I have asked this before but want to get some late opinions, at least while I have some cash to get a new amp if needed.........
Hi, I have two JL 8w7's and a Soundstream Rubicon RUB 500-1 which according to the manual puts out 500/1 at one ohm. Have two JL 8w7 (don't have the boxes yet) so I have not hooked this up yet. If I am doing my math right then the subs should run at 1.5 ohms if I hook them up paralell so I guess that is somewhere in the 200 watt range per sub, and of course the subs are rated at 300. I don't know if I want to invest in another amp but if I do, can anyone recommend a good amp for my setup? I am looking at somewhere around 800 watts at 1 ohm I guess to give these the right power? Thanks Mike
I have to stick with one amp, I have a four channel to power the front and rear and don't have room for two more; actually the sub amp has to be somewhat small as I have it mounted to the back of the rear seats and the Eclipse I have for the other speakers is pretty big. Thanks Chauncy but I can't do two more amps for the subs............have to make due with one....
again maybe the SS will work but it is at the bare mimimum for 2 8w7's and really I don't know what amps are good these days. Should I also consider a two or four channel amp bridged or would that complicate things too much?
Thanks for the replies, I finally got my boxes today and mounted the subs, so by later today I will see how they sound from my little Rubicon 500-1 and go from there. I have a feeling that they will sound underpowered and if so need to get another amp, I will look at that sx holler, never heard of them though....sx the brand or a model number?