Ive got all these speakers but no sound :-(

[d0gz_bollox]

Hi Ive got the following kit in my car but have no idea of which amps to go for or what else is needed. If you could tell me the wattage and features I require I would be extremely happy.

Heres the setup that is in my car;
4x standard speakers (which maybe replaced for little kenwood speakers at a later date)
2x 6.5" 220w peak kenwood components in Doors
2x 10" 400w peak kenwood freeair subs in back
2x 6x9 100w peak kenwood components(location undecided yet)
and maybe 2x 10" 400w peak pioneer enclosed subs in boot (if I think their anygood once I see them).

Overall thats 2240watts peak power . which seams like a seriously expensive amp! Could I get away with using lower wattage amp on the componenets and high wattage on the subs?

My cd player only has one RCA output(L+R) so I might have the subs run of the RCA and the componenets of the individual speaker plugs, via an amp.

Will my standard battery be okay to power all this?

Views? I need help pretty soon cause I gotta get the stuff next week. I live in walsall/wolverhampton so any good places local would be nice!

[Nick Miles]

Try "Bass Junkies" in wednesfield - neachells lane - seeing as your local. If you havent tried em already

They will tell you the best stuff to get with out the bull - well they sorted me out n e way with speakers and amps at pretty good prices.

32 Neachells Lane
Wolverhampton
01902 836005

or

271 Wednesbury Road
Pleck
Walsall
01922 641901

http://www.bass-junkies.com/

[Noz]

Be wary with Bass Junkies, I've never got any decent info from them. They will sell you whatever you want at a good price, but if you say I want to do 'something', they don't seem to be able to offer a suggestion on what I planned to do. But perhaps I was asking the wrong questions.

As for the power spread, 100W through a tweeter will destroy your eardrum, 100W through a bass speaker will give a decent rumble. A common idea is to run top end straight off the head unit, where 20W RMS is plenty. Alternatively, go for a smaller amp if you want to continue with the amp route. But you really need to get close to the maximum power for your bass speakers. Also, look for amps that have a low pass filter. You won't damage subs with high frequencies, but they may mess up the sound.

Can I recommend though that you ignore the 'peak' power, its for advertising to make the product look good, and you may come unstuck if you work with those numbers. Instead, take the RMS figures, they are more consistent.

And lastly, the head unit, split the RCA output rather than running anything off the speaker plugs, the quality will be so much better. Use the gains on the amps to balance the bass, midrange and top.

[Orbital]

what I would go for on that set up is run the subs of one 2 channel amp of about 400w so each gets 200w if you want but they wont need it.
I'm putting 120w into my 15" rocky fos sub and it rumbles and it's rated at 400w. As nos said they give you the pmpo (peak maximum power output) witch is a number picked out of the blue, RMS is what you want.
and to run your compents and 6"9's get a 4 channel amp of about the same 400W so each speakr can get 50w each which is plenty.
for the feratures the amp that runs the sub will need a low pass fillter to fillter top end. also if you can get an amp with a high pass fillter for the 6"9" and components you can play with filltering low pass. also a line out on an amp could be usefull
if you change you originall speakers you could get a little amp to run them.
if you are thinking you might upgrade in the futre go for an extra 200w on each amp just to be safe.