sub help please!! - Saxperience

jack123 · 19th August 2009, 20:16

hi i was wondering i wanna get a 1100w jbl sub and was wondering what w amp would i need to run it and if i just brought any wire kit would it work???

kyle1989 · 19th August 2009, 20:44

you probs need a 1000w amp to run your sub and it would be easier to ask at hallfords about your wiring kit because you cant put any wiring kit in it because it will melt the wire mate

Saxlow · 19th August 2009, 20:55

Min 800 watt amp to power that is it a 10 inch or 12? need a decent wiring kit for that as above could melt or cut out all the time.

jack123 · 19th August 2009, 22:21

ok thanks also im buyin a sub without the box can i wire it to the sub or do i need the box???

Lippy · 20th August 2009, 00:30

deffo need a box or it'll pop!

jack123 · 20th August 2009, 16:17

oh so i aint got no chance of just puttin the sub into my parcel shelf???

djadzvtr · 20th August 2009, 16:24

my mate had a 12inch in his parcel shelf + 2 12inch in a box.....was years bk like and tbf we dint realy know what we was doing back then!!!
iirc i did sound mint tho.......base test and all

(although it was a while back and he did have 2 x 12ich in the boot boxed so there was always going to be loads of bass anyway lol)

jack123 · 20th August 2009, 16:42

so im better off gettin one in a box yeah and i cant just put it in my parcel shelf?

fraggle_VTR · 21st August 2009, 02:05

what RMS is the sub???
as if it's 1100 PEAK and say 700 RMS and you bung 1000 watts through it wont last long at all....
and as for the parcel shelf idea
HELL NO
box it you can buy them ready built.

jack123 · 21st August 2009, 07:56

but how comes in on like sites and that there like 1200w sub with 600 amp n that??

fraggle_VTR · 21st August 2009, 13:12

a sub will have two power ratings,
peak and rms.
ignore the peak as it only shows what a sub or any speakers could run at maximum for a short period of time, it's a stupid marketing thing to trick you
the rms is the one to look at as this is the wattage the sub will run at constantly without causing any damage.
so you need an amp to match the rms of the sub not the peak hence why a 1200w one is sold with a 600w amp.
if you don't really understand it then just get yourself an active sub alreadyboxed and amped bud.

Jaymo8 · 21st August 2009, 13:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by jack123

hi i was wondering i wanna get a 1100w jbl sub and was wondering what w amp would i need to run it and if i just brought any wire kit would it work???

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/prod...01_p-21588.htm

get that wiring kit mate, ive got it in my saxo, works like a charm. dead easy to fit, just follow the instructions.