im also loking to spend about 1000 on sub and sub amp, thinking of a orion hcca 15.2 on a crescendo bc2ooo or maybe a mayhem 18 from ascendant audio, im going to be playing music every day so not sure about the orion some people say its more of a one note wonder that a music sub definatly runin 0 gauge tho and have a optima yellow top with the big 3 on a stock alt