Got a Kenwood 2 Channel Amp, Now What?

[BadLiLBowtie]

Ok. So I'm looking at what to do with audio on my car. I want to keep it cheap while it still sounds good. My brother offered me a 2 channel Kenwood amp in trade for the garage this winter (He will be driving his beater) I figured since he was the oldest and his car was worth more my parents would probably give it to him anyways. Plus I may be driving my camaro in the winter I'm gonna try not to drive it while its snowing and real bad but other than that I will be driving it and so I get a 2 channel kenwood amp out of the deal. What should i use it for? I plan on getting either a 10" pocket or dual 10" box. I don't need anything bigger. You can see my current setup on my cardomain under interior pics.

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[96firebird311]

If you choose to go with a single 10", get one that is either 4 ohm SVC or 2 ohm DVC. Bridge the amp and you'll be good to go.

If you choose to go with a pair of 10"s, get ones that are either 2 ohm SVC or 4 ohm DVC. Run one to each channel and you'll be good to go.

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[BadLiLBowtie]

Have you seen my cardomain?
I have dual 6.5s in the front door (custom job) and 6.75 (right?) in the sides. Should I run 1 channel to the fronts and use the h/u (45X4) for the backs while running the sub with the other channel from the amp?

[96firebird311]

Not unless you like your music in mono.

[T-Punk]

use your hu to run all of you components for the time being (it will sound just fine). run you sub off the amp. depending on the power output depends on what you should go with (one or two 10's). i would suggest getting one and see how it sounds to you, if you want more bass get another one. I had one ten in my car for months and decided i wanted a little more so i added one more. i would suggest an infinity kappa, they are only about 80-100 a peice on ebay and have a good range and are very clear and pretty loud, i have tried quite a few subs and this is my favorite all round subwoofer, it just does everything well. good luck hookin your car up, you will love having a system in it.

[BadLiLBowtie]

I plan on building a pocket 10" in my camaro with the help of a friend who loves drawing plans in scale on graph paper and then I will make it using 3/4" MDF board and probably buy this as a a sub.

Pioneer TS-W29C (450 W) :eek:

Should I run 1 or 2 channels to the sub and what should I use the others for?

[T-Punk]

be carefull if you go with a pioneer sub, they have the same problems as sony's they aren't to stable. Please tell how many watts per channel. i cant help much till i have that info, but i would guess you will probably bridge it to a single voice coil 4ohm sub. Just get a sub that's rms power matches the rms of the amps bridged power output. research reviews of different subs before you pick one, you will find a lot out this way.

[BadLiLBowtie]

Heres the owners manual for it.
ftp://docs.kenwoodusa.com/manuals/OM...-1989-KUSA.pdf

140 Watt per channel, 280 Total Watts.

[96firebird311]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by BadLiLBowtie:
140 Watt per channel, 280 Total Watts.<hr></blockquote>
That is the MAX rating. Those numbers really don't mean anything. You are looking for the RMS rating which is simply labeled "power output" on that .pdf Your amp outputs 75WRMSx2@4 ohms..... or so it says.