Im new to this ICE foolishness and i need help....

[Richy]

Right, i have a 15" sub... and i dunno what i need to power it... can someone enlighten me please.

Thanks

 

[daves106]

wot sub is it for a start they are all pretty much different

 

[pablo]

yup!

 

[Richy]

hmmm, its a rockford fosgate sub, says punch in the middle of it... says RFP 1415 on the back, and 4 Ohms... :?

 

[brendy]

im sure someone on here will correct me but i bought a shark 1000w amp offa ebay a couple of weeks ago for not a lot of money, its powering my 12 inch 600w sub at the moment and will be running my components too when i get my finger out.

 

[Richy]

i dunno what watt this sub is tho

 

[daves106]

that helps a lot u will need 200 watts rms of an amp if u give me a budget i could prob show u an amp that would do the job

 

[Richy]

unfortunately, my budget wud fall as close to free as possible... (as usual )

 

[daves106]

check the forums and ebay and stuff like that and look for a 1 channel or 2 channel bridgeable amp that has 200 watts rms at 4 ohms (make sure it is rms and not max) i will have a wee look later and see if i can see anything suitable

 

[Richy]

i found an amp lyin about the house, tis a 4 x 50W, ill check the "OHM-age" tomorrow

dus that sound like it'd be any use?

 

[big ron]

have u thought about one of those audioleads mutant amps???

50 quid for the 2 channel amp.........halfords do em and they will drive your sub alrite if ur on a tight budget

 

[iceman]

try this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4950&item=5710034345#ebayphotohosting

 

[Richy]

im confused... right u have a 2 channel amp and a 4 channel amp.... what is the difference. can u just run more speakers off a 4 channel?

 

[pablo]

strangely enough you can run 2 speakers off a 2ch and 4 off a 4ch.

if you want to run a sub you generally need to use 2 of the channels per sub (called bridging) to get more power as a sub needs loads more than a normal speaker.

 

[Richy]

right, well can you bridge a four channel amp into one sub? Says 4x50W on the amp so im assuming its a 4 channel

 

[pablo]

no you cant (well you can but not with most subs).

 

[Richy]

rightyo, new amp needed then