Hello Everyone,

I have two Phoenix Gold Amps, 250x2; Nice and powerful amps. Should I install them with a pair of subs? How will this work? I will not be installing any aftermarket radio system, and I somewhat think the stock system is pretty good.

Any ideas? I'm willing to sell them as well if I get a decent price.

 

i have been a car electronics installer for a number of years and i believe that it would be a good idea to do that. i dont know which subs you are interested in, but be sure to get a box that is built to specs as far as airspace goes. when tying into the factory radio, you are going to need to get a line level converter and you should tap into the rear 6 by 9 speakers that are in the rear deck and then you should run the rcas to the amplifier. if you do it that way, you dont even have to remove the radio. then you run 4 guage wire off the battery down the car and connect it to your amp, then ground it and run ignition wire from the fuse box in the drivers side kickpanel. then run a speaker wire to your subs and tune to the system apropriately. start by setting all the levels on the radio (bass, mid, treble) to flat and the balance and fader to 0. then make adjustments from there.

 

You're going to totally overpower your OEM speakers with two subs that are powered by their own amplifier. I thought only high school kids were into bass only stereos.

 

Thats what I thought. I mean, I just have these worthless Amps.. sitting. Dont know wtf to do with them.

 

See if they float.

 

is that amps that put out 250x2 (so 500+ bridged depending on how you mean, and the amp), or two 250 watt amps? Either way, I would suggest using one of the amps with an efficient sub. If its 500-600 bridged watts, you could do a pari of 12's and focus on dynamatting/tweaking, and it could work pretty well with your stocks. If you do this you'll want the bass at 0, and can bump up the treble a lil on the factory radio to make them work a little better together.

If they're two 250 watt amps, I would still just use one, and get a really efficient single 15 (in my experience my favorite low-power option). I've been out of car audio for a couple of years, but remember elemental designs making a really good low power sub (k series I think?). A 15 will hit deep bass well, and you can find a bunch that do well with that kind of power.

Either way, if it's 1000 watts it will be a joke with your stock system, not to mention all the sound deadening you'll have to do (plus you'll want to up your alternator/battery, I doubt our alternators would do well with that much extra current draw in addition to all the luxury power options we have). A single amp will be fine; not to mention I would always recommend against using two amps for subs. The gains and settings will have to be identical; I would only do it if you have a bridging module that lets you control both amps as one. Sell one on ebay or an audio forum, and have fun with the single one.

And as far as bass being just for high schoolers, when done right there's nothing wrong about a little bass. I love my g35 stock system (especially compared to all the pos stocks i had before upgrading all my old cars), but have yet to hear a stock system that reproduces low bass the way I want it. Doesn't matter what music you listen to, the 30ish to 60hz range is crucial, and an 8" sub just can't really handle this (maybe some go down to 50, but not most free-air bose types). Find a good clean sounding sub with the right box (I would think sealed in our cars) and not too much power, and it'll blend in fine with the stock system.