YAMATOSOUL

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I've recently put a lot of work and money into my sound system. Most of the equipment (Alpine head unit, Boston separates up front, JL separates in back, two JL 10" subs, MTX 50Wx4 amp, MTX 125Wx2 amp) came out of my last car, so I decided to put the money into the foundation this time and had an installer do a full on Dynamat installation on my entire car, along with Tacmat along the firewall (17 rolls total of Dynamat, 4 rolls of Tacmat). The JL separates and subs, I ended up buying to replace my old Boston 6.5" for the rear and the single Boston 10" sub. The result? In a word, the thing quakes!! But my installer tells me that I'm only giving the JL subs about 1/3 the power it's capable of handling, so they're not performing at their peak performance level. Now, this is the first time I've ever had such an elaborate system, and I do notice that the subs are a little slower than my single 10" used to be. But all new speakers need to be broken in and it's only been a few days. Can anyone tell me if I really do need to get more muscle behind the subs? For the subs, I'm running the MTX 125Wx2 bridged, which should put out more than 250W RMS - more like 280W-300W.

spta97

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You should really post this in the audio forum for a quicker response, but....

It really depends on what model (10W0, 10W3, 10W6, etc.) that your subs are. The benefit to getting a more powerful amp is deeper, louder, cleaner bass. Let your ears make the decicion for you. If you like the way it sounds now, leave it and save your money. If not, check out one of the JL amps. I've got a 500/1 and I'm very happy with it. Clean power and can handle almost all of JLs subs.

YAMATOSOUL

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Thanks for the advice. That does help. Mine is the newest model that came out just recently, umm . . according to my receipt it's the CVS210G-W3V2. And my installer DID recommend the 500/1. I just don't know the difference in sound quality at this point. As you may be able to tell from what I've done thus far, sound quality matters to me greatly, so, if it makes that much of an impact, 500/1 it is. BTW, spta97, what kind of set up do you have?

slickrick

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what is the model # of your 2 channel mtx amp?

YAMATOSOUL

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The MTX's are older models, before they did the major cosmetic make over a couple years back. It's the RT2200.