Thursday, August 18, 2011
Just bought 2 8" 8w7 JL subwoofer, what is the best quality amp I can buy to use with it?
I love the W7's, they can take a beatin'. Use a big amplifier, it's better to over power your speakers than to under power them. When you buy high quality speakers like the JL W7's you don't have to really worry about putting an amp that is too big on them(unless you were using a U.S. Amps Surf Board Amp [they're like 3000watts] & big money). When you use a powerful amp you can have the gains turned down so that the amp will run cooler and you'll be able to pound it for long periods of time. It all depends on how much you want to spend. I have 2 JL W7's (12") in my whip and my digital U.S. Amps got wet, I had to send it out to be fixed. So while I was waiting for it to get back I didn't want to spend a lot of money on an amp. I figured when my U.S. amp got back I could just sell the new temporary amp on E-bay or something. I purchased a Directed amp 2400 watts, I paid like $250.00 for it, that sure beats the $1000 that I paid for the U.S. Amps. I fell in love with it, my gains are turned down, it gets warm but never hot and it sounds good. The U.S. Amp looks good and when I use to go to shows and stuff people would be like wow they're big money. But if you want something that sounds good and doesn't cost an arm & a leg I would look into the Directed Amp. Hope this helps a little, good luck with 7's..
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