I am looking to get an amp to power two 10JLw6's. I want to spend about $350. I was looking at Orion, anyone ever owned any Orion amps? Which one would be best for the w6's? Thanks!

 

the new W6's?

 

orion is supposed to be competition stuff.
in otherwords i would assume they are good.
one of the only companies i know of to make amps stable
down to 1 ohm..and even half an ohm sometimes...

 

Not the w6-v2s. I don't have enough money for them. But that makes me think of another question. LOL What would you recommend, the normal w6 or the w3v2s?

 

arent the w6's best when run in a set of three of them..not a pair of 2?

 

I haven't heard that but I am new to car audio so you probably know better than I do. I actually did some searches on the W6V2s and I might be interested in two 10's. Between the following amps, which one do you think would power two 10's the best?

Orion = XTR 500.4 = 250 watts per channel
Pheonix Gold = T600.4 = 300 watts per channel
PPI = PCX 480 = 320 watts per channel
Hifonics = Z6400 = 340 watts per channel


[Modified by Anthony6377, 4:49 PM 12/5/2002]


[Modified by Anthony6377, 4:50 PM 12/5/2002]

 

If you run 2 of the W6s with the VCs wired parallel and paralleled to the amp, it will be a 1.5 load. I have seen Orion Amps handle down to 1/4 ohm, so make sure that Orion you're looking at can handle 1 ohm and that thing will be putting down some power. That 250 W is at 4 ohm, at 1.5 it will be more than double the W.

 

So, do you think the orion would be best suited for the w6's?

 

I have succesfully run Orion amps down to 1/4 ohm. I have seen JBL amps catch fire at 2 ohms. I have run Pheonix Gold amps pretty hard(older ones). PPI amps I usually installed more for clarity and not many. I guess it depends on price but I would go with Orion or JL personally.

 

If I went JL, would the 500.1 be good for the subs?

 

That would do but JL amps carry a hefty price. Another budget alternative is the JBL 1200.1 or the 600.1. Both very nice amps, some people might talk **** about the quality, but there are many people running these problem free. Check out caraudioforum.com for more info.

 

Thanks, I've been on caraudioforum.com. Great place with a lot of knowledgeable people. I know the JL amps have a hefty price, but I am not too concerned about that.

 

I think it was Good Guys that had the 500/1 for $349 on sale.

 

Thanks for the info, but I don't think it was Good Guy's. It isn't on their website at least. Thanks anyway though!


[Modified by Anthony6377, 3:43 AM 12/6/2002]

 

My bad it was the 250/1 for $399. Sorry not even close.
This ones nice:
http://www.cardiscountstereos.com/Ca...ct+%23=XTR5002

 

Don't worry about it! Thanks for the other link! SP, you seem to know your stuff pretty well so I hope you don't mind me asking you another question. For good SQ and a decent amount of SPL, what would you recommend from the following: 2 10 W3v2's, 2 10 w6's, or 1 10 W6v2? Thanks!


[Modified by Anthony6377, 8:54 PM 12/6/2002]

 

Damn, if you have it like that, would you mind buying me another 300/2 or how about that 1000/1?

 

Nah sorry, I don't have it that good! I'm just the type of person that when I do something, I want to do it the right way the first time.

 

Ever thought of buying a used amp? You can get a huge break on the price.

I am assuming everyone is trying to bridge the amp to these speakers. I think just about any amp would be able to handle these speakers with each voice coil in parallel run in stereo to the amp.

A bridged amp will see .75 ohms when these speakers are connected to it in the way everyone is describing.

The only type of Orion amp I would recommend for this is a HCCA.

I ran a Soundstream 10.2 to three 12W6s 1000W x 1 1/2 ohm load sounded great.

SP
You must sit in front of your computer all day to get over 800 post in 40 days


[Modified by nsxxtreme, 4:44 PM 12/6/2002]

 

No, not really, I'd rather just buy new. There's not too much used car audio stuff offered around here and if I bought used I would want to see what I was getting.

 

I have a orion red 225 hcca amp. I bought it in 1996 and it is still going strong, it pushed two JL w4's. I would go with a orion.

 

That is one of my favorite amps ever. I have run those to 1/4 ohm no problem.