Is this Too Much?

[anoiel]

Hi this is my first post and i just bought a 2005 camry se and i just bought 3 kicker l7 10's and im either buying a zapco 750.2 or a mtx thunder 1500. I had 2 questions: which amp and do you guys thing this is too much?

[cam2Xrunner]

Are the Subs dual 4 ohm or dual 2 ohm? Either way the Zapco isn't 2 ohm stable when bridged.
So go for the MTX. BTW how much are you getting the MTX amp for?

[anoiel]

there dual 4 ohms and im getting it for about 400 on ebay brand new the store wanted like 8 for it and 3 for a custom box. any body know where i can get a box to fit three of l7 or dose it have to be custom?

[cam2Xrunner]

400 for the subs or 400 for the amp? The amp goes for 309.99 plus no more than 30 dollars shipping.

http://search.ebay.com/thunder-1501d...opZ3QQsbrsrtZl

Compare the sellers to see who offers the best warranty.

If you want to buy from an authorized internet dealer than go with sounddomain.
http://www.cardomain.com/item/MTX1501D

For the best enclosure money can buy get ahold of Marv. He'll build you an awesome box for it.

http://community-2.webtv.net/MarvsPlace/MarvsPlace/

Let him know Robert told you about him. He really does make the best boxes.

[anoiel]

i was about to pay 4 for the amp but i seen the cheaper prices. and how much dose your friend charge to build a box any way hopefully alot cheaper then these sound shops.

[Toysrme]

It depends on how you wiring them.
(assuming you have 2ohm coils)
If you do the voice coils in Series / Parallel then it'll be 1.33ohm. For that you'll need a 2000w amp b/c they'll be at 1.33 ohm.
If you wire them Parallel / Parallel they'll be at .33ohm. You could probably get by with a 1500w amp, but good luck in finding one that will support that draw at such a low ohm!!!!!

Seriously... I run my 2 10" l7's off more than 1300watts. You're way under-driving them if you use a panzy little 1500w amp. Those subs are just getting good and started at 600w each.

You really need to spend some time learning about audio. Go poke around at the
kicker subforum of sounddomain.

[cam2Xrunner]

He says he's got dual 4 ohm.



You're gonna want to wire them like that.
Toysrme is right your gonna be sending them less power than they can handle. But it's still gonna pound like crazy.

Toysrme, you have some experience with these Kicker subs, do you think he'll have better results with running just two of those subs and using an amp that will send him the full 600 watts each?



If you ran two of them you can go with an amp that is one ohm stable.
The nine.1 will send them 600 watts each @ 1ohm
http://www.edesignaudio.com/nine1_overview.htm

[cam2Xrunner]

Originally Posted by anoiel

i was about to pay 4 for the amp but i seen the cheaper prices. and how much dose your friend charge to build a box any way hopefully alot cheaper then these sound shops.

I'm guessing for that type of box, between 150-200$. Using 1" MDF on the front where the subs mount to and 3/4" for the rest of the box. Email him to get an exact quote.

[eddiem67]

Just get 2 subs and buy the Zapco. Better yet dump those kickers and get something else as long as its a dual 4 per sub. Or you can buy my 3 JL 10W3 Dual 6's with will give you a 4ohm final load.