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Post Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:56 pm

i'm looking to run all my speakers (4 speakers) and my sub off one amp? is this possible and any suggestions is much apreciated?

my sub is only 400 watts, so nothing crazy needed. cheap and cheerful to (if thats possible lol)

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Post Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:36 am

Troll ebay mate, pretty good bargains there if you after something cheap, seen loads of jbl and sony 6 channel jobbies. I was watching one for my touring and it went for £60 odd , not the best quality but will do for now.

Check out this link for brand new prices, not sure what the build quality on HIFONICS is, maybe someone here can shed some light
http://www.bassjunkies.com/amplifiers/5 ... yprice=asc

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Post Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:15 pm

cheers mate, yeh i think ebay is my best best, got the sub and speakers for 25 quid, so dont want to spend ten times that on an amp lol. i'll keep my eyes peeled :wink:
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Post Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:19 pm

Bassjunkies or caraudiosecurity are the 2 online places i use, both great
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Post Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:36 pm

Having said this, I'd recommend having your sub on a separate circuit. It means more junk in the boot obviously but will perform much better :/
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Post Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:36 pm

i was thinking of running the speakers off seperate amps, because i can get the amps cheaper and like you said better performance. dont really want anything stupidly loud just quality if you know what i mean
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Post Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:52 pm

I used a rockford 2 channel for the front speakers, only a small yet decent quality enough to drive the components. left the rears on the head unit circuit (depending on your head unit this is possible) and an alpine mrd400 digital mono for the sub.

It was as loud as the speakers would allow & at sensible volumes it was still brilliant

Apparently thd e30 is a good base for acoustics & if you look in the breakers & happen to find a volvo with the super hi-fi danish dynaudio speakers, you can reach out and pinch the conductors stick..