hometheater sub amp???

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Rangolian

Audiophyte
Ok, here is the deal. I am a car stereo "instalator!" And also a huge home audio/theater buff. For fun, I have decided to build my own subwoofer. I am going to be using 2 10" Kicker L7 subs (4ohm DVC). They are 600 watts rms each. I will have them at 4ohms together. What do I need to push these. I am making a sealed box for them, the specs and all will be right. But I have found that finding a home theater sub amp is hard and confusing. The only one I've found is a plate amp on *****************. But as u know, not all watts are created equal. It says it is 1000watts. But there are alot of car stereo amps that say alot and have no chaonez (ballz). A Friend of mine said I could use a parasound 2125. Which is 400 watts bridged into 4ohms (that would be 200 watts rms to each sub). Which blows my mind cause thats way under 600 watts, but it is high current at 35 amps. Do you guys think this will do it? Or do u have something else inmind. I also do have a connection with parasound equipment. I would like to have muh beloved knobs on the amp for crossovers and stuff, but I can just use the xovers in my hk avr335. Anyways, u guys probably know more than me. So I'd love to hear what u have to say about it.
 
eddiem67

eddiem67

Audioholic
I have the perfect amp for you, it will do 1400 at 4ohms bridged, its in mint condition. QSC RMX1450. drop me an email.
 
MacManNM

MacManNM

Banned
The Mackie 2600 or the 1400 will drive those little 10" just fine.
Any particular reason you are using a sealed box? Sealed boxes tend to have a 3db point around 36Hz. I would recomend a passive radiator, or a tuned vented enclosure. Or perhaps an overdamped box with an external eq for compensation. HT has tons of content down to 16Hz, you cant hear it but you can sure feel it. I think you might be a bit dissapointed with the results otherwise.
 
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Rangolian

Audiophyte
well, the reason im going with sealed is i like the way they sound on music. I like it to be "toight like de toiger!" If I dont like it, I'll just build another box. :) I am just doing this because the HT subs available to me dont really float muh boat. And it will give me a project to work on. I have a yamaha PA power amp (500 watts bridged at 4ohms) that I was gonna hookup to one of them just for giggles. I had to put a rca to 1/4" adaptor on it to hook it up. And it was like the output of the reciever wasnt loud enough. It is a few years old and i drove some PA speakers with it fine. but it didnt have anything for muh sub. any ideas on that problem?
 
jaxvon

jaxvon

Audioholic Ninja
If you're unimpressed with HT subs, maybe you haven't been checking out the right brands...
 
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Rangolian

Audiophyte
Its not that, its that I dont have the HT subs available to me that i want. I get cost on alot of stuff. Its just the subs that are available to me dont really do it for me. but does anyone think that parasound 2125 will actually do it?
 
eddiem67

eddiem67

Audioholic
I think the 2125 will only do about 400 watts bridged, the 2250 will do about 750 watts.
 
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