Thread: Getting new subs want opinons.

Originally Posted by Cbierniat24

Your subs are only as good as your amp. Make sure the RMS ratings complement each other.

Not so...

In terms of "quality" in amps, they're all pretty much the same. There are a few things that matter such as heat dissipation, sustained RMS output and efficiency. Other than those, most amps are all sound the same.

Just get something with power and thats not overpriced (which ALL car audio is )

Around 10 years ago me and a bunch of friends did blind tests with amplifiers.

none of it was car audio but im sure the same rules apply.. We had everything from highend 1950s tube amplifiers, to cheap 1970s solid state amplifiers, and highend modern amplifiers such as Bryston.

Everyone including my self could not tell a Bryston 4B from a cheap 1970s 12W receiver as long as the amplifiers were not clipped and could drive the load. we were usually wrong more then 70% of the time when guessing what amp was in use.

the one thing we did notice was, if you tried to drive too low of a resistance the amp either got hot, OR the bass was dead and flat sounding.

take it for what its worth.

tho personally, when it comes to speakers, i swear by sealed acoustic suspension. I've always hated the sound of every ported system i've heard to date. I was running, and plan to again soon, run a pair of A/D/S 312RS subs in a partitioned sealed enclosure made from 1" MDF. I think i had 1.5cu\ft per sub? don't remember. Was whatever they called for. Of course filled with fiberglass insulation.

thats my 2 cents