So I purchased a stock Pioneer sub and enclosure for our cars from someone.

I want to eventually wire it up.

I know I'll need an amp, but what kind of amp, how much wattage, etc. would I need for the stock 10" shallow pioneer sub?

I am eventually going to upgrade the stock head unit to a 7" touchscreen, but that probably wont be for a while.

If I got say a 500 or 600 watt Amp now to power my Sub, could I keep it and use it to power everything else once I upgrade my head unit?

Thanks for any help

 

a mono block amp is what you want.
match up RMS watts from the sub your using, im not sure on stock sub wattage

 

for the stock sub its a D2 so id get a 2 channel. and no you cant use the same amp to power speakers and the sub unless it has the channels to do so (such as 5 or 6 channel or possibly 4 or 3)

 

So what wattage AMP should I be looking at?

 

200w RMS the most

 

You get no help! Hahahaha i dont have the smarts for this

 

what do you mean everything else?

 

Power my speakers/head unit/sub

 

ya no you need separate channels at the very least

 

How's this one, just to power the stock sub?

I honestly don't even know what to look for in an Amp.

Rockford Fosgate Prime R250-1 Mono subwoofer amplifier — 250 watts RMS x 1 at 2 ohms at Crutchfield.com

 

while a good amp what you are going to want is a 2 channel amp. You will have to run the stock amp in series for a 4 ohm final load.

 

For the record I blew up a stock sub trying to do what you are. I powered it with a Rockford Fosgate amp rated for 175 RMS, Dual channel, Each sub coil had its own amp output. Blew it up within a month.

 

you should never run a sub on different channels per coil

 

Yeah, I had done that just for the lolz, I already had a new 10" sub and new amp lined up so just threw together what I had for fun.

 

Think you could help point me in the right direction of an amp?

 

Arc Audio KS 125.2BX2 Mini

Rockford Fosgate Punch P200-2 2-channel car amplifier 50 watts RMS x 2 at Crutchfield.com

Rockford Fosgate Punch 225.2 Car Amplifier | eBay

 

$200 is pretty high for my price range. I was thinking around $100

But now I at least know what you mean. at max 250 watt at 2 ohms, with 2 channels

 

thats why i posted the last one. first two are pretty pricy. but 250w at 4 ohms with 2 channels