Just bought....

PerfectCreature

So I just picked up an Alpine Type R 10 inch subwoofer from Crutchfield one of those scratch and dent deals. Got it for $80. Really exited. However, I was told that my JBL amp, gives 225 at 4 ohms (Which I feel the amp is underrated) can not successfully power my sub.
So, question is. What is the most cost effective quality amp that I can use to pump this sub with the most juice it can handle.
It says 200-500 watts RMS (The sub is dual 2 ohms, so that can either be 1ohm or 4 ohm)
Anyway, what recommendations do you have for me?
I would like this as budget friendly as I can.

kawizx9r

PerfectCreature wrote: »

So I just picked up an Alpine Type R 10 inch subwoofer from Crutchfield one of those scratch and dent deals. Got it for $80. Really exited. However, I was told that my JBL amp, gives 225 at 4 ohms (Which I feel the amp is underrated) can not successfully power my sub.
So, question is. What is the most cost effective quality amp that I can use to pump this sub with the most juice it can handle.
It says 200-500 watts RMS (The sub is dual 2 ohms, so that can either be 1ohm or 4 ohm)
Anyway, what recommendations do you have for me?
I would like this as budget friendly as I can.

My cousin just got 2 Alpine Type R's about a month ago. However, they're dual 4 ohm so I guess I can't be of much help :redface:

I hooked it up to my JL Audio Amp (at 8ohms because it's not stable at 2ohms bridged) and it sounded pretty nice at moderate volumes. You can get away using your JBL GTO amp if you put that Alpine in a ported box, however if you go sealed I'd suggest giving it what it can handle or even slightly more.

Oh btw, my amp isn't much more powerful than yours..only 360watts rms@4ohms and it ran the Alpine nicely.

PerfectCreature

Eh, problem is that my JBL can only give "225wrms" at 4 ohms however, I think that is complete crap. Since I know that amp is under-rated.
It can thump my buds subs louder and harder than his JL500.1 with 140 less watts.
Anyway, just was wondering about some ideas.
I was thinking like the Polk PA 600.1, 1 ohms stable with 600 watts rms. That could give some mean power to that sub. Of course, I'd have to sell my JBL amp, and come up with like $200 that I simply don't have.
If only....(I think a lottery ticket that could win is in order :eek:)
Ha, I think it should be fine, I just will have to watch my settings, so I do not smoke the voice coil(s). Hopefully I can come up with some cash, although prioritys tell me winter tires are more important :biggrin:
Anyway, what do you think? I could always watch ebay and maybe one will show up. So far no amps, maybe I will get lucky if I am patient enough.