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Hello all, glad to finally be a member!

I'll just get right to it.

I have a 99 528i wagon with 4 type r 12s (2ohm dvc) in a sealed box which i built. The box yields 1.9ft^3 per pair of subs. I'm pushing them with a excelon 811D to one pair and a 812D to the other. Mids and highs are taken care of by a excelon 542. HU is an alpine 149BT. I have 1/0 from the battery in the rear on the right side to a shuriken bt20 on the left side, from there to the rear center and into distribution blocks then onto the amps.

The Box (for some reason i can't post the picture here, probably due to low posts or something): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/geopimp/20150716_210834.jpg

So my dilemma is, there isnt enough bass. I previously had two soundstream t5 12s in a prefab slot ported box pushed by a rf bd1000.1 and i feel like that setup hit harder.

So I think i dont have the right amount of power going to the subs.

Can you recommend a single amp that will help these subs take my breath away? Budget would be like $300 max. I'd also like a relatively small footprint due to the amps being mounted under the sliding floor that the box is on.

I recently found the american bass PH4000MD and like what i've read but I'd like your professional forum opinion.

TIA everyone!

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Welcome to the forum.

Is your budget set in stone?

$300 is a pretty slim budget to work with.

That being said a lot of people's definition of "music" is a clipped 30 hz sine wave with some 80 IQ knuckle head grunting about committing crimes and his genitals.

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Welcome to the forum.

Is your budget set in stone?

$300 is a pretty slim budget to work with.

sadly right now that's the max i can throw at it. i could probably wiggle it $50 or so if it was for something amazing. Hey i'm in metro detroit too!

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Is that amp one ohm stable? Buy two more if so

THERE IS NO BUILD LOG!

1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab

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Is that amp one ohm stable? Buy two more if so

it is 1ohm stable. why would i need 3? wouldnt 3000wrms (or somewhere near) be more than enough to slam 4 type r's wired together at 1ohm?

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How do you have those amps hooked up to those subs. Sounds like you could just have one of those amps hooked up to all four wired at 1 ohm pushing 1000 watts. But I did see they are rated at 500 rms each. You could go with a Soundqubed 2200. They are over your price range some but Black Friday isn't that far away and they seem to put good deals out there on that amp. I paid barely over $300 for mine

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How do you have those amps hooked up to those subs. Sounds like you could just have one of those amps hooked up to all four wired at 1 ohm pushing 1000 watts. But I did see they are rated at 500 rms each. You could go with a Soundqubed 2200. They are over your price range some but Black Friday isn't that far away and they seem to put good deals out there on that amp. I paid barely over $300 for mine

i have each pair of subs wired to 2 ohms. one amp to each pair. thanks for the suggestion, ill look into that soundqubed

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Is that amp one ohm stable? Buy two more if so

it is 1ohm stable. why would i need 3? wouldnt 3000wrms (or somewhere near) be more than enough to slam 4 type r's wired together at 1ohm?
You have two amps right. 2 more would be four. Sometimes the easiest way to more power is to just use more of what you have.

THERE IS NO BUILD LOG!

1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab

Alpine CDA-9887

4 Team Fi 15s

2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0

2 Ampere Audio 150.4

3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets

Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound!

8 XS Power d3400

6 XS power d680

Second Skin

Stinger

Tsunami Wiring

Sky High

A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger.

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I would honestly do some hunting around and find a nice quality used amp.

You could snag a decent 2k - 2.5k with $350 - $400

That being said a lot of people's definition of "music" is a clipped 30 hz sine wave with some 80 IQ knuckle head grunting about committing crimes and his genitals.

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Is that amp one ohm stable? Buy two more if so

it is 1ohm stable. why would i need 3? wouldnt 3000wrms (or somewhere near) be more than enough to slam 4 type r's wired together at 1ohm?
You have two amps right. 2 more would be four. Sometimes the easiest way to more power is to just use more of what you have.

oh i see what youre saying now, i thought you were referring the the american bass amp. as far as having 4 amps for the subs, i dont have the room. that's another reason why im trying to find a good single amp to do the job of the two that arent.

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