hey whats up everyone. i am trying to piece together my system. so far i installed my kenwood DD head unit and purchased a JL audio 10w3 D2. the components i am looking to get are the CDT CL-61A. i will getting a stealth box and speaker pods from mike. my question is, what kind of amp do you guys recommend to get. the sub runs at 2 ohms. so if you guys can help me out, i would greatly appreciate it

 

Are you wanting One amp to run everything or Amp for mid/highs and amp for sub? There are so many possible set ups.....My personal opinion, if you want to run rear speakers,,,,Amp the front stage and sub,,,,run rear off the headunit.

Also, the type of amp would determine what kind of sound are you wanting and the depth of your wallet...

 

i was thinking about running the read speakers of the head unit. i was leaning more to one amp, if possible but if it comes down to 2 amps, i dont mind. i would like to have a good thump from the sub and a crisp sound from the front components

 

There are many clean 4 channel amps....You could run the front stage off the front 2 channels, bridge the rear 2 channels for your sub,,,,and your rear stage off the headunit. That would be a great, clean sounding set up....

Again, it depends on how much power you are wanting.

I know Bing, Tech, and other guys will read this and can point you in a more clear direction. I am just trying to help you with a visual.

 

Budget? Ebay ok?

 

power wise, what do you guys recommend

 

i was looking online and saw this amp Phoenix Gold R9.0:5
has anyone ever used this amp or this brand

 

I've used the Phoenix Gold Octane R-series, they're ok and cheap but nothing special. I've since removed them from my Z and X-terra.

I would recomend a good 4 channel amp, two channels bridged for your sub and the other two running your front stage. Good idea to power the rears off the head.

 

100-200 watts class A/B will be plenty for that sub. So look for an alpine or something with 75 watts per channel.

 

Soundstream TRA680.4
this one looks to be pretty soild and from a reliabe brand

 

OP you said you purchased a 10w3v2 and plan to get a stealthbox, The JL stealthbox holds 2 10 inch subs... are you planning on adding another sub?

 

opps, i call it the stealth box but its the type s box that mike makes. the same person who makes the zenclosure

 

my standard go to entry level amp is the DLS CA51

5 channel , 4x65 plus 1x250ish real world watts. the best part is you can use the front four channels of hte CA51 to go fully active on a set of good componnets (two channeks powering hte midbass, two to the tweeter and not use the stock passive oxvers), which sounds better and gives you more control... and 250 watts is about waht JL recommends for a single 10w3...

though not sure of your price range, if you atr elooking at ebay amps then maybe its not as high as the CA51 through me whcih is around 450 dollar range shipped

i dont like hte PG octane R, very cheaply built and to me just sad that anyhtint this cheap would carry a PG name

 

That amp would really bring the system together. Separate channels for the drivers and tweets

I feel you on the octane series. So many of the good companies bought and sent offshore only to have their quality compromised and product lines polluted with junk for profit sake, not quality.

 

I just installed a DLS CA51 that I got from Bing & I couldn't be more pleased with this amp. Its fully active (passive xovers are sitting on my desk) & once tuned correctly sounds absolutely amazing. I have it powering a set of DLS UP6 components (A/B/C/D channels) & a 10" Elemental Design sub (E mono sub Channel). It more than handles both.

Check out their website. I definitely recommend picking up a CA51 through Bing.