Girly needs help

[gemmaessex]

Hiya people

im confused bout all the watts and RMS and wot i should be looking for. I wanna buy all alpine stuff at the mo i have...

My Head unit (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5867139346&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1)

6x9s (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5865914120&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1)

components speakers (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5874340488&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1)

im gunna set them up first, and then at some stage get an amp and sub. any suggestions on the watts or rms i should be looking at getting??
Thanks
Gemz

[jaybiss]

head unit is very good but the gliding control can be trick y, so ive heard

you dont want 6 x 9s if your getting a sub or subs

the baic setup you need in a saxo is

HeadUnit
Components
Sub
Amp

an you should look to amp the components

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[gemmaessex]

o right thanks so jus need a sub and amp now then.

i dunno wot watts to get tho(for amp and sub)say i got like an 1000watt sub wot watt amp do i get and cud i connect both the sub and components to the amp. im scared of blowin summit up ahhh lol

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[Baz]

size of amp depends of the watt of the sub and components, if your gonna spend money on things, may aswell buy some good ones and not some cheap ok components. would spend around £80-£120 on some front components. sub and amp...however much your willing to spend really.

[jaybiss]

o right thanks so jus need a sub and amp now then.

i dunno wot watts to get tho(for amp and sub)say i got like an 1000watt sub wot watt amp do i get and cud i connect both the sub and components to the amp. im scared of blowin summit up ahhh lol

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you want to look at rms rating as subs etc wil never really reach their peak

theres some good little packages going about on the net that you should look at

[t0m_VTR]

To have a good sounding sub which will not fail once turned up a bit would be 2 get a sub which has around 300RMS like JL W3 or Alpine Type R then get a amp which has similar RMS ratings

[Baz]

if your going to a sub around 300RMS, may aswell get an amp that will power the sub and the front components!

[t0m_VTR]

Yeah if u have the money do that but a monoblock amp wit 300RMS aint 2 expensive

[Scott]

go beyond the rms of the sub and turn the gain down, amp wont work as hard and less chance of clipping

[t0m_VTR]

go beyond the rms of the sub and turn the gain down, amp wont work as hard and less chance of clipping
Very true & a good tip!

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[woodsy]

i cant have a sub smileys/smiley19.gif

need to put the pram in the boot smileys/smiley5.gif