first time buying car audio...how good is this?
ok this is the first time i put a sound system to my car and i want to know if the stuff that i want to get is good and if it will sound good....
head unit ...... kenwood KDC-MP438U
speaker amp........ boss cx350 400 watts max (RMS @ 4 ohms 50X4)
speakers..... (front) Kicker KS600(RMS 65 watts) (rear) Kicker KS400 (RMS: 30 watts )
sub amp...... Boss D600.2 (RMS 4 ohms: 230 watts x 2 chan.)
subwoofers..... two 10" rockfordfosgate P1 (RMS 150 watts) what's better subs of 4 ohms or 8 ohms?
i hope this information is enough thanks for the help
you will be safe if you stick with CEA-compliant companies which means that the amps (and radios) have been tested and produce or exceed the advertised RMS (continious) wattage with minimum distortion (distortion is the main cause of speaker damage) and the subs (speakers) can handle their rated RMS wattage also
non CEA-compliant brands really over rate their stuff and advertise peak/max wattage and that means nothing, all you care about is RMS (continious) wattage
with the cheap stuff thats over rated you are lucky to get half of the advertised RMS wattage and its usually distorted which will damage your speakers
and its important to have your speakers and amps matched properly becasue you could be over or under powering you speakers, If you send too much power to your sub, you risk damaging it. The cone of the speaker and the mechanical parts that make it move may break under the stress. Surprisingly, too little power can also damage your subwoofer — in fact, it's actually more common than damage caused by overpowering.
When the volume is turned up and the amp doesn't have enough power, the signal becomes distorted, or "clipped." This distorted signal can cause parts of the speaker to overheat, warp and melt. Not good!
You don't have to match speaker and amp wattages exactly. An amp with a higher output than the speaker's rating won't necessarily damage the speaker — just turn the amp down a bit if you hear distortion from the sub and don't run the speaker at extremely loud volumes for lengthy periods. Likewise, you'll be OK with a lower powered amp if you keep the volume down and don't feed a distorted signal to the sub.
here are the CEA-compliant brands
Alpine (highly recommend)
Bazooka (don't like their subs)
Blaupunkt (don't like their subs)
Clarion
Eclipse
Infinity (highly recommend)
JBL
JL Audio (very good but over priced)
JVC
Kenwood (don't like their subs)
Kicker (the best in my opinion)
Memphis
MTX (highly recommend)
Orion
Pioneer
Polk Audio (highly recommend)
PPI
Rockford Fosgate (highly recommend)
Sony (don't like their subs)
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