Urgent Help Please!

[Bolted]

Tommorow, I'm going to see a Alpine Amplifier which will be quite cheap.

I looked at it the other day but was put off when it said 50W*4 on the back..

My sony head unit says 52W * something, so i thought it wouldnt make it any better.

I'm sure it looks something similar to this image.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/497/1010409de2.jpg

Would it power a sub, or if not run some JBL 6*9's and Alpine coaxils better which are already running on the sony head unit (new)?

Hope you can shed some light on it mate.

Any help would be appreciated....a lot. Thanks.

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[BigJoker 10+ year member]

yes the amp will be way better than you hu output. and could power a small sub fine.

 

[Bolted]

As you probably guess I'm new to this.

When I turn my head unit to quite a high level, the 6*9's or whatever else start crackling, and the sound is not clear (distorted).

I'm wondering whether that's the equipment maxed out, or whether it's just the signal from the head unit which is making them unclear.

Would that amp greatly improve that?

Thanks a lot.

Also that picture is a bit optmistic. The amp does not look new whatsoever.

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

As you probably guess I'm new to this.
When I turn my head unit to quite a high level, the 6*9's or whatever else start crackling, and the sound is not clear (distorted).

I'm wondering whether that's the equipment maxed out, or whether it's just the signal from the head unit which is making them unclear.

Would that amp greatly improve that?

Thanks a lot.

Also that picture is a bit optmistic. The amp does not look new whatsoever.

the hu only puts out around 15rms. it can only get so loud then start sounding like crap. always look at the rms.

yes the amp will make it sound way better. it will give your speakers more power.

as long as it works then get it.

P.S Welcome to Ca.

 

[Bolted]

Thank you for your help Big Joker.

I appreciate it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

no problem. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/toast.gif.bc0657bf54b9ee653b6438524461341e.gif

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Even the cheapest amplifier will be a step up from head unit power. You're lucky if you get 12 watts per channel from a head unit.

Another option you have is to bridge the amplifier, essentially turning it into a two channel and giving you substantially more power for those two channels. That should give you 150watts RMS x2.

You can run your front stage off that and have plenty of head room. Run the rear speakers off the head unit for rear fill, if you run them at all. You could also run two cheap, entry level subs off of 300 watts.