New amp suggesstion
 

Last week my 2 Pioneer 12's took a on me so I bought 2 Rockford P1 12's 3 days ago. Now I've got 2 07 Eclipse SW8200's on the way and I'm definetly switching out the P1's. I've got a Kenwood 300W @ 4ohm/550W @ 2ohm amp now. Should I use 1 or 2 amp(s)? Should I go with a 2-channel amp? The SW's are each 4 ohm, how should I wire them? They will be going into an approx. 1-1.25 cuft (each) sealed chambers. I'm looking to spend $400. Any suggestions will be helpful.

Bumped because I need suggestions ASAP! No replies? :stroke:

SW8200's need some serious power dude. You need a big mono amp that is stable to 2 ohms. $400 unfortunately is not going to cut it as far as a good amp that can provide the kind of power that those subs demand to make them perform.

wut about the zx1200.1 in the forsale forum:dunno:

Thanks for the replies. The SW's have an 81dB 1/watt efficiency, so I know they'll need all the 670 watts they're reccommended for, so I'm looking for a 1200-1400W @ 2 ohm amp. I honestly don't know who makes good amps, but I've heard good things from US, JL, Kicker, Alpine, Zapco, etc. I know I could turn the gain down, but would 1500W be pushing them? I think my Kenwood is overheating because it does 300W @ 4ohm and I've been using it @ 2ohm and it makes 550W. Does this put more stress on the amp?

Macrom makes a nice big 1500w rms 2 ohm mono amp that will work juuuuuust fine on a pair of those big aluminum beasts. Drop me a PM if this interests you.

Thanks MR2NR, but it's out of my price range. I've dealt with Ebay once or twice and always pay with MO. I've read a lot of problems about Paypal & Ebay scamming people, but I doubt it'll happen. So I should be looking for a mono @ what ohm amp? I just read that an amp wouldn't run as hot if it was wired into 4 ohm even if it was 2 ohm stable .. ? (sw's are 4 btw), and I think my Kenwood was shutting off because it's 300@4/550@2 and it was wired into 2. There's a lot of low prices for 1500W amps on Ebay, brands are: technical pro, almani, fosgate punch, pyramid, phoenix gold, all for around $200+__....and a kicker zx1500 or mtx TA81001 for 389+__. Would a good 1000W amp be enough to power SW's? JL 1000/1?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Channel-1800-Watt-Bridgeable-MOSFET-Car-Amp-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ110131817783QQihZ001QQcategoryZ 39732QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and I've also been looking @ the 1500@ 2-channel amp on theloudest.com.uk from the reviews it sounds great for only $250 CAD.

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so you already have a 300 watt amp
and they pyle your looking at is 450
not going to make much diffenerence at all
is this the amp at toloud
http://www.theloudest.co.uk/?sectionid=2&page=view_product&product_id=76

if it is with that big 15 amp fuse its going to do less power than what you have

As I said, my Kenwood makes 550W @ 2ohm, which it's wired in to. The loudest.co.uk 1500W amp is 750W x 2 channel @ 2ohm. Major upgrade there, and what about a 15 fuse?

Dont forget those are max power outputs, not rms.