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Please Just Help Very Short Advise

Old Jun 14, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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Please Just Help Very Short Advise

I got
2x MB quart PCE 216 6.5" component rear and front
4" PWE 100 midrange
what king of AMP I NEED? JL 300/4 or 450/4?
Thank you in advance
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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Go with the JL 450/4. Take a look at the Alpine V12 series amps as well, they are pretty solid.
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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Thanx a lot
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:05 PM
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Re: Please Just Help Very Short Advise

Originally posted by papoyan

what king of AMP I NEED? JL 300/4 or 450/4?
Thank you in advance
I think you need the king of England Amp If you need a 'Queen' aka a Tranny Vomit can hook you up

Just lashing out after Chappy brought to everyones attention my inadequency in spelly
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:44 PM
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I have an Alpine V-12 in another vehicle and love it. It's an older one, I've had no problems with it, and the sound quality is great for the price.
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 11:50 PM
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I have a 300/4 JL and that's more than enough.
for the front separates and the 4"

Even with the 1000.1 in the back
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Old Jun 15, 2004 | 02:49 AM
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if you are looking for the 450/4, RONNIE has one for sale. I had the 300/4 running JL components front and *** in the rear, and i found it NOT enough power. definitely go with the 450/4. =)
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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 11:09 AM
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Hey.. since you guys are so much into audio system, may I ask how much would I be looking to spend if I want to put a JL amps, subs, and speakers (with installation)? Do I need to change the head unit too?
You can just give me the ballpark as I also ask you guys a broad question.

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I changed the head unit first. Then waited for the rest.

With the deck they had to add in some adapters to work with
the stock speakers.

I got an Alpine 9815 CD Deck. It was about $615ish with
installation and adaptors.

The next step was the speaker setup.

JL 1000/1
JL 300/4
2 x 12"W6v2
XR 6.5 component speakers
4" Diamond audio thing... heh
2000 Watt Ample Capacitor

This was just under $4000.00 with labor 3800 maybe? I forget
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