I Am Getting A Sub, I Know I Know

[NoNameSteaks]

So my friend is selling a 12" sub for like $40-$60 I don't remember but have no info on it I will be looking at it tomorrow and want to know some info about what to look for and also what to look for in a AMP I am not into a lot of car rocking but like a little. so what to look for in the AMP would be good too. Thnx for any input u give me

[Matt D.]

Find the RMS wattage and resistance (ohms) of the sub, and find an amp that will do approximately that RMS voltage at that many ohms in one channel. Most likely you will end up purchasing a 2 channel amp and bridging the channels to make it a 1 channel amp.

[NoNameSteaks]

and all this means?

[FattyBoomBatty]

http://www.google.com

[NoNameSteaks]

lol ok

[tpunx99GSX]

basically find out if the sub is a 4 or 2 ohm single voice coil or 4 or 2 ohm Dual voice coil. that will determine what to get in an amp. after you find that out and how many subs you will be getting, look for an amp that is equal to greater then the combined RMS rating (NOT the peak power rating). you can also get really technical and determine whether to get a monoblock or two channel and bridge it. post up what your subs are and ill give ya some more advise on what to get.
When wiring the subs and the amp go to Ultimate electronics and pick up a wiring diagram that rockford fosgate puts out, just go up to the mobile counter and ask someone that works there for it, its free and they will prolly give ya a free bottle of water.
look at the diagram and it will tell ya how to wire your sub/subs to get to a certain OHM load. the lower the ohms the higher the amp is gonna put out, but be careful make sure the amp is stable enough to hold the ohm rating you are wiring it for.
wire it up and you are good to go.

[NoNameSteaks]

ok thnx I may ask someone or to come over and help me put it in. since I KNOW SHIT about this stuff, or anything to do with cars. If somone does come over all I ask is that you don't make fun of my purple neon Auto too much. I like it for a drive around car. it just need a paint job and a little work here and there.

[tpunx99GSX]

if its on a thursday or friday i could help if ya need it. i first need to fix ajs subs that HE fucked up somehow. LOL JK aj.

[NoNameSteaks]

it may take me a week or 2 to get the money for an amp or even longer we will see

[NoNameSteaks]

okay so I looked on the sub to see if it had the info and it didn't so I looked n the internet for them and I found something that looks like them except mine are not chrome and the 1s I found were but I figure these numbers are better than nothing.


1 voice coil
4 ohms
450 watts peak

that is what it says I have one Jensen 10" XS
I may get the other sub he has but it isn't the same as the 1 above but tomorrow he will bring it to me to see.