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Which sub w/this amp? (car audio)

megatexel

Senior member
I'm thinking about getting one really good 10" sub and the amp i have is the Jensen XA4150. I can run it at 200x2 so I'de need a good DVC sub. I was thinking about the Infinity Kappa Perfect or the JBL Power series. I only have about $200 tops for the sub. Could you guys recommend which and a good place to buy it at?

Also the JBL is a 2-ohm, and the Jensen amp is 4... how would I wire that to work? thanks in advance

JBL P1020D
Jensen XA4150
 
excellent recommendation abdul. I've been using 2 - 10" JL Audio W0's wired at 300W x 1 @ 4ohms mono and these subs rock!! (and these are jl audio's low end subs!!!) JL Audio makes the best sounding, most efficient subwoofers money can buy IMO. And the RMS power rating is very conservative to boot... you can easily add more to these and not blow them out

if you absolutely need DVC, i believe the W3 model comes in a DVC version... the W6's and W7's do also, but those are 12ohm subs and i seriously doubt a jensen amp would handle an odd impedence like that... they were purposely made as 12ohm subs so you can wire 3 W6's together in a 4ohm mono load.




<< Also the JBL is a 2-ohm, and the Jensen amp is 4... how would I wire that to work? thanks in advance >>



almost every amp in existance can handle at least a 2ohm load... the impedence of the amp is determined by the impedance of the subs.


Example 1 (using a 2 - channel 75x2 amp for easy of demonstration):

2 - 8ohm speakers, each wired to a separate channel normally would produce an 8ohm stereo load (75 watts x 2 speakers)


Example 2 (again with a 2 - channel amp):

2 - 8ohm speakers bridged would make the amp run in a 4ohm mono load (300watts x "1" speaker)
 
the kappa perfect will sound nice, but its not worth the money.

with your amp id go with the JL 10W0 (10inch, W0 series, 4ohm). my brother has two of them. itll sound fine on your jensen amp.

also think about rockford fosgates DVC subs, but theyre more boomy and less musical IMO.

oh and dont turn the gain all they way up on that amp.
 
My 12" Solobaric L7 is pretty sweet too....world record holder now that you mention it...

...funny, I haven't heard of JL winning any of those awards....
 


<< ...funny, I haven't heard of JL winning any of those awards.... >>



spoken like a true audio n00b

IASCA Finals

jl-audio systems took home 38% of all first place trophies at the 2001 IASCA Finals (since ur a n00b, IASCA is the MOST prestigious car-stereo competition in the country)... how many did kicker take home??
 
i like the perfects more than the jl's

my friend had a perfect 12 i have a 12w3, and his got waaaaaay louder than mine

 
Considering he has a JENSEN amp, I really doubt he's going for SQ here....and I know what IASCA is, thanks.

I was thinking more along the lines of SPL, because I wouldn't really consider any Jensen a reference quality, or even SQ-caliber competition piece.

 
Kappa Perfects DO NOT come in DVC (they were supposed to come out with it last year but never did) - only the regular Kappas come in a DVC version. And 200w is underpowering even the Perfect 10.1's
 
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