Well, I just got a new car and interested in buying a system. My dad gave me his old subs from like 1990, but they were really good back than, and they still work well. The problem is, my reciever only gives like 20 wts of power to each of them probably. So I get paid on friday, and I'm gonna go buy an amp. I saw a pioneer one that had 240 watts and 2 outputs (think thats what its called). Its only 100 bucks and I was wondering if thats good or not? I just want my speakers to have more power, because right now, they don't have enough and there so weak. Im gonna by a reciever later, but now I want an amp. I would just like some opinions on how to approach this.
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uochronos on 09/3/2003 03:17:00
personaly unless you want it the day you get paid i would check out ebay or online companies... you can usualy get them usualy alot cheaper and still new. pioneer amps arent great though either you can probaly get something better for around the same money. wait till some of the other guys see this some of them find amazing deals on stuff.
accusedmonk on 09/3/2003 06:28:27
What are the ratings on the subs, the RMS values? The RMS of the amp and subs should be matched as close as possible.
What are the ohm values for each sub? Match the wrong type of loud to the amp and fry it, your subs, or both.
Buying online will get you much cheaper prices.
Jarrod on 09/9/2003 00:58:53
I had a pioneer amp at one point. Packed it in at four months of age. They are well built enough, but in terms of power are absolutely gutless, so you have to run the volume all the way up to compensate, thus working the amp hard and shortening its life span.
Luckily Pioneer declared the amp unfixable. so they refunded my money and i spent an extra 50 bucks to get an MTX amp. Its soo much better.
Not telling you not to buy a pioneer amp, but i thought i should let you know of the difficulties i had with mine.
Take it easy.
Swez on 09/9/2003 07:47:15
If I recall your other posts on same, these are older MTX, 8 ohms subs yes?
If that is true, a 2 channel subamp with adequate power, will do the job. Now, these are 10's right? Without knowing the model number or power handling of each sub, may be difficult to determine what size amp you can use safely.
I would assume these subs can handle maybe 100-150 RMS per each... but this is only a guess w/o product numbers. Can you estimate the voil coil diameter on these subs? If 1" or less... very low power. But is 1.5" or more, can take more power.
Finally, how much are you willing to spend on the amp and wiring kit etc? With that, we can steer you into a good sub amp especially if you are willing to buy online. The Pioneer amps you get at WaltMart will work... just not a great product.
Pioneer makes great HU's, good speakers and fair subs.... but their amps are not up to par with other brands.
Swez
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uochronos on 09/3/2003 03:17:00
personaly unless you want it the day you get paid i would check out ebay or online companies... you can usualy get them usualy alot cheaper and still new. pioneer amps arent great though either you can probaly get something better for around the same money. wait till some of the other guys see this some of them find amazing deals on stuff.
accusedmonk on 09/3/2003 06:28:27
What are the ratings on the subs, the RMS values? The RMS of the amp and subs should be matched as close as possible.
What are the ohm values for each sub? Match the wrong type of loud to the amp and fry it, your subs, or both.
Buying online will get you much cheaper prices.
Jarrod on 09/9/2003 00:58:53
I had a pioneer amp at one point. Packed it in at four months of age. They are well built enough, but in terms of power are absolutely gutless, so you have to run the volume all the way up to compensate, thus working the amp hard and shortening its life span.
Luckily Pioneer declared the amp unfixable. so they refunded my money and i spent an extra 50 bucks to get an MTX amp. Its soo much better.
Not telling you not to buy a pioneer amp, but i thought i should let you know of the difficulties i had with mine.
Take it easy.
Swez on 09/9/2003 07:47:15
If I recall your other posts on same, these are older MTX, 8 ohms subs yes?
If that is true, a 2 channel subamp with adequate power, will do the job. Now, these are 10's right? Without knowing the model number or power handling of each sub, may be difficult to determine what size amp you can use safely.
I would assume these subs can handle maybe 100-150 RMS per each... but this is only a guess w/o product numbers. Can you estimate the voil coil diameter on these subs? If 1" or less... very low power. But is 1.5" or more, can take more power.
Finally, how much are you willing to spend on the amp and wiring kit etc? With that, we can steer you into a good sub amp especially if you are willing to buy online. The Pioneer amps you get at WaltMart will work... just not a great product.
Pioneer makes great HU's, good speakers and fair subs.... but their amps are not up to par with other brands.
Swez
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