need help with amp

I am in need of a CHEAP 1000 watt amp to power my single kicker cvx 10. How do you think this amp would do if i bridged the channels?
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-LA2770SL-2-...0543461?pt=Car_Amplifiers&hash=item5d2e684365

 

how cheap is cheap?
What ohm?
Why do you need 1Kw?
size requirements?
Care about efficiency?
Willing to buy used?

 

my sub is both 2 and 4 ohm stable so i guess ohms dont matter. i would like 1000 watts cause the sub is rated at something like 600 rms and 1100 peak. I would rather have a new one but used wouldnt bother me

 

Subs are not 2 and 4 ohm stable... they provide specific resistance. Amps can be 2 or 4 Ohm capable. You have dual 2 Ohm voice coils capable of 1 or 4 Ohms or you have dual 4 Ohm voil coils capable of 2 or 8 Ohms.

This is like having a transmission capable of handling a V6 or V8. You cant have an engine that is V6 or V8 capable. Its not a possibility... got it? Lets move on.

So if you can wire to 2 Ohm you can find an amp capable of 600 RMS at 2 Ohms and you can use all the power. If you use all the 1000 watt amp has to offer you will burn up your voice coils. Likewiase if you have 4 Ohm load you will need an amp that does 500-600 RMS. The difference in 500 and 600 watts would be hard to actually hear... ike 1 db difference at max. Again, run a 1000 watt amp (a real 1000 watt amp) and you will burn up the voice coils if you run it long and hard enough.

Remember amps are rated at RMS, not peak... so a 1000 watt amp will go WAY over 1100 peak.

 

ok i found out ome more bout my sub. its a 2 ohm subwoofer. peak power is 1200 and rms is 600.
edit: it also has dual voice coils. i think i might be starting to understand this all, im still tearing google up. standby.

 

ok so will either of these work ok with my sub?
1) http://www.audiodiscounters.com/shopping/FORMULA-MACH5230-p-3243.html

2)http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-LA2770SL-2-C...item5d2e684365

 

#1 is 350 watt RMS bridged to 1 channel ignore max power... always look only at RMS power. #2 does not even list RMS power but is likely similar to #1. This is likely at 2 Ohms and it would be half that at 4 Ohms. So if you have a dual 2 Ohm woofer those are only cabale of 175 RMS output at 4 Ohms and you can only wire a dual voice coil sub with 2 Ohm voice coils at 1 Ohm or 4 Ohms. Neither of those are 1 Ohm stable amps. So, no those are not what you are lookig for.

 

i cant find anything about the rms on number 2

 

I wouldnt buy either one of those amps.

Why dont you go for a good quality brand like Kenwood or Alpine? Also, you wanna make sure the amp is CEA compliant.

 

cause im broke as shit lol kenwood, alpine, kicker, are all around 2 3 and 400 bucks. i happend to get an amazing deal on this sub so i got it anyway thinkin i could do a budget system.

 

I'm not actually recommending you do this, but if you absolutely have to, and you're sure you have a dual 2-Ohm subwoofer (they make both 2 and 4 Ohm dual voice coil woofers).

Then run the first amp with each channel of the amp driving one of the two voice coils on the sub. If you're using a sub out RCA from the headunit, you will need an RCA splitter into the amp, then just wire each side up to a voice coil as if it was two speakers in one.

 

i thinkim gonna go with amp one bridged to one channel and wired at 2 ohms.

 

Good, powerful, cheap... pick two. The cheapest powerful amp that I saw that I would buy was around 450-500.

 

idk there isnt much difference and i like the remote power switch that comes with number one....ugh choices choices

 

Do you enjoy flaunting the fact you ignore my posts lol? The only way you can bridge to one channel at 2 Ohms with a dual 2 ohm voicecoil sub is if you get another sub and do a series / parallel wiring. So what you want to do will defy physics...

 

Ya, I was looking at 500W-600W RMS at 4 Ohms minimum amps. With one sub his best option is 4 Ohms.

 

no I do not "enjoy flaunting the fact i ignore your posts" im not flaunting anything, its the fact that what your saying dosnt make any sense to me. why wouldnt this work? the amp is 2 ohm stable in stereo and 4 ohm stable in bridged.

 

For sub $150 500x1 @ 4 Ohms I'd look at Lanzar. $200 Kenwood. $100... well you are stuck with used, no name companies, or companies not associated with quality like Boss.

Realise many companies like kicker or Rockford fosgate list amp names at 2 ohms. You be looking for 1000 Watts at 2 ohms 500 at 4 ohms if looking at used gear.

 

As you can plainly see that is bridged to 4 ohms 1 channel... not 2 ohms. You said you intended to bridge to 1 channel at 2 ohms. You can wire the sub to1 ohm or 4, not 2. This means your sub will see 175 Watts... and you started off wanting 1000 and are now looking for 500-600.

 

this still makes no sense. why can i not wire the sub at 2 ohms? would it be easier if i got a mono block amp?