Okay, my next paycheck after Christmas is going to go towards my subs. I'm looking at doing the shallow mount 10s to put under my back seat. It says 800watts.... Does that mean I'm going to need a 1600 watt amp? To have 2 of them. Thanks guys!

 

800w is peak power. It's 400 rms. So you only need a 800 watt amp. But to be honest, a good 500w amp would push those nicely. Shallow woofers aren't exactly know to take a lot of power.

 

I use a 500 watt, 700 actual ouput, kicker, way more than I need.

 

Even if I have 2 of them an 800 watt would be good enough?

 

Yea don't worry about max power, base your amp off of RMS

 

Okay, thanks !

 

Those speakers are only 200 watts RMS so a 400 watt amp would be fine.

 

I have 2 1800 watt max subs so 3600 total powered by a 2000 watt amp

 

When pairing a amp and subs, never go off of peak power, always use rms as that is the constant power draw from the subs.

So 2 subs at 400rms each= 800rms total so an amp that pushes 800rms would be the max on those subs, i always go lower on the amp like a 600 or 700rms just to be safe.

Also you need to make sure that the amp pushes the wattage you want at the correct ohm load for the subs.

Your subs could be 800rms at 4 ohms, and you buy a amp that pushes 800rms at 2ohms, and only 400rms at 4ohms. Always gotta check that

 

Thank you for giving him information that is correct. Just because the ohms dont match does not mean you cant use them together. You just have to be a little creative with the wiring to get the correct load. If you dont know what im talking about then please dont attempt it though.