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Re: After a cheap good quality amp
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Mon, 11 April 2005 04:15
 
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1ST rule of Car Audio
Don't buy anything based on quoted PEAK POWER.
Make your decisions based on RMS power of speakers and amps. (along with build quality, price and performance considerations...)
A 1000Watt amp @ 200W RMS will be shithouse compared to an 800Watt amp @ 350RMS power. (assuming equal signal clarity)
For example the cheap and nasty amp i have is 4 channel 1000WATTS
4x250Watts @ 2ohms.... which is approx 4x125Watts at 4ohms.
Its RMS power per channel is 60W RMS @ 2ohms, (~ 30W RMS @4ohms).
My 400Watt Peak / 200W RMS sub therefore gets only ~120W RMS when 2 channels are bridged to it..... and my 6x9s get 30W RMS each (half what they can handle, but twice what the deck puts out).
Basically get an amp that has the best signal clarity and RMS power output per channel in your price range...
and don't stinge on the Power cable and RCA leads!! 
Good luck mate 
Adam
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