Purchasing an amp

[debutis]

I just bought a 10" solobaric L5 and was looking for a decent amp. The sub is wired at 2 ohm and i'm lookin for something pushing around 500w. What is a good company as far as amps go. This is my first system. I guess while i'm at it, whats a good deck. I was lookin at some of the pioneers at best buy and they are having some pretty good sales. What gauge wire should I run from amp to battery and amp to sub?
Thanks in advance

 

[BruceWayne]

ive always like and owned pioneer headunits, for the features and the price.

id say a jbl600.1 would be a nice amp for the sub and will be easy on the wallet if purchased online.
4 gauge would be what id recommend just in case ya want to upgrade to something later on.

 

[WoodysX]

www.ikesound.com I just checked they have the JBL 600 600x1 amp for $195!!!! BUY IT, its a great deal but might be too much power since it really puts out 750 watts. Either buy another L5 at sounddomain.com you get $125 worth of dynomat! So the sub is really only $75. Since you will need some sort of matting when pushing over 300watts. You can get the L5 at ikesound.com for $140. If you dont want another sub you can trust brands like Audiobahn, RF, etc.

JBL 600.1
http://www.ikesound.com/1024.htm

L5 with dynomat $200
http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/KIC02S10L54

 

[WoodysX]

Scrap everything I wrote, your sub is 2ohm so it wouldnt work with the JBL unless you only want 200watts. sorry. Check out Audiobahn at thezeb.com

 

[WoodysX]

Check out the JBL 300.1 its $145 + wiring kit (30-40) Check out www.KnuKonceptz.com they have cheep wiring kits that also rock!

Output 4 Ohms: 150W x 1

Output 2 Ohms: 300W x 1 (400Watts)

 

[BruceWayne]

woodysx you were correct... the JBL puts max power and 2 or 1 ohms and thats why so many people buy them..
if he wired his sub at 2 ohms now and he wires it to the amp he gets 600 watts.. if he gets another and wires that parallel to another one hes running at 2ohm hes get a 1ohm load which each sub would get 300 watts a piece

 

[WoodysX]

Yea because the 600.1 puts out 750 Watts, His sub is 400 RMS so that would be too much.

 

[Big04pimpin]

Is the sub dual 4ohm or dual 2ohm? If its dual 2 ohm you could even get the jbl 1200.1 and wire it to 4 ohm and get 600 watts (thats if you want to upgrade later) because you can find the 1200.1 for $50 more then the 600.1. They are defintly good amps.