I bought 2 Alpine 12" Single-Voice-Coil 4-Ohm Subwoofers, and one Alpine 700W Class D Bridgeable Mono MOSFET Amplifier. I was wondering if i should get another amp, one for each sub. I'm only doing this once and want it to be right.
the amp spec's are as follows;

700W peak output @ 2 ohms, bridged
200W RMS (continuous) @ 4 ohms

Subs;
Continuous Power Handling 200W
Peak Power Handling 600W
Impedance 4 ohms

The 700 is peak at 2 ohms, and they are single voice coil 4 ohms.
Will 2 be safe/louder?

 

do you know the what kind of rms the amp will put out at 2 ohms? cause i'd say just wire the subs to 2 ohms and run it that way.

 

350W RMS (continuous) @ 2 ohms, 20Hz - 20kHz, 0.3% THD

 

hmm.. you'd probably want to either get another amp, or sell your current one and go bigger if you want to stay single amped. generally i like to feed my subs a little more than their rms rating, just to make up for power loss and the fact that amps aren't 100% efficient.

 

I would sugest against another alpine amp mainly due to cost.

Here are a few sub $200 amps that all put out some pretty good power (around 1,000 watts).

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2821
http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2307
http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/3918

Another option is a NINe.2x or a NINe.1 from ED.

Nothing wrong with having extra power on tap, just be careful with it.

 

oxiderush, that wouldn't happen to be the alpine mrp-m350?

I'm looking to buy an mrp-m350, so if you have that and you want to move onto another amp, let me know.

Another option for you, If you go to pricegrabber.com, I found an mrp-m350 for $140, with shipping and tax. Instead of buying a new single amp, try buying a second mrp-m350, and each sub will have its own amp, at 200 rms @ 4 ohms.

 

Actually, i know someone who works at best buy and I got it for $110.00, so buying another one isn't a big deal.
The amp is the m350. Really like keeping it all alpine. If price is the only downfall, that i'll get another one.



And no, i can't get anything for anyone else. It was hard enough to get him to buy my stuff.

 

Good thing you said that. It was my next question