4-channel amp, $200 budget
 

Hey guys,

My buddy's lookin for a new amp. I think he'll be using it for SL165s and some 5.25 kappa comps, so no more power than 80 - 100 / channel. I know he won't be able to afford an Arc amp with a budget of $200, but I'm tryin to find him something reasonable. He immediately went for an infinity reference (7541a) because he saw 110 watts / channel for just over $200 and figured what a deal. But the specs on that amp suck, and I don't know anything about infinity amps, but I do know there's something better for the money.

Any help is appreciated, thanks guys.

-Brian

Sell all the Infinity stuff and get something decent....

Who needs rear speakers anyway.

Kar 400.4 for ~$300

Oh, weird, I thought I remembered paying more than that. But I just checked and you're right. Maybe I'll recommend that to him, but it's still $100 more than he wants to spend.

He will save $100 in the long run though...

Save the cash, and do it right the first time.

Yeah, but non-audiophiles don't understand this concept.

There isn't anything decent for $200?

refurb, watch out

have him only amp the comps, then ya only need a two channel. THAT I can certainly help with. :)

Very good advice there.

I concur...

Nice avatar Juan. :)

Thank you Sir :D.

yeah, just amp the comps and leave the rear alone. i'm SURE Don can help with something for around 200. ;)

btw, at the car meet today...heard some guy said to his friend as they were walking away from my car:

"he's is running two arc amps."
"oh really? never heard..."
"oh don't worry, it's just some swap meet brand i believe..."

guess they didn't know i was the owner of the car :chuckle:

or you're a soft *** and can't stand up for Arc or your car. :)

b*tch i had to go piss, my friends were around my car though. haha otherwise i'd tell them they ain't no damn swap meet brand. ;)

Well, about those comps...

They're actually not seperate tweeter and woofer. Not sure if anybody is familiar with them, but the tweeter is permanently mounted to the woofer like a regular 2-way speaker. UNlike a normal 2-way though, there is a passive x-over and the tweeter and woofer each have their own hookups.

He wants to buy my SL165s that I'm not using anymore (used to be rear fill) and put those in the front. So there aren't going to be any seperate components here.

I bought an used ecplise pa5422 off of ebay fot $160 a while back. No issues so far:)