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Offline wb131988

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Enough Amp Power?
« on: Feb 21, 2005, 06:06AM »
Hi I have two Alpine Type R's running in 4ohm off a bridged Sony Xplod XM-2200GTX amp with 2 gauge power cables going to it from the battery. Anyone think this amp is powerful enough to make the Alpines pound? The amp is connected to an Alpine CDA-9830 with that amazing bass engine.

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Re: Enough Amp Power?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 21, 2005, 05:07PM »
They will go fairly good but not @ ther optimum type r's are power hungery i ran 500wrms into each of mine for about 2 years they will take atleast double of what the factory rms states recomend for them.

So maybe buy another amp the same as the one you got and you will love it.

Then my mate killed them with his modded earth quake d2 amd pumped 3000wrms through them the lasted about 3 weeks

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Re: Enough Amp Power?
« Reply #2 on: Feb 22, 2005, 02:31AM »
I understand what you are sayin here, and I wanted to do exactly that. But you see I have two Alpine r's and one JBL GT4-12. At first i powered just the jbl with this sony xplod amp, and it REALLY pounded, with purchasing a 2000w Lanzar amp for the alpines in mind. But I decided to use the sony amp to power the two alpines instead which does still hit hard but I always get the feeling they are capable of so much more. I have a budget as I am only just 17 and at college. And when I asked around about my first choice of a 2000w and 1200w amp powering these tree subs, people said it would probably shatter my windows! So what amp should I consider for the Alpines with my budget in mind e.g. legacy, lanzar, pyle, kenwood, sony etc. ?

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Re: Enough Amp Power?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 22, 2005, 03:55AM »
Or would it be better to just buy another sony xplod 1200w amp and use them to power the alpines separately, then get like a lower wattage amp e.g. 500w for the JBL? This would suit my budget but are there enough preouts (3) on the Alpine CDA-9830 headunit? Recommendations please  :D