No foxbox -- next best thing?
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From: Oregon
They make what I believe is called like a powerpack or something along those lines, it's basically a tiny *** amp that you can wire up right off the back of your headunit and it will up the wattage. It doesn't increase it by like 300w or anything but it definitely gets more power to those speakers.
Im serious though AF, just invest in a smaller amp that would be in the range of 100 dollars or so... it will really make your speakers a lot more useable, otherwise your back speakers wont even work as fillers, they will just be deadweight and actually hurt your quality... alpine makes some good amps that are not overpriced, just look around and think about it.
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believe it or not, the difference between running that 35 watts and running that at 18 or 19 watts will actually make a huge difference... I know it sounds funny but its true... Im not talking about getting something special for an amp, just something to throw a little more power their way... you can sometime even find something that will be adequate on craigslist for like 50 bucks.
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I just dont want you to go after this whole project just to end up disappointed, audio has kind of been a specialty of mine since I started driving, I am going into home theater after college...
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Champion
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From: Minot AFB, ND in person, the 'burgh at heart
throw some suggestions my way. i havent found anything with that little power. appreciate all your help. im pretty knowledgeable in a lot of areas, but audio isnt one of them. im workin on it though
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Heres something that would fit the bill for you, things like this are perfect for what you need on those back speakers, 50X2 at 4 ohms, just dont crank it up, about 2/3's power on this amp would probably be adequate, and it wouldnt be expensive at all, Most people think of lightning audio as a bad company because it sells in wal-mart, but they also have a fair quality line as well, its not high end by any means, but its in the range of what you could want. Anything like this will work, like I said, you dont need anything intense expensive or high end, just something adequate to put the power to those speakers to help them fill your sound.
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I really need to figure out how much this thing is gunna cost to box an ship cause i defiantly don't have a box big enough.. but I heard enclosed sounds better than ported.. well enclosed sounds way better than ported in a truck anyway because of the small space, especially in a ram.. but I want to try to get about 140 obo from it. shipped
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They make what I believe is called like a powerpack or something along those lines, it's basically a tiny *** amp that you can wire up right off the back of your headunit and it will up the wattage. It doesn't increase it by like 300w or anything but it definitely gets more power to those speakers.
yeah, the powerpack is a pretty sweet deal. i was checking them out at an audio place a while back, and its a nice little unit. i will be getting one myself when i get my new HU. sales guy told me it ONLY works with alpine HU's, he may or may not be full of **** though.
