Amps, wires, and caps oh my! Help me!
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Amps, wires, and caps oh my! Help me!
okay so far I have Focal Utopia's 165W components with 2 Image Dynamics 12in IDQ12V.2 D2. What kind of amp should I get for the subs? I have a tubedriver for the components already. Also what else would I need to complete the install, like wires, fuses, caps. Can you mention some quality companies who makes those products. I haven't picked up a head unit yet, I want either a Alpine or Eclipse somewhere around 400-500 which model would you guys recommend.
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Rep Power: 0 Well for starters you're gonna need a/some:
power wire, rca cables, speaker wire, and possibly some female/male disconnects. For fuses/wires etc.... you should be able to pick them up just about any hardware store or you local car audio store. Phoenix gold makes alot of those accessories that you will need and I have found them to work fairly well. As for the amp, I think the JBL 600.1 would be a good amp for those speakers. They hold something like 350watts rms? The 600 should do them well. Or you could go with something a little bigger and gain a little headroom.
power wire, rca cables, speaker wire, and possibly some female/male disconnects. For fuses/wires etc.... you should be able to pick them up just about any hardware store or you local car audio store. Phoenix gold makes alot of those accessories that you will need and I have found them to work fairly well. As for the amp, I think the JBL 600.1 would be a good amp for those speakers. They hold something like 350watts rms? The 600 should do them well. Or you could go with something a little bigger and gain a little headroom.
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well since you have good equiptment, you will probably wanna stay with more good equiptment
look into some pheniox Gold ti amps or arc audio
well since you have good equiptment, you will probably wanna stay with more good equiptment
look into some pheniox Gold ti amps or arc audio
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[hr]Originally posted by: noahnoah
Well for starters you're gonna need a/some:
power wire, rca cables, speaker wire, and possibly some female/male disconnects. For fuses/wires etc.... you should be able to pick them up just about any hardware store or you local car audio store. Phoenix gold makes alot of those accessories that you will need and I have found them to work fairly well. As for the amp, I think the JBL 600.1 would be a good amp for those speakers. They hold something like 350watts rms? The 600 should do them well. Or you could go with something a little bigger and gain a little headroom.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: noahnoah
Well for starters you're gonna need a/some:
power wire, rca cables, speaker wire, and possibly some female/male disconnects. For fuses/wires etc.... you should be able to pick them up just about any hardware store or you local car audio store. Phoenix gold makes alot of those accessories that you will need and I have found them to work fairly well. As for the amp, I think the JBL 600.1 would be a good amp for those speakers. They hold something like 350watts rms? The 600 should do them well. Or you could go with something a little bigger and gain a little headroom.[hr]
noooooooooooo..... you dont want to use a jbl amp with those subs, especially if he's using utopia's...
as for cable, cable is cable... just as long as rca's are shielded and its installed correctly youll be fine...
as for an amp, go wiht that subrage said... phoenix gold ti's or arc audio would be great. also ppi, theres other brands that are up there in quality
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Congrats on the subs! I thought I was the only one here with them, this my name hehe... well you will be very happy with them, I had mine hooked up to a US amps usa 150 and they pounded hard, hit well into the 140's in a ported box. I recently upgraded my amp to an audiobah amp and they pounded even harder, until something malfunctioned (see my other post!) well good luck with the install, IDQ's rule!
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