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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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what kinda amp do i need

ok i have 2 10 inch mtx subwoofers. i just got a jenson 200 watt 2 channel amplifier for them. would that amp work well for my 2 10's or do i need another amp or what????
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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Re: what kinda amp do i need

Is that 200 watts RMS or Max? If it's RMS then just bridge the amp. You do that by hooking your subs posative lead to the amps Left Pos. and the subs negative lead to the amps Right Neg. That will push the holy livin' crap out of them. Turn your gain to about half or so on your amp too, you don't want to fry anything.
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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Re: what kinda amp do i need

If your lookin for a little bit of bass thats fine, but if you want them to pound youll need a little more amp
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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Re: what kinda amp do i need

and if you get a bigger amp.. make sure its a mono amp if your going to be running your subs off them
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Re: what kinda amp do i need

you dont HAVE to get a mono amp, even though thats what i use , but just because they are very good, dosent mean you need one. just wanted to point that out.
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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Re: what kinda amp do i need

well its easier if you dont want to worry about bridging and whatnot.. its easier to get a mono amp imo because you just hook em right up
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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yeah thats true.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 05:01 AM
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Re: what kinda amp do i need

If I were you I would try selling the Jensen amp and getting a punch P550.2 or something similar... Just keep in mind that under powering a sub kills them, so whatever the min. power rating is you generally want to double it to be in the safe range...
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