Would this amp work with this sub??

Question

this amp http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_6870.html
and this sub http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_4212.html

Will they work?

how much do you think i will need to spend?

ok one last thing would it be something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/KICKER-ZX300-1-300-WATT-CLASS-AB-SUB-WOOFER-ZX-AMP-NEW_W0QQitemZ150073174766QQihZ005QQcategoryZ79829QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Answer 1

No. The amp is 400 watts RMS @ 2 ohms and the sub is only 300 watts RMS. The sub is dual 4 ohm and there is no way to wire for 4 ohms, only 2 or 8 ohms, parallel or series respectively

The amp is...
850 watts Max, Class A/B Monoblock Amplifier
RMS Power Rating:
4 ohms: 200 watts x 1 chan.
2 ohms: 400 watts x 1 chan. approx.

The sub is...
RMS Power Handling 300 watts

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A good amp is usually around $0.50 per watt or higher.

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OMFG!!! DO NOT LISTEN TO THE GUY BELOW! He is totally in the wrong!

When you short a coil, the energy it tries to produce by electromagnetism is also shorted. This causes the coil to have magnetic resistance, slowing down the coils movement, thus providing poor performance. This is all basic physics.

Never hook up just one coil of a multi-coiled sub. It was designed with two, tested with two and they should both be used.

Answer 2

You can run a dual coil in 4 ohms by just running one of the coils, and shorting the other coil (shorting the coil will provide a path for the emf you generate as the speaker moves, so the speaker will move freely).

It will handle 1/2 the rated amps in this mode in theory, but you might be able to push the envelope by about 25% or so (you hardly ever use 300w RMS if you are playing music; so you should be good to the peak value which would be about 850w or so )