel profile amp. The sound is just alrite, so i think it's being underpowered waaay too much. Say if he picked up a...maybe 680w max amp.......would that make the sound very noticeably better? Right now it's not very deep, and not much better than one 10 powered by the 400w amp. Any help, thanks in advance

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[JTz62 10+ year member]

Not trying to bust on your boy's Sony's but it's probably the subs. More power might make it sound a little better, but I would change subs first.

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

Well yeah....i mean, i know just as well as the next person that xplod isn't the greatest line in subs. It's just that he didn't wanna spend a lot of money. And, at least to me, in that price range, sony is good. But anyways, i've heard sony's that can hit..not like an alpine, but they could hit decently. So, w/o replacing the subs, can the amp do much for the sound?

 

[JTz62 10+ year member]

Hard to say. What kind of box and car are they in?

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

i would strongly advise changing the subs. i've got an 8'' for my computer, from Altec Lansing, and it had more SQ and sounded deeper than my friend's (2)12'' sony xplodes, with a 680 or 780 watt amp...what ever the sony amp is that they make. now, it doesn't put out more SPL, but even he said it sounded a lot deeper and stuff

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

jtz62,

they're in a q-logic sealed box (more for sq) and that's in a toyota corolla