Im building a cooler radio and I need help on figuring out what size amp I need. Does the amp have to match the wattage of the speakers or the speakers match the wattage of the amp.

I sall some good videos on youtube on how to but I seen this guy built one with a sub what kinda amp would I need if I was gonna put a small 8 inch sub with two kicker 6x9's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdvucG4NVYw

the post is not about the song in the video just the build.

i was reccomended a 300w amp when i was building my audio pipe i have 2 6x9 3way pioneer speakers in it, but i didnt put an amp bc i already had the pipe back on.
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I think it was big rich with the best I've seen

so you don't need an amp im guessing the amp cant be 2000 watts and your speakers be 200.

Partyinmycooler.com

Ive got a 300 rockford fosgate pushin 4 6 1/2 wet sounds

are the number of channels the amount of ports for speakers to hook up ie 2 channels only two speakers four channels four speakers?

You want the rms ratings on the amp and speakers to be similar, and want the gains set properly. Setup properly, equipment will last a loooooong time. If the radio has high voltage outputs a quality 200 watt amp is capable of making double or triple it's power rating, it just does it with horrible inefficiency. Loads of distortion and will draw way more current than it should. That isn't good for any of the equipment. Stick to quality equipment, try to match rms ratings, and set the gains properly (the gain is NOT a volume knob), and it will sound good and last a long time.

I wasn't going to use a radio... just a rca cord pluged into the amp to plug into my iphone so id just have an amp, speakers, battery, and rca aux cord. is that a horrible idea? this is where I got that idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkdqdJ-N2Yo

Lot's of people do it, but I'm not a fan of it. I much prefer to have a good source unit inline. Hooking an ipod straight to the amp makes it very hard to set it the way it's supposed to be set. It can be done right, but I've never seen one that someone else did set anywhere close to how it should be. Most I've seen they had like every damn knob on the amp turned all the way up and used the ipod to change volume. Gains should be set to match input voltage. It can be done right, but usually it's not.

I've got it all hooked up and it plays but only half of the song the lead voice doesn't show up or bass just background and acoustic whats the issue is it the amp or the fact that I just go straight from my iPhone into the amp?

Sounds like you have a crossover turned on. Set the cross over to off, or full range.

That or you're not making a solid connection, try a different cable if turning off the crossover isn't the fix.

What's a low pass cross over all I have is gain reverse polarity and speaker or rca. The only thing I ain't tried is to push the reverse polarity button

May not even have a crossover. I don't use pyle products. Reverse polarity shouldn't make much of a difference as long as both speakers are hooked up the same way. You don't really want it set in the reverse mode though.

Try a different cable (and different source if you can), if that don't fix it, it's probably just the amp.

The amps just to weak?

It's just junk. Probably don't work like it's supposed to.

But like I said, try a different cable and source. A broken/pinched cable or cable not making a solid connection can do some weird stuff with the signal. Do you have something else you can plug the cable into to see if the cable/phone is working properly?

That thing you have isn't really an amp either, I mean it is, but it's basically the little chip that comes inside of a radio, so you would have been just the same buying a junk pyle headunit. You're lucky if you're getting 10 watts per channel clean, even when it's working properly...

I tried my ol ladies phone to and wiggled the wires ima try a different amp from Walmart.

Just buy a name brand radio and be done with it. (kenwood, pioneer, jvc, sony, apline, etc, not dual, pyle, boss, etc.) The little amps you're looking at won't put out any more power and aren't likely to have a very long lifespan. For 70 bucks you can get a decent radio, that will last a long time, give you the option to listen to the radio, cd's, or plug your phone in. Step up your budget just a hair, and you can run the signal via bluetooth from your phone, and not have to take it out of a dry box all day. You can always add a decent amp to your radio down the line if you need it, but the products you're looking at aren't going to give you any more power than just a plain jane radio.

It was the amp I got a kicker in there now and it's loud as fuck now the radio and the amp were about the same prices

, went from can't understand it to TURN IT DOWN

Fuck ya bitches and hoes blue

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Damn.....that was a $500 cooler.

bet it wont tip over easy though

That yeti radio has to be the biggest waste of money I ever seen . Wow 500 dollar ice chest ,100 dollars worth of audio lol