ok so its been like ten years or so since i messed with a car stereo system. but for some reason i got the urge to do it again... anyway i picked up alpine typer r6x9 and type r 5 1/4 components both are rated up to 100 watts rms. next im going to get an amp to power them. i want a 4 channel amp i was thinking of getting one that did 100 rms a channel. i dont want under power because i dont want to get clipping. and obvisouly i dont want to over power. so my question is 1) is 100 watts rms a channel good or should it be different. 2) what is a good amp brand to look into. thanks in advance

 

how much can you spend? rated power is subjective to brand

a few of my top choices for the budget minded audiophile shopping on ebay now are...there are probably more, i just did a 5 minute search

http://cgi.ebay.com/Phoenix-Gold-M44...ht_1182wt_1051

old school phoenix gold.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Precision-Power-...#ht_500wt_1068

this one is kind of neat since it's 6ch you could run a sub off the other two. it's also the best amp class PPI ever made


man, there is not a damn thing for affordable high quality 4ch amps on ebay right now. those two are the only ones i found in a quick search i would consider putting in my own car

the other nice part about either one of these amps is that you won't loose jack in resale.

there is a 3rd choice i suppose, there phoenix gold xenon 100.4 can be had new for the same money as these. BUT i would rather have one of the above 2 even though they are a decade old. build quality is just better. the xenon is a nice sounding amp, i just had QC issues and some of them literally died the second you fired them up. one of my cars has a pair of xenon amps and the sub amp i actually had to switch out twice before i found a good one.

 

if you arent going nuts with the whole project, id consider a 4 channel class d amp like alpine pdx. the run cool and efficiently so your electrical system should be enough without upgrades, and they are nice and small too.

 

Sundown 100.4 would be my choice

http://www.sundownaudio.com/index.ph...sax-1004d.html

 

wow, a new amp with a nice layout. haven't seen that in awhile. like the solid stream of metal film resistors. little light on caps but it's not a huge deal on a highs amp.

seem to for for $385

the part i can't get over is how similar the build is to the phoenix xenon.

look at these two pics, one a sundown, the other a xenon

http://ampguts.com/gallery/showphoto...nside&cat=1388

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/...0,0,0&format=0

am i just seeing things?