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<blockquote data-quote="SHOemup233" data-source="post: 4618424" data-attributes="member: 578389">If you have 1500 watts on tap, that is more than enough to get the Q moving. The AQ1200 would work perfectly fine. You aren&#039;t going to notice a huge difference between going from 1000 to 1400 watts on the Q. I didn&#039;t notice a difference going from 1200 to 1500 watts on my Mag.If you plan on ever upgrading in the future though, I would definitely pick up the AQ2200. Then you have enough power to add an additional Q in the future, or if you decide you need to satisfy SPL needs, you can get an AQ 18&quot;, or nightshade, or whatever! And power it perfectly.Point: Anything over 1000-1200 is overkill unless your upgrading. AQ1200 or Hifonics1606 would work fine.Don&#039;t forget, install is much more important than the sub and amp itself. I am not sure what your plan is for building a box, but box will be a huge factor in how clean your Q sounds. The 18&quot; Q could sound just as clean as a 10&quot; Q in the right enclosure, don&#039;t let anyone tell you otherwise, they don&#039;t know what they are talking about.EX. Sealed is supposed to sound &quot;tighter&quot; and &quot;cleaner&quot; than ported. I built my own sealed box, and although I thought it was pretty good, and sealed, it still sounded a little muddy. I bought a ported box from BJ Fisher (who I recommend) and it sounds much cleaner and tighter than my sealed box ever did. And much much louder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SHOemup233, post: 4618424, member: 578389"] If you have 1500 watts on tap, that is more than enough to get the Q moving. The AQ1200 would work perfectly fine. You aren't going to notice a huge difference between going from 1000 to 1400 watts on the Q. I didn't notice a difference going from 1200 to 1500 watts on my Mag. If you plan on ever upgrading in the future though, I would definitely pick up the AQ2200. Then you have enough power to add an additional Q in the future, or if you decide you need to satisfy SPL needs, you can get an AQ 18", or nightshade, or whatever! And power it perfectly. Point: Anything over 1000-1200 is overkill unless your upgrading. AQ1200 or Hifonics1606 would work fine. Don't forget, install is much more important than the sub and amp itself. I am not sure what your plan is for building a box, but box will be a [B]huge[/B] factor in how clean your Q sounds. The 18" Q could sound just as clean as a 10" Q in the right enclosure, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, they don't know what they are talking about. EX. Sealed is supposed to sound "tighter" and "cleaner" than ported. I built my own sealed box, and although I thought it was pretty good, and sealed, it still sounded a little muddy. I bought a ported box from BJ Fisher (who I recommend) and it sounds [B]much[/B] cleaner and tighter than my sealed box ever did. And much much louder. [/QUOTE]

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