Hey dude,

Did some research on your woofer (1241D) and I see that the MAX RMS is 300 watts. That means you're gonna want to get an amp that is at least 800 watts RMS (so you don't work the amp when you're thumpin'). There's so many different ways you can go. Being a Phoenix Gold owner, I'd recommend them, but since you have Alpine, I'd go with Alpine. I used to have Alpine on my woofers 3 years ago and I loved the Alpine amp. The MRD-M500 looks sufficient for those woofers. The woofer's you chose are for SQ (sound quality), so if you want to stick with that theme, the MRD-M500 would be perfect. The MRD-M1001 is unneeded unless you decide to purchase woofers that can handle a lot more power, but then that means you're going to be tapping into the SPL (sound pressure level) industry rather than the SQ (sound quality) industry. IMO, the MRD-M500 would be perfect. Either way, make sure the amp you get can handle at least 800 watts RMS so, like I said above, you don't over work the amp when you're bumpin'. You're gonna have some nice bass no matter which way you decide to go.

 

sounds good i will look into that...

 

im thinkin i wanna go with a 2 channel so i can save a little money...?does alpine make a good 2 channel?

 

i was thinkin a 1200 x 2 or something..

 

you should always bridge both woofers into 1 mono channel for maximum output and synchronization.

 

1200 x 2 for your woofers? it's unneeded. if you want that much power, then buy woofers that can handle more. it depends tho. do you want clean and clear sounding bass with some meat to it, or do you want heart throbbing, throat vibrating bass with some sound quality intertwined (but will never sound as good as SQ woofers, only feel better).

 

you can't bridge anything on a mono amp. there is nothing to bridge. a mono amp is already running one channel. if you meant to say run the subs in parallel, again this is not a true statement. if he has two DVC subs, (which i believe they are) then he is going to need a 2 channel amp or a high current mono amp. because there are few high current amps and are usually a little more money, the best bet is with the 2 channel (although i think one HC amp was already mentioned, might want to look into that one). if you get the 2CH then you can either run the coils in parallel for eahc sub (2 ohm load each) and each sub on its only channel, or you can run the coils in parallel and run the subs in series (4ohm load) and then bridge it across the 2 channel amp.

getting a mono amp that is not high current and running both these subs, either you are going to have to run it at 4 ohm and reduce the power output of the amp (but at a higher SQ), or you are going to burn the amp out running them at 1 ohm and it will sound like *** IMO.

 

JL makes some of the best amps around Zapco also is VERY high quality I would go with one of these I went with JL but thats cause Zapco is really hard to find and kinda spendy. Not that JL is cheap but you get what you pay for.

 

yeah

 

If you have the $ get a McIntosh. I've had the same one for about 8 years and it still works like new.

 

ahhh... my bad. don't know the terminology, but i think you know what i mean... i was meaning to say, have both woofers hooked up to one channel. that's right, right?

 

so which way would sound better... or be more efficient? mono to both subs or two channel? also, how does 2ohm differ was 4ohm? someone said 2's were cleaner, but i don't know how true that is.... also, does the wattage now differ because he has dual 4ohm as opposed to 2ohm?

 

I have a question for some of you audio guru's. I have an Audiobahn 4002t amp hooked up to 1 (12") MA audio competion subwoofer. The sub is dual 4ohm voice coil and amp is a 2 channel that I'm running bridged. With this setup, is it better to run it 8ohm or 2ohm and what's the difference? Currently I have it setup on the sub:Positive connected to negative. Then positive goes to amp and Negative goes to amp. This is an 8ohm connection. It's pounds really hard but will it be better to run 2ohm?

 

mtx 1501d amp

thats what a good buddy of mine that has worked in car audio for years just said would work great.