Amp question for a Noob.

[whitecastle]

Hey all, new here.

Tell me, what kind of juice do i need to run 2 10 Subs. (JLW3) I am just tossing these in to add to the factory stereo and just need to buy an amp that will run them sufficiently. I don't need them shaking the licence plate off.


?? Thanks.

[RC-Cola]

If you don't want to shake the licence plate off you shouldn't have bought two 10w3's!!!

You could run them off as little as 100- 150 watts continous. However if you want to get teh most out of them you should run 400 - 500 watss RMS out of them...

BTW, Welcome to Beyond.ca :thumbsup:

[whitecastle]

yeah, I got a crazy deal on them tho~ I had a Kenwood 300RMS amp running them but seemed a little weak. (besides, I fried that by accident)

Since I'm just running the subs, should I get a good quality amp, or will some Wallmart jensen amp do the trick.

[bol]

the wattage requirement is completeley dependant on your application, ie the enclosure type and size and the requirements of the sub itself... manufacturer recommended is usually best

[whitecastle]

Looks like JL recommends between 250-500 for optimum performance. So will a budget amp work?

[tegdream]

NO

[5Speed]

your better off to buy a good amp that supplys just under the max wateg to get maximum performance out of the speakers. JL's are really good speakers so if you have a good amp to go with them when you go to sell them, if you decide to later, you'll get probrobly more than you paid for them if you got a deal!