I agree, MTX is not bad at all for your budget. You can keep and eye out for an amp/speaker combo, or you can figure out what you need and try to get a better deal. I have 2x10's and a 500 Watt amp that is mounted to the speaker cab. I paid like $600.00 for the combo about 8 years ago and I have never had a problem with it.. I have had it in 3 diffrent cars now, I had it connected to my system in my old focus that had a very expensive set up and I had it connected to my stock stereo in my Explorer. It adds some nice bass to my entire system no matter what the quality of the head unit is.