I have a pair of 12" comp kicker subs and needed to know, what wattage and type of amp I need to get?

Question

Brand: Kicker
RMS Wattage: 600
Model: C12
Voice Coil: single

Answer 1

If you have C12's the total RMS power handling is 150 per sub or 300 watts, not 600 watts. http://www.kicker.com/06/kicker_home.html You can either get a 2-channel (or 4-channel) amp that provides 150 x 2 at 4 ohms, or a mono amp that provides 300 x 1 at 2 ohms (both RMS power ratings). Some possibilities:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kVR0r4aqnDw/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=158XM1252
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kVR0r4aqnDw/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=108R1300A
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kVR0r4aqnDw/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=206ZX3001
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kVR0r4aqnDw/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=236TC3001
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kVR0r4aqnDw/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&I=109GTO3011

Answer 2

just get the kicker 06zx300.1 mono block amp it puts out 150w at 4ohms and 300w at 2ohms rms. and the kicker comps come in svc 4ohm speakers from my knowledge so a pair of svc 4ohm subs can be wired to 2ohms to get the most power from a mono block amp.

Answer 3

your best bet would be to go with a mono block amp,depending on what ohm they are run them in seires,or each one from either side of the mono amp the wattage I would say between 400-1000 watts.Then again are you useing ported,sealed,bandpass box?