There's little likelihood of that happening. There just isn't room inside the empeg to add all the circuitry and power supply electronics required for internal amplification, and even if there were, they would be opening up a big can of worms. How many watts? How many channels? You couldn't please everybody. The empeg is a high end system - it would appear to be a very high end sustem - and most people who are contemplating spending $2000 -- $3000 on a car stereo are already committed to amplifiers and high quality speakers and crossovers etc.

As to where to put the amplifier--- most amplifiers in the 50--200 watt range are reasonably compact - in the neighborhood of 10" by 6" by 2" (LWH) and will fit quite nicely underneath the passenger seat. As long as you're not trying to drive big boxes full of subwoofers, they won't generate too much heat for safety.

You will have to deal with the wiring situation - for that, I recommend a professional stereo shop. After all, you're spending $1500--$2000 for the empeg - what's another $100 or so to have the job done neatly, safely, and quicker and better than you could do it yourself?

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