bigwille

hey I just upgraded my sound system with infinity reference series speakers and a pioneer headunit. It actually sounds worse that my stock headunit and speakers, because my headunit isnt powering my speakers correctly. I think im going with an infinity refernce series 7541a 4 channel 600watt amp. it has a 111 rmsx4, so the main reason why im posting this here is because i never bought an amp before and i was just wondering what i should and shouldn't do. For instance..

curcuit city's price= 300 + 75(4 year warranty) + 100(cables) + 100 (installation) = 575+tax

ebay= 275 (comes with 1 year warranty, shipping, wires/cables) << obviously no installation price

so is it worth saving 300, without the 4 year warranty? do amps burn out quick?

bigwille

actually i didnt even think about it but.. is there an off topic section you can move this to?

03YellowPony

PM Booze. ask him to move it to Audio/Video Electronics forum.

rob_boura

if its only for door speakers you should be alright without the warenty but i would get the one off e bay myself it aint that hard to wire yourself

bigwille

yea well they say its the humidity here that will get your amp... do you guys know what a swap shop is?.. if so should i stop by there? Its indoor with the sealed boxes, not the outdoor fleamarket crap.

p0rsche23

well if ur buying the amp to power ur 4 speakers and not a sub go with probably circuit city or maybe ebay,but pick a good brand....however if its a sub amp dont go to circuit city go to like an audio/visual installation store, like auto-trix,sound systems lmtd.,or whatever kind of audio store u have there to get a good quality sub amp.......off brand amps are really unpredictable,they say they push so many watts rms when they actually dont, or lose the power they say they have over a couple months....but definately take this to off topic or actually there is an audio/visual section u could ask for the best brand for buck amp for powering speakers....

i too have a pioneer deck and circuit city installed it and its fked up,makes popping noises and is screwed up,free installation deck over 99,u get what u pay for...

mustangman02232

get it done right, spend the extra money and have it installed profestionally

why not just get an exhaust and listen to that, thats the best music there is. below 3500 rpms.

rob_boura

yeah like gibralter trade center man its been so long since i paid for one i ussalyy trade labor for amps and speakers like motor and trans work but realy i would go with the infinity amp for 300 but neways you dont need much power and if i were you id install it myself might take a couple hours but its cheaper and easyplus a wiring kits like 20-30 bucks for something like that and maybe even less i dunno man its all up to you

pj1010

For the record, Infinity amps have POOR specs.

bigwille

wats good?