Putting in new system have questions regarding amp sizes

I am looking to install 2 sets of Alpine SPX17 Pro in my vehicle. I'll be pushing them with Alpine PDX Amps. The SPX17 has a peak power rating of 300watts and a RMS rating of 100watts. What is the max size amp that I can use to run these. I want to have a good even sound throughout. I am slso putting 2 Alpine 10" SWX 1043 with a rating of 3000 watts peak and 1000 watt RMS. I was debating whether to do a PDX mono 1.1000 amp for each sub. Im looking for a deep clear bass.

I guess my questions are these.

1-What is the max size amp that I can push the SPX17 Pro's?
2- If I put dual 1000 watt amp to push the subs, will the bass dominate the sound spectrum?
3-Is the sound from a 10" deeper than that of a 12" speaker, What are the differences in the sizes.

1. Put the equal amount of power for the RMS to your SPX17. If its 100w RMS, amp it for 100w RMS.

2. Depends, how many door,dash,and tweets are you looking at putting in?

3. The sound of a 10" is a little more "Rock/clear" sounding than a 12". A 12 is a happy medium between Clear, and sloppy bass. But since your putting 1000watts RMS to them, a 10" and a 12" would probably sound the same. One would just move more air and possible have a higher SPL level than the other.

1) You can put a 1000Wrms amp to them if you want. Just don't turn it all the way up. Make sure you get something that can push at least 200Wrms and is stable at whatever impedance you're going to hook the subs up to.

2) Most likely it will dominate but it depends on other factors (see above post). But most people want the bass to dominate the entire spectrum.

3) This isn't a clear cut answer. It really depends on the driver and enclosure more than the sub size. If you take the "same" driver but one is 12" and the other is 10" then the 12" will be deeper. This is because it is able to move a large slug of air than the 10" sub. You should be more concerned w/ picking the driver and designing the enclosure than diameter. You can design a 10" sub to be louder and deeper than a 12" sub. Also, how clean the sound is depends more on the enclosure than the diameter. A "one size fits all box" is going to sound like ****. You need to design it for the specific sub and application.

1) I'm guessing those are normal door speakers and such so i'm guessing you'll want no more 100 watts to each speaker.

2) how much power the sub takes doesn't always mean how loud its going to be, seeing how your getting aftermarket speakers along with subs and powering them with an amp, theres really no telling weather or not they'll dominate the rest of spectrum especially if you don't have a decent enclosure the for subs.

3) basically what pwrrngr said. also, a 10" can go much deeper then a 12" if the enclosure is built for the woofer. you can go with a less "powerful" sub and make it louder and deeper then a "high power" sub, just by the enclosure alone. don't think that more power means more sound, common misconception.