Suggestions for new amplifier
 

My old sound stream amp finally went out on me. I was hoping some of you could give me some links from crutch field on a good amp to power my one 12 in infinity sub. Don't want anything super loud...prob like 400 watts. I just don't know which brands are good now and which aren't plus the whole mono, 2 channel, 4 channel thing confuses me. Don't know much about car audio obviously ;)


Thank you in advance!

Kicker amp. Or sony xplod imo. I used sony xplod amp on two 12 in kickers. It pounded.

First of all, what price are you looking to spend? And if you are just powering a sub, go with a monoblock amp.

An Alpine MRP-M500 would be a good amp and you should be able to get it for under $100. I wouldn't recommend going with anything you can get from Walmart such as Boss audio, dual, xplod. The cooling in those amps are terrible and will easily overheat in the summer.

I never had a problem with my xplod for 3 years. Got it from best buy.


Its like 6 years old now been in about 4 different cars in all kinds of climates. (My buddy now owns it)

Still works for him no problem.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Looks like i'm gonna go with that alpine. I like.

anyone around you know how to rebuild amps? there is a guy around here that does it for around $75-100 depending on what is wrong with it... you could look into having your beloved sound stream rebuilt and save a bunch of hassles of trying to find something you like that's comparable...

edit: youtube video... do it yourself!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN44yX6TO68

should get the Polk 12's in an enclosure for $150 at fry's then get a Kenwood monoblock Kenwood 8105d there also.

Just for Future reference these amps are really good...at least the one I had a few years back was awesome and you get the bang for the buck. I think Ryan from Ohio recommended these years ago and I'm glad he did...anyway here is the link. Looks like updated versions of the one I use to have...600watts rms bridged is nice...indeed.

http://www.cadencesound.com/products/CSA1000-4.html

Prolly adding nothing new to this, but you have one sub, just get a good monoblock amp that's good at 4 ohms and you can add an extra sub with no issues. I have a Sony Xplod... don't like it much, but it does the job real good. Had it for almost a year, and has seen 3 cars so far. It resides in my Camaro as of now. It powers a kicker solo baric, and it's overpowering it by 150-200 watts.

Kenwood makes good amps, you can find them overstocked on ebay for $100 or so. Other than that, Alpine or Kicker are the way to go. Easy to use, nice features, no bullshit.