What Amp?

[AUSFITTER]

Hi All,
I know doubt there are many threads already somewhere on this site about what amp for what speakers and so on, and unfortunately this is no different, sorry.
I have a Kenwood KFC-W3011 12" sub in a sealed box and i know it is rated at 400wrms at 4 ohms. What amp would be suitable to give it full power at the required ohms? I have looked at a few amps at the 400 and up wrms area, but they all seem to be at 2ohms. I only have one sub, and i dont think i will be getting another one in a hurry, so i am just after something for this one at this stage.
Any help is appreciated
Cheers
Troy

[HCVP]

What's your budget, typically you won't find a lot of mono block amps, that put out much more than the 400 mark, at that impedance. Simply because you get more power at a lower impedance, and generally only entry level subs are single vioce coil.Otherwise your looking around $400-600, based on the amps that i know of.

[AUSFITTER]

To be honest, i dont really have a budget for this amp, but obviously i dont want to be spending a crazy amount

[HCVP]

Ryda Car Audio - Kenwood Car Audio KAC-9104D Car Amplifier($348.85)
...500@4ohm...
$350, and you can add another sub later on if you wish, bringing it down to 2 ohm, which will give you 900rms..
Cheapest one i found, with enough power @4ohm...But that's a lot of money for an amp, to run a $90 sub. Maybe buy another sub, cheap pre-fab($30-40) and find an amp stable at 2 ohm...?Would cost you not much more, and give you a lot more options

[Branch]

^ i just bought this amp.

eager to find out how it goes.

how long does AAE take to send shit

[AUSFITTER]

HoldencommodoreVP, thanks mate for the amp suggestion. I see what you mean in the price for the amp, i am just hoping to use existing subs thats all. I was however considering going to a Rockford Fosgate Punch series sub or a Kicker Comp sub. Would something like this still be suitable for that amp? Obviously it is still hard to say if i havent given exact model numbers, but i am still thinking about it all. What do you think?

[HCVP]

I only reccomended that amp, because it was the only one i could find that had the power you were after at 4ohms, without costing you an arm and a leg. If your planning on using a different sub/s, then that opens up a whole new range of options. A better quality sub, is going to DVC (dual voice coils if you see that abbreviation, and your not sure what it means) each coil with be rated at a certain impedance, whether it be 2 ohm, or 4ohm. Depending on what you buy, will determine how the the sub/s can be wired to produce a certain impedance rating to an amp.

As far those 2 subs you've mentioned, i can't really comment on them. My advice to come up with a budget, the very most you can spend. Then decide what that budget has to cover. Also decide if you plan on later upgrading, adding additional subs ect, because with the right planning at the beginning, you can save yourself a lot in the long run.