View Single Post
      09-28-2012, 12:50 PM   #82
kaigoss69
Brigadier General
kaigoss69's Avatar
United_States
300
Rep
3,969
Posts

Drives: '08 335i
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: JAX

iTrader: (6)

Quote:
Originally Posted by AWBimmer View Post
Thanks Kai,

More reassured now

What about a decent 6 chan amp as an alternative, one which is compact and able to fit into the left side compartment of the boot (directly opposite to where the battery is in the right side)
I've never been a fan of 6-ch amps because we do not have 6 channels with identical power requirements. I am a fan of headroom however, and with 75W per channel (or less), you just don't have enough power for transients and demanding listening passages.

The Morels definitely will be choked by 75W, I can guarantee you that much. The Jehnerts, they can probably handle 100 - 150W with the right highpass filter (even though I would be very careful with these), and the sides/rears they need only about 50W max (in Logic7).

So I would go with the headroom on the channels that count. For the rest of the system, you always have the option to buy a 5-channel amp later on, to amp the center, the sides/rears, and the sub. Something like this: http://www.pasmag.com/car-audio/repo...dp5-amplifier-

Edit: I bought my HD amps used and for about half the price of new ones, and I never looked back. I started with the 600/4 and jumped on an offer I couldn't refuse. The 900/5 came later, and was a similar deal. I cannot imagine having gone the route of purchasing different (new) amps at the same cost as these used ones, and now being stuck with too little power, and less SQ. I would always be wondering...what if?! The point is, you seem to be looking at a great deal on a great, top-of the line amp (certainly comparable to my HD600/4), so don't blink man - I wouldn't!
__________________
Mobridge DA2 > JBL MS-8 > ARC XDi 600/4 > JBL Gti 408 Mids & Vifa OT19 Tweeters; PG Ti2 1600.5 > Morel HCW-10 & IDMax 15

Last edited by kaigoss69; 09-28-2012 at 12:58 PM..
Appreciate 0