Amp recommendations for Front Stage and Sub

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Sep 16, 2008 | 07:46 PM

tunedportcj5

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Amp recommendations for Front Stage and Sub

I have been out of the latest and greatest car audio stuff and I am looking to find a clean powerful amp to run my front stage components and 1 12" sub. No rear fill...

I need something powerful enough to keep some 6.5" Focal Utopia components happy as well as a 12" sub. I have not selected the sub yet - but the more power the better.

Now, the question is... Is there a single amp that will power it as efficient as 2 seperate amps?

Any suggestions??

Thanks!
David

Sep 17, 2008 | 02:49 AM

scott_fx

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Zapco REF1000.4 should power it great. 150 wrms x2 and 500 wrms x1

Sep 17, 2008 | 09:19 AM

tunedportcj5

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Zapco makes great amps - thanks for the info!!

Sep 17, 2008 | 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by scott_fx

Zapco REF1000.4 should power it great. 150 wrms x2 and 500 wrms x1

I run a DC Reference 1000.4 and it powers my front 6.5" components and my subs VERY well.

Sep 17, 2008 | 02:17 PM

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I've really liked my Audison amplifiers over the years I suggest the LRX 2.250 for the fronts and LRX 1.400 for the sub. These amps are small enough that two will only consume minimal space. Good luck.

Sep 20, 2008 | 11:28 PM

Dueysan

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Audison SRX3 is designed for exactly what you are looking for. 3 Channel Amp, 75x2 for your front and 270 watts to the sub at a 4 ohm load...it is also stable at 2 ohms for 380 watts with a 4 ohm resistance on the fronts for 65 watts going to each door. I have one in my convertible running 6.5" Hertz components and a pair of JL Audio 8"s and it works wonderfully. It is clean up to OMG my ears are bleeding so any more power in a corvette is overkill in my opinion.

Here is a link to the SRX3:

http://www.audison.eu/index_main.php?Section=SRX3

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Sep 23, 2008 | 11:39 AM

FreddyG

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I'm doing just what you want to with my setup. It's not as high end as the Zapco amp, but it works well for me.

I'm using a PPI PCX-4125 4 channel amp to run my DEI Viper front Comps and the other two channels bridged to run an Infinity 12" sub in back. I don't care for a ton of bass, so this works well for me (actually I have to turn the bass on the HU down because it can get a little too much for my taste).

The downside is that the amp is HUUUUUUUGE!

Good Luck!

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Sep 24, 2008 | 01:09 AM

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i have an unopened srx5 just sitting in a box unopened. i have too many amps, not enough cars :-)

it's really ignorant (for lack of a better word) to say that anything over 65 watts is overkill in a vette. That is largely based on a speakers sensitivity and how loud your car is (among other things like sound deadening, tuning, install, etc) . I had a xtant 75 wrms x 2 and 300 wrms x1 amp in my car and it was fine until i hit the highway. It was hard to hear it over the wind/engine noise.