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Old Feb 15, 2002
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Amp?

I have my new pioneer head unit and 2 10" 350watt/100RMS pioneer subs and all I need now is to buy an amp and to wire it all together. So what kind of amp do you recommend? I am looking to get my money's worth out of the subs and $250 HU, but still spend as little as possible. A friend told me to get a 200w lightning but that sounds like it might be too weak. The Best Buy guy said a 300-500w would work. So who will give me the most sound for my money? Also, should I get a 2 or 4 channel amp? And what kind of wire prices can I be expecting to put the amp/ subs in? I plan on going to either best buy or the local chain, audio excellence to do the head unit with dash kit and harness for around $75. Rather not worry about screwing it up myself... but I can get the amp in myself right?

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Okay first off are you subs Dual 4ohm or single 4ohm voice coils.?... If they're both single 4 ohm Get an MTX250D, Cheap. puts out close to 400 watts. Comes wit remote bass controll. Looks good too.

If they are Dual 4 ohm. You'll want a 1phm stable 1 channel(mono amp) or a good 2 Channel amp tha puts out 150Wrmsx2(not exactly a cheap option)..

Get back to me on the vpice coils and I'll find a you a great deal somewhere on what ya need.

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they're 4 ohms they say but I know nothing more than that. how do you distinguish the two different types from looking at them?
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they are single 4ohm, just looked it up for ya.

Here's your amp amigo.

US Acoustics USX2150

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Looks good mohawk but still a little too good for me... willing to compromise some power and features for a better price. Anything in the $100-$175 price range you could recommend?

thanks for doing all the work on this one, it is really helping me out
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In that price range.. Used [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]..

The USX is about as cheap as it gets while still being reliable.

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I have an Ample Audio Amp and it works really well for me, reliable too. Click here Try the 218 ro 226. they should be righ in their price range, i got them from Nick at www.redime.com, but it's temporarly down, I osn't knwo wher eto get them
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