YAIU (Yet Another ICE Upgrade ...)

[garkov]

Since my beloved Octy was broken into and had my sub & amp ripped out, I have a chance to get some nice shiny ICE. Currently I have a Panasonic MP3 HU (thankfully wasn't pinched). Thinking of getting the following:

JBL GTO-4000 (4x50W RMS) Amplifier (

[Chavyboy]

Maybe speak to ANDY_CCR who comes on here as he runs an Audio shop ?

[GSM]

I don't think the amp is up to the task for the bass side of things. Driving a 300wrms sub with 100wrms is not an ideal situation. See if you can strech a bit more on the sub front!

oh yeah, you forgot the sixbnines . . .

[Joel_vRS]

very similar to my set up i have at the mo... i have the JBL GTO 6000 its only about 40 quid more...its a 5 channel amp...you'd be able to have all speakers amped front and back and also woudl run the sub better having a higher rateingl...

But for

[devonutopia]

Sounds good value, but a word of warning, I use a 90W per channel Kenwood to power subs quite similar to yours, and due to the lacking power of the amp, when the subs are told to go quite loud, I get a fair amount of distortion. To the point I'm now spending

[garkov]

Maybe speak to ANDY_CCR who comes on here as he runs an Audio shop ?

Tried PM'ing him but no response :-(

[garkov]

I don't think the amp is up to the task for the bass side of things. Driving a 300wrms sub with 100wrms is not an ideal situation. See if you can strech a bit more on the sub front!

oh yeah' date=' you forgot the sixbnines . . . [/quote']

Thought that might be the case with the sub.

Wasn't so bothered about 6x9's - I felt that the fronts were more important than the rears & didn't really want to start hacking/making parcel shelves etc. There's a deal on that site that includes some Infinity 9603i but not the 6500cs for

[garkov]

Sounds good value, but a word of warning, I use a 90W per channel Kenwood to power subs quite similar to yours, and due to the lacking power of the amp, when the subs are told to go quite loud, I get a fair amount of distortion. To the point I'm now spending

[devonutopia]

I think the less channels the better on an amp. (note "think" )

I'll soon be using one mono Rockford, per sub, and using a n other for the comps. Three amplifiers in the end.

A decent 4 channel amp though should be good - 80W RMS is good for the comps and whatever two channels bridged gives should be OK for the sub too.

[Xavier]

Something like the Crunch MXB-480 (4x80W RMS) then? It's only a fiver more - not sure about the brand though? They do one that's 4x110W for

[garkov]

Also' date=' it's worth making sure you're comparing apples with apples: check the power ratings and compare rms (true available power) and not pmpo or max power.

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Always do

[garkov]

I think the less channels the better on an amp. (note "think" )

I'll soon be using one mono Rockford' date=' per sub, and using a n other for the comps. Three amplifiers in the end.

A decent 4 channel amp though should be good - 80W RMS is good for the comps and whatever two channels bridged gives should be OK for the sub too. [/quote']

Thanks for the advice

[garkov]

Do you know anything about the brand Crunch? Slightly bothers me that I can't find a homepage for them and I don't really know who they are ...

[devonutopia]

Do you know anything about the brand Crunch? Slightly bothers me that I can't find a homepage for them and I don't really know who they are ...

I share your concern. :confused: If you hang fire a short while I may have a tasty rockford punch 60.2 up for grabs Only 2 channel though.

[garkov]

I share your concern. :confused: If you hang fire a short while I may have a tasty rockford punch 60.2 up for grabs Only 2 channel though.

Would defo rather go for a 4 channel and power everything off that (don't want to have to buy 2 ...). Might spend a little bit more and get the JBL GTO-75.4 - 4x104W RMS for