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Originally Posted by Missourifornian
My recommendation: ALWAYS get an amp that is maxing out your subwoofer. All amps have tuning capabilities, and you don't want what happened to me. In my old Nissan Titan I put in a Alpine Type E 10" which is rated at 750W. Well, since I wasn't looking for anything crazy I put in a 600w cheap amp. Then, to my chagrin, I literally COULDN'T hear the subwoofer. As it turns out when you decide to go with an amp that is less powerful, that means that the amp cannot charge the magnet as well, which gives you less ability to move air/create soundwaves/hear bass. My recommendation is to find an amp that matches the max ratings for both speakers because, if you do that, you can always adjust the bass down, but if you go cheap/weak you can't turn the bass up! Just my .02
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for that sub you should only need a solid 350watts at 4 ohms to put the sub in optimal power. 750watts is peak you never wanna run that much power through it all the time. more than likely your cheap amp was rated 600 watts at 1 ohm. At four ohms you might have only been getting 100-150.