sol2hatch

anyone have a recommendation for a good 4 channel amp that will power my front and rear speakers? 5.25" Infinity kappas in the rear and i plan on some Infinity kappa perfect components in the future for the front. So the amp needs to have decent power. I want a small amp because i dont have much room anywhere in my hatch. The rear is taken up with my sub+box+huge amp already, so i was looking at an amp to put under my passenger seat maybe.

vivaladan89

i was searching all over and cant find it, i was looking for a really small alpine amp that had a digital meer on the outside. i saw it at the car audio shop by my house but its pricey.but i did find this http://www.woofersetc.com/inde...=3730

GSteg

How much do you want to spend? I might have something for you.

incubus

check the dimensions on a kicker zx350.4 it is 40x4rms. dont bother with the perfect component set there are far better things out there for about the same price. I had one before and it was mediocre at best. Look into mb quart RCE-216s retails for about $300-330.

sol2hatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How much do you want to spend? I might have something for you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i am not sure how much i want to spend. Maybe $100 for something used. Depends on what you have. What do you have?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by incubus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check the dimensions on a kicker zx350.4 it is 40x4rms. dont bother with the perfect component set there are far better things out there for about the same price. I had one before and it was mediocre at best. Look into mb quart RCE-216s retails for about $300-330.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Whats wrong with the perfect components? I can get a really good deal, to the tune of $160 for a pair of perfect components. I get a real good deal on all of infinitys/JBLs stuff. Did you have them powered enough? JW

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vivaladan89 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was searching all over and cant find it, i was looking for a really small alpine amp that had a digital meer on the outside. i saw it at the car audio shop by my house but its pricey.but i did find this http://www.woofersetc.com/inde...=3730</TD></TR></TABLE>

that is pretty nice, just about exactly what I want. Kinda wanted to spend less though, maybe find a used one. Not sure what I think about alpine amps though. Dont know much about them.

8520

Get the mrpf250. Still compact and still decent sound.

Alpine amps tend to not make tons of power though

fcm

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sol2hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyone have a recommendation for a good 4 channel amp that will power my front and rear speakers? 5.25" Infinity kappas in the rear and i plan on some Infinity kappa perfect components in the future for the front. So the amp needs to have decent power. I want a small amp because i dont have much room anywhere in my hatch. The rear is taken up with my sub+box+huge amp already, so i was looking at an amp to put under my passenger seat maybe. </TD></TR></TABLE> Here are some used JL Audio 300/4... http://search.ebay.com/search/...soo=1

A descent 4ch amp for around $100 is not going to be easy to find, I have installed more then a few 300/4 under the front seats of some Honda/Acura's.

The JL amp should do the job pretty good. 94

sol2hatch

i can get a JBL 4 channel amp that pushes 60 watts RMSx4 for $72 brand new. I think i will just get that. or maybe an infinity 111 watts RMSx4 amp for $132, but i dont think i need that much power. What do you guys think?

BTW: i get a really good discount, that is how i got those numbers

8520

I'd go with the infinity, but even with whatever discount you get, I doubt it's truly 111rmsx4.

sol2hatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by a_s_ol_ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'd go with the infinity, but even with whatever discount you get, I doubt it's truly 111rmsx4.</TD></TR></TABLE>

why do you doubt it? that is what the specs say. Is infinty bad about posting higher than actual RMS???

8520

Because I have employee discounts and the dollar per watt there is pretty abnormal. I certainly won't knock infinity amps cause I've only heard their speakers/subs. From what I've heard -

GSteg

The infinity amp does 111w per channel, though it was probably rated when one channel was in use. I doubt the power supply has enough power for 111w with 4 channels driven.

sol2hatch

well, even if the infinity amp only pushes 80 or 90 rmsx4, that is plenty for my application. So I think I will just get that amp. Hope it fits under my seat! its dimensions are 12"x 15"x 2-11/16" (LxWxH)

fcm

According to the specs the Infinity REF7541A CEA rating is 4x111W RMS into 4 ohms @ 14.4V, 4x139W RMS into 2 ohms @ 14.4V and 2x278W RMS into 4 ohms @ 14.4V and a max draw of 85A, however the amp comes with 2x30A fuses, [60A] and recommends 8ga power cable, it sure looks like the numbers are fudged someplace.

I will say I have heard a REF7541A installed, driving Alpine SPX-177Rs, [front] and SPX-17MBs in the rear, both sets custom installed in a Civic, I must say I was impressed, lots of power and dynamic headroom, and very good SQ. 94