car stereo amps

I am old school and it looks like the old gold standard PPI art series amps are long gone. So what is the best maker of amps these days?

you can find someon ebay
you can also find old fosgate,hifonics,zed audio,mmats
earthquake

2008-06-12 20:09:40 by Jay K

There are essentially two types of car stereo amplifiers, stereo and mono. Learn about mono car stereo amplifiers from our stereo expert in this ...

Looking into a Cheap 2 channel amp and am looking into maybe a mix mono setup or running stereo with the subs and mids with caps and passive cross over. It will be a total of 4 mids and 2 subs all 4ohm.
Okay maybe its not a passive cross over I'm talking about. maybe its a active cross over. its between the amp and the sub. and then the mids have caps on them.

Passive crossovers will only be useful if you have two different amps. One just for the subs and one for the mids. This is known as biamping and is used quite often.

I have a few examples of wiring methods on my site - http://spkrbox1.spaces.live.com

2007-08-18 17:50:33 by vwguy383

Price: $89.95

MP3/WMA music file playback
EQ3 Stage 2 and 52 Watts x 4 high power amplifier
Detach face with LCD display and front aux input
2 Volt rear/sub selectable preamp outputs with HPF/LPF
SiriusXM Satellite radio connector ready1

I just screwed up my stereo cause my tape deck got stuck but anyway I'm looking for a new stereo. I wanna cheap one but good. how important are the amps in a car stereo? and if the stereo has low amps should i also get a amplifier?

When you're shopping for a stereo deck, you probably won't find much difference in terms of power output. Just about all modern decks will produce around 15-20 watts RMS per channel. A few watts of difference in power ratings won't usually make an easily audible difference in the sound. Pick a new stereo that's easy to use and has the features you want, and don't worry too much about the power ratings.

If sound quality is important to you, then you'll probably want to use an external amplifier. If you're still using stock speakers, then there's not much point to an amp.

To clear up some misinformation: you don't have to closely match speaker and amplifier power ratings. A speaker rated for 75 watts won't have any problem at all with a deck that produces 20 watts. A mis-match won't necessarily produce any extra distortion, and it's not true that distortion is a major cause of speaker damage. Speakers are damaged by too much power, not distortion.

2008-08-13 22:26:01 by LukeG92

Price: $135.99

1000 Watts Total System Power Output
High/Low Level Input
Built-In Variable Low/High/Subwoofer Crossover
2 Ohm Stereo Stable
MOSFET Pulse Width Modulated Power Supply

I installed my brother's car stereo for him a couple of weeks ago. Up until this point, it's worked perfectly fine. All of a sudden it started blowing the 30 amp fuse that is in the amp, not the inline power wire fuse, but the fuse box style fuse that plugs directly into the amp. I have changed it four times now and each time that I change it it blows again within seconds. Is it more likely to be a wiring problem or something within the amp? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

It is either something inside the amp that is pulling too much current. It can also be your alternator is not putting out enough current. If the battery has low volts and the alternator is weak, then the low voltage will make the amp pull more current than normal to get the same watts. have the alternator and battery load tested. a stereo shop can do this.

2008-02-17 06:58:16 by Nick P

What is a good amp that runs at a TRUE wattage/amperage, nothing like a 2000 watt amp, cause you know thats not true, its what it peaks at. What would be a good amp that is a TRUE amp that runs over 500 or more for cheap, and where do I find it.

I was looking for an amp and I found a 2000 watt amp for 80 some bucks, and you know thats not right, what im looking for is an amp that runs at a TRUE wattage/amperage level. Something than can pack a punch but something that I wont have to buy a new alltinator for, for my car engine.
Basically im looking for something with alot of RMS power, who makes it, whats the name, and where do i find it, and how much does it cost??

i think what your asking for are examples and places to look into. i would look at www.wooferect.com they have lots and lots of brands, most anything someone on here would mention.
as for high RMS per dollar, i have heard good things about Phoenix gold and profile. And for a reasonable price on a CEA-2006 certified amp ( see sparkies comments ) look at sony and alpine (my personal favorite) something else that is somewhat of a indicator is to look at a amps fuse ratings. typically (but not always) a higher rating will be louder regardless of the printed rating. but this only works on like class amps. comparing fuses on a class d amp to a class a/b is a unfair comparison.
good luck and happy shopping.

2007-06-26 20:29:10 by Dan The Man