Mono Block Amps?

[jlaudio_33]

hey cuzz33 just a quick word on the monobloc situation.

Firstly go back and read everything djhatton has said as its right on the money. Power ratings on speakers and subs mean very close to nothing and depend on box type and size and a lot of other factors as well as being stupidly inflated and generally pointless.

I know you said you already got a box but don't think you mentioned if it was sealed or ported but anyway i'll leave the amp power choice up to you but whatever you buy make sure you check the THD or total harmonic distortion ratings to make sure the amp can operate at the given ratings without sounding shit or blowing your gear up. If you can't get hold of THD ratings or if they are above 0.5% then you may want to think twice, if they are above 1% then turn around and run away. A really sweet monobloc will stay close to or at 0.1% at its rated power but even 0.2 or 0.3% should still be fine if you've got enough power, and like djhatton said you can never ave too much clean power (rated in rms of course)

You said from the offset that start that you were after a monobloc amp but most monoblocs are made to work at their best at two ohms impedance, your sub is four ohms so the same amp will be making right on half the amount of power as it would be at two ohms.

The other option for making some decent power to a four ohm sub is to get a two channel and bridge the two channels. When hooked up to your four ohm sub both channels will be working at two ohms to create total resistance of four anyway so you'll be getting good power for your money and a heap more power than twice what each channel will run by itself.

Something to look into anyway