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ok im at the point where i can finally afford to get a new amp. its great but i can pretty much only get it at bestbuy because for christmas i wanted money and i got gift certificates (im 16)...now i know i asked u guys about the kenwood 9102 mono amp and u guys said they werent very good but everyone else in the area i live has been saying there great and thats the way to go. i need help on this one it seems to be the perfect amp for my sub.

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i just checked best buys site to see what they carry. and definatly get an alpine or rockford fosgate over kenwood. i dont know enough about pioneer amps to compare them. but if i was u, id get an alpine amp. dont listen to the people in your area (especially the "pros" at best buy), theyre idiots.

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hey which alpine or rockford amp though and yea i dont listen to the guys at bestbuy very much i always end up correcting them on things they say about stuff.... dont i want to match the rms of the sub which is 500 watts at 4 ohms to.... what about this one and i could go down to one channel

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what about what 1? you didnt give a link.

what sub is it again? is it dual voice coil? whats the load of the coil(s), 4ohm? you have alot of flexability when it comes to buying amps. you dont have to exactly match the sub's rms to the amps output. you can always underpower (but who wants to do that, lol), or overpower (if you got a quality sub). give me that info i asked for and ill show u which would be best suited for your situation.

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ok it was the 2 ch rockford that was 500 rms but its a 4ohm sub the 12" alpine type-r 1242D and the peak power @ 4ohms is 1500 watts and the rms is 500 watts. by the way it is a dual voice coil sub

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wow, best buy has no selection. you said its a DVC 4 ohm type r. so that means youll need to wire the sub to 2 ohms. and the only amp that puts out sufficient power at 2 ohms is...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1099388650996

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yea exactly and the main problem is bestbuy doesnt even have that amp on the show room anymore so i dont know how to get it i dont even know if they ever had it

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You can always check their website. I'm pretty sure they have free shipping as well. So, if they carry it, it'll be on the website.

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ok thanks for the info moonwater it was helpfull

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yeah, word, dogg. you dont need to buy at your local BB, just buy online. m00nwater is teh **** too. sorry,im really drunk...but m00nwater is still teh ****! WOOT!!!

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No problem. I hope you find what you're looking for. It should even tell you store availability so that if it actually IS in stock at a particular store it will show you. I'd call before I bank on that though, because it takeas about 24hrs to have that actually updated right for store availabilty. Otherwise, just order it off the site and I think they have next day delivery.

I love drunk Fat Ryans...:D

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word dogg. yes...i am drunk again...extremely drunk this time though. word is born, ima smokem. uuuuuhhhhhhhh. i picked up this chic tonight at the bar, she was my ex bosses cousin. she was cute. it was awesome. yeeeeeeeeeah, uuuuuhhhhhhh. dont make me do stuuuuff. lets drink till we cant feel feelings anymore. best buy sucks! woot!!!

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so let me get this straight if i have a 4 ohm dual voice coil sub i should be looking at the 2 ohm stats of the amp...or am i wrong...............cuz i just heard a dvc 4 ohm sub gets wired like its 8 ohms (confused)

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aw man im an idiot. sorry i was really drunk last night. lol

anyways, yes, if you have a 4 ohm DVC sub, you need an amp that puts out that 500w at 2ohms. with a 4ohm DVC sub, each voice coil has a 4 ohm load. and your options for wireing the coils are either series (8 ohm load) or parrallel (2 ohm load). and an 8ohm load is generally too high do achieve the desired power output from your amplifier. you could also, have each coil wired to a channel (on a 2 channel amp), but mono block amplifiers are best suited for subwoofers. also, if you did have a 2 channel amp and it had gain settings for each channel, you could not hook it up, because in order to not destroy the driver, the gains would need to be exactly matched and thats virtually impossible to do. so find yourself a nice mono block amp that does 400-600w continuous at 2 ohm. good luck

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ok thanks fatryan u have been so much help i am really thankfull so that alpine amp would actually be perfect for my sub... the one that u showed me through the link....by the way im going to wire my sub parallel

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no problem, man. anytime you need help, just message me or IM me (Sweetass98Blazer), and ill do my best.

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Otherwise sell your gift certificates for a little less, if you can. That way you can buy from anywhere you want. Just make sure you can sell them all for a decent price.

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if u cant trade the gisft cards for cash, then go with the alpine mono amp.. im not sure on the model number (somethin-350) its rated @ 350 rms @ 2 ohms.. its more than enugh to push 1 type r.. my cusin was pushin 2 12s 500 watts total RMS.. amp pushed them with ease..