jiffy
03-10-2005, 03:11 AM
1. Is there some kind of ratio of power to balance your sub and front speakers? I plan on getting a sub rated up to 250 watts rms (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-py71l9Xu6Ry/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=67600&I=1081030W) and the components are rated up to 75 watts rms (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-py71l9Xu6Ry/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=76300&I=1085000CS).
2. Is this amp (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-py71l9Xu6Ry/cgi-bin/Prodview.asp?c=3&g=120&I=489AP1040&s=0&cc=01) capable of powering both the speakers and the sub, or would I need a second amp?
2b. If it is not powerful enough, I take it I would need 2 amps, one for the speakers and one for the amp. Would this create too large a strain on a stock electrical system (battery and alternator?)
I really hope the original amp could run both, because then this is definitly within my budget. If I need a second amp, the components will have to wait...
Possibly, an amp like this (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-py71l9Xu6Ry/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=236T564) would be enough to power everything, thus eliminating the need (and space) for 2 amps, although the price is similar to the cost of 2 amps.
Even the single more powerful amp would push me over my budget...
3. Im looking for decent SQ, not SPL. I mainly listen to indie rock (bright eyes, death cab for cutie, the faint, q and not u). I don't need earth shattering bass, but I have no idea what 100 or 150 watts to the sub would sound like versus 225 or 250.
If I ran 225 or 250 to the sub, and it was too much bass for me, how do I turn the bass (or its power) down? I'm almost embarrassed to ask that one...
2. Is this amp (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-py71l9Xu6Ry/cgi-bin/Prodview.asp?c=3&g=120&I=489AP1040&s=0&cc=01) capable of powering both the speakers and the sub, or would I need a second amp?
2b. If it is not powerful enough, I take it I would need 2 amps, one for the speakers and one for the amp. Would this create too large a strain on a stock electrical system (battery and alternator?)
I really hope the original amp could run both, because then this is definitly within my budget. If I need a second amp, the components will have to wait...
Possibly, an amp like this (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-py71l9Xu6Ry/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=236T564) would be enough to power everything, thus eliminating the need (and space) for 2 amps, although the price is similar to the cost of 2 amps.
Even the single more powerful amp would push me over my budget...
3. Im looking for decent SQ, not SPL. I mainly listen to indie rock (bright eyes, death cab for cutie, the faint, q and not u). I don't need earth shattering bass, but I have no idea what 100 or 150 watts to the sub would sound like versus 225 or 250.
If I ran 225 or 250 to the sub, and it was too much bass for me, how do I turn the bass (or its power) down? I'm almost embarrassed to ask that one...