Advice needed on this....

[Woollie]

I am adding an amp and sub to my VE and wondered what people thought of it. Is it a good combo for my not so huge budget?

Here are the products I am looking at...

Ryda Car Audio -Aerpro SB12100 12" Sealed Sub Box($44.95)

Kenwood KAC-8105D Car Amplifier - RYDA Car Audio($215.85)

Kicker CVR124 12" Car Subwoofer - RYDA Car Audio($222.85) This will be the 4 ohm DVC

Any advice is appreciated. I'm not after huge bass and I listening to mainly rock and heavy metal.

Cheers,

Clint

[HCVP]

Heaps of people rave about their "Kicker" subs, personally i'm not impressed. IMO the $200 mark is in a bit of no mans land, and the budget should be stretched somewhat.

[Nic92]

you can get 2 kicker cvr's 12" posted from AUS for around $250

NEW PAIR KICKER 12" SUB WOOFER KICKER COMPVR12 CVR | eBay

i love this deal ^ haha

[MAG00]

If you're not after huge bass, and like music that requires quicker bass, I would seriously consider a 10 inch subwoofer. Quite a bit punchier, at that price range you may find some woofers sloppy and all of the shop. Make sure you have a listen in store to see what you like, if you like the sound then it's good enough!

With a small budget, there is only so much you can expect, so don't set your expectations very high.

[Woollie]

Can anyone suggest a better sub for that amp?

[HCVP]

What does the rest of the setup consist of?

Problem with suggesting a sub is the budget. Like Magoo and myself have said, subwoofers in that price range are a little hit and miss. I'm not saying you should spend more, in fact you might find most entry level subwoofers, would be on par with most of those from the $200 price bracket.

If you didn't want to spend more than the budget you have listed, i'd honestly go with a cheaper sub. But remember spending more money dosen't just mean you get more bass, a lot of people get confused, and miss lead. Rock, and especially heavy metal music, are probably the genres that will expose a systems short comings the most.

[Woollie]

I am about to add a 4 channel amp for the front speakers and while I'm at it I was going to add the sub and mono amp at the same time. I have already upgraded the original speakers to component speakers in the front.

Would I be better off buying a dual 4 ohm sub? That will then get the most out of the amp right?

[HCVP]

Well you don't need a 4 ch amp just to run the front speakers. Spending less on a 2 ch amp will save you money which you could use elsewhere.

If your set on that amp, then yes a DVC 4 ohm sub will allow you to present a 2 ohm load to the amp. But don't rush out and buy anything just, yet, take your time, a lot of people buy an amp, and then are stuck trying to match a subwoofer/s.

Always buy the speakers / sub/s first, and the amps second. This way your buying the components that you like the sound of, which is the most important, matching an amp is an easy task.

[Woollie]

I already have the 4 channel amp because I got it cheap so I'm stuck with it. I have no idea how to hook it up for 2 speakers though. I know hoe to connect the speaker wires bridged but what about the rca's?

This is my amp here...

http://manual.kenwood.com/files/4d09863a51548.pdf

[MAG00]

Read your other thread, there's no need to have two going. Let this one die.

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[HCVP]

Hang on WTF !!

If you all ready have a 4 ch amp, just wire the fronts of 2 channels, and bridge the rears together to drive the sub then your done. Who told you to go and buy a seperate amp just to run a $200 sub?

Seriously are you guy's all going into the same shop and getting bad advice, or are you coming up with bad idea's all on your own?

[Woollie]

I must be coming up with it on my own. Only reason is though I was originally going to amp all 4 speakers then changed my mind.

I was going to look at using the other 2 channels on the amp for the sub but thought it may be underpowered. This is my amp

Kenwood KAC-9405 Car Amplifier - RYDA Car Audio($245.85) would it be powerful enough to run the sub I am looking at?

[HCVP]

Yes of course it will run the sub, but what i'm saying is it's not worth buying a mono block when you all ready have ample power available. Better off just feeding it whatever power the 2 remaining channels will produce.