Amplifier recommnedations
10-19-2013 | 09:41 AM
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In the Donzi I have 12 JL M770 (7.7" components) and 4 JL 10" marine subs. I went with 2 900/5 amps for 8 speakers and the subs and a 600/4 for the remaining 4 speakers. It sounds great and is very loud but I do regret not going with separate amps for the speakers/ subs. While my configuration is better on the batteries (I have 2 group 31 Odyssey marine batteries dedicated to the stereo). Looking back, I should have went with 3 600/4 for the speakers and 2 600/4 for the subs. Really really wish JL would come out with a marine HD 6 or 8 channel amp that pushes 150w rms per channel. Would only make sense as boats typically have quite a few speakers.
10-19-2013 | 09:50 AM
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Im not getting too carried away. The boats only 22 x 7 there is not a lot of room for multiple amps etcs and I don't need to hear it 3 states over. Just need to have decent tunes when cruising.
10-19-2013 | 09:51 AM
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A 5 channel keeps things simple...Alpine makes a nice one, I have one that came in my boat and it is a very clean amp. A digital amp for your subs would be more efficient but if you have 2 or more batteries does it matter?
10-19-2013 | 06:33 PM
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Starting to put together a system for the boat, so far have mtx 7.7's, looking for a decent 5 channel amp to push 4 of the mtx's and a couple 10" subs. any ideas? I do have an old hifonix zues sitting on the shelf but one of the channles has a bit of noise, fixable easily??
10-19-2013 | 06:58 PM
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If it's not going to get "wet" then the Alpine PDX Amps are hard to beat, they are compact and reasonable to buy, especially used. JL makes AWESOME stuff, but, it's pricey.
I guess it's all relative, if you have 300-400K in a boat then dropping 10-20K on a stereo is small change, but, in a small boat like mine it would be a bit excessive.
I guess it's all relative, if you have 300-400K in a boat then dropping 10-20K on a stereo is small change, but, in a small boat like mine it would be a bit excessive.
