quick question about watts
quick question about watts
okay i am trying to get the boom sound for my car..not the GTA..but you can pretend it is and answer my question. if i get a 200x200 alpine amp and some"bulldog" 8" subs with tweeters that have 600(between them i guess) what will happen? will the amp blow the speakers? will not be able to run the speakers... i can get all this for less than 180 USD, so thats why i am interested. cheap= me
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Re: quick question about watts
Originally posted by no_car_yet
okay i am trying to get the boom sound for my car..not the GTA..but you can pretend it is and answer my question. if i get a 200x200 alpine amp and some"bulldog" 8" subs with tweeters that have 600(between them i guess) what will happen?
okay i am trying to get the boom sound for my car..not the GTA..but you can pretend it is and answer my question. if i get a 200x200 alpine amp and some"bulldog" 8" subs with tweeters that have 600(between them i guess) what will happen?
will the amp blow the speakers?
There's a reason that stuff is so cheap. Realistically, you're not going to run 12s with an $800 engine, and you're not going to get good sound for $200.
Assuming you already have a decent aftermarket cd player, your $200 is best spent on a nice set of coax speakers for the front and back. If all you want is bass, if you can score a decent used amp, you can get some inexpensive subs that hit pretty hard.
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the amp is good. it was used for a little while by my neighbour. he wants 200 for it used. and the subs will cost about 100 with two tweeters. all i want is the bass sound so if i could find just some subs without tweeters it would be good right? and yes i do have an aftermarket CD player with sub control and stuff on it..
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Well, a $200 used alpine amp doesn't sound so bad. I thought you found something new for that much.
But I'd still avoid those speakers like the plaigue.
But I'd still avoid those speakers like the plaigue.
Originally posted by Jim85IROC
Well, a $200 used alpine amp doesn't sound so bad. I thought you found something new for that much.
But I'd still avoid those speakers like the plaigue.
Well, a $200 used alpine amp doesn't sound so bad. I thought you found something new for that much.
But I'd still avoid those speakers like the plaigue.
I definitley gotta agree with you on this one Jim. The amp is probably pretty good, but you're not gonna be able to appreciate the quality with a pair of cheap 8's. If I was you I would buy a decent 12" sub for 80 bucks and forget about the 8s.
Tim
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