Quality Amp Low budget
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 17 Registered: Dec-07 | i have two 12' Alpine type R woofers that are dual coil 4ohm does anyone know of a quality amp i could get to buy them? i found a Infinity Reference 1600a but i wasnt sure if its the proper amp for my subs and if it Infinity makes good amps, thank you in advance |
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Bronze Member Username: Tpa954Hollywood, Florida U.S.A Post Number: 85 Registered: Nov-07 | How much money do you want to spend ??? |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1159 Registered: Sep-07 | how many post are u gonna make about this, u need more than 150-200 bucks,the cheapest you are gonna do for atleast 1000 watts @ 1 ohm is the hifonics |
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Gold Member Username: 420alldaylongPost Number: 3057 Registered: Sep-06 | You need a amp that is 1ohm stable. What is your budget for amp? |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1162 Registered: Sep-07 | he told me 150-200 bucks,them subs could use a lil more than 1000 watts tho |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 18 Registered: Dec-07 | well i found an infinity and a few others but i dont kno the exact specs im gonna need 4 my amp and i was also wondering about the quality of these amps i found that i think are good enough to power my amp but i am open to suggestions i found an Infinity 1600a, Phoniex Gold V1502, AUDIOBAHN A8001DT, MTX Thunder 8302, and Pioneer PRS-D1100M |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5621 Registered: Feb-06 | spend more for a better amp. |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 19 Registered: Dec-07 | like how much? |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 20 Registered: Dec-07 | and i started a new thread on this because i didn know to before so i though tthat you could jus ask questions on a thread that's topic was along the same lines as yours and people had a problem with it so that is what im asking again |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1166 Registered: Sep-07 | well a ed nine.1 could work then but about 350 bucks ,i was just saying the hifonice cuz thats the cheapest amp u are gonna find that is better than kenwood for around 200 bucks http://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=44 |
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Gold Member Username: JuliobSanto DomingoDominican Re... Post Number: 5093 Registered: Dec-05 | lanzr vibe 1200d is your best choice for 170$ brand new. 1007w rms at 1 ohm @12V |
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Silver Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 994 Registered: Mar-05 | Heres an MTX that will 1500 @ 1 ohm. like $270 shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-MTX-Thunder-1500W-RMS-Mono-Block-Class-D-Ampl ifier_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38638QQihZ001QQitemZ110208653805QQrdZ1QQsspagen ameZWDVW |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 21 Registered: Dec-07 | but if my subs are 4ohm and outputting 500watts rms dont i only need an amp minimun 1000watts that outputs around 500 watts rms at 2ohm? like im new wit this stuff so i bought the type Rs cuz i wanted good subs and my friends reccomeded them, i went on that crutchfield online w.e n the crutchfield rep told me since i have two type Rs 4ohm i need a amp that outputs 500 watts 2ohm? was he right or do i need more power than that? |
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Silver Member Username: SomedonniedudeIllinois United States Post Number: 628 Registered: May-07 | He's saying about 500w to each sub @ 2 ohms, but you only need 1 amp (more efficient power and price wise). Since you put both subs together, that would wire down to 1 ohm, so therefore you will need atleast 1000w @ 1 ohm. 1500 watts would be ideal for those subs, but its pointless if you cars electrical cannot keep up with them, so I'd aim for about 1000-1200wrms at most. What kind of vehicle do you have? |
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Gold Member Username: Skibum12189Cleveland Post Number: 2285 Registered: Mar-06 | wait a month and get a audioque aq1200d for 239 shipped quality 1200 rms... honestly, i wasn't happy with my hifonics. i had a 1206d on my first sub and it really wasn't worth the money i paid. Or hold out for a b-stock nine.1 or search for a used nine.1, they're practically givin em away these days and i absolutely love mine. |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 22 Registered: Dec-07 | i have a 2000 nissan pathfinder, see the crutchfield dude didnt explain any of that stuff 2 me which is why i came on here, Cal Payne where would i be able to buy any of those amps ur talking about? |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 23 Registered: Dec-07 | would an Audiobahn A12001DT be any good for me? |
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Silver Member Username: SomedonniedudeIllinois United States Post Number: 638 Registered: May-07 | You could get a aq like cal said or a nine.1, they are good from everything I've ever heard. A month back or so there was a bunch of kicker kx1200.1 refurbs for less than $200 shipped. Don't know about the bahn amp, but alot of people dont like them, I would save a bit more and buy something better. Shoot kevin from low-hz.com an email about a sundown sae-1000D. |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1009 Registered: Mar-05 | Here's a used ED nine.1 on ebay for $235 shipped. plus he guarentees not DOA and a full refund if it is. http://cgi.ebay.com/Elemental-Designs-Nine-1_W0QQitemZ200188061139QQihZ010QQcate goryZ39732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 24 Registered: Dec-07 | does elemental designs make quality amps? sorry if its a dumb question i just haven't heard about them before |
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Gold Member Username: JuliobSanto DomingoDominican Re... Post Number: 5094 Registered: Dec-05 | they're good. |
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Bronze Member Username: SqcheapGrand rapids, Michigan Usa Post Number: 98 Registered: Jul-07 | If you don't have the cash just hunt up a used on ebay for 1/3 of new or so. |
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Silver Member Username: SomedonniedudeIllinois United States Post Number: 649 Registered: May-07 | Check this out, tell us what you think. http://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?products_id=372 |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 26 Registered: Dec-07 | ive been looking at all the suggestions u guys have been throwin my way and i really like these e.d. amps so i kno ill just have 2 up my budget a bit, i think im gunna go with the Nine.1 unless anyone has anything bad 2 say about them? |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5636 Registered: Feb-06 | ed makes solid amps. not top of the line, but very good budget amps, better than the ones you have been previously looked at. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5080 Registered: Jul-06 | I would definety NOT spend $250 for an ED what you can get much better amp for $257 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150191168720&Category=64570&_ trksid=p3907.m29 |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5637 Registered: Feb-06 | true that kicker is better than ed, but he has dual 4ohm subs and that amp does rated at 2ohm. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5090 Registered: Jul-06 | Oops my bad http://cgi.ebay.com/KX1200-1-BRAND-NEW-WITH-CAPS-RETAIL-BOXED-NEW-KICKER_W0QQite mZ300185875631QQihZ020QQcategoryZ64570QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5641 Registered: Feb-06 | now that's a nice amp^, wish i wouldn't have sold all of mine. |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1236 Registered: Sep-07 | ed has a good warranty,so no probs |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1026 Registered: Mar-05 | From what I've heard thats a swell amp it's also like $130 more than the E.D. which dismisses the budget part of this thread. |
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Gold Member Username: •cam•BC Canada Post Number: 1474 Registered: Nov-06 | http://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?products_id=372" B-STOCK NINe.1 = $250!!!!!!! Not that I disagree, as I have no real idea, but I would like to see proof that the eD is not on the same level as the KX1200.1. |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 27 Registered: Dec-07 | so the ed amp is just as good as the mtx? cuz i found another one of those mtx's on ebay brand new for $260 Shipped http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT%26item%3D 160194701067&_trksid=p3984.cWAT.m240.lVI i mean if quality is the issue do u guys think i should narrow it down to the nine1 and that mtx ^ and which one should i go with if i can get the mtx for 10 dollars more |
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Gold Member Username: JuliobSanto DomingoDominican Re... Post Number: 5095 Registered: Dec-05 | is superior than MTX in general |
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Silver Member Username: SqcheapGrand rapids, Michigan Usa Post Number: 102 Registered: Jul-07 | I got my kicker on ubid much cheaper than ebay was, but looks like the kickers are all bid up right now. It took me a while to get mine. Not to toss another log on, but some people really like pheonix gold amps too but I know nothing about them. Others say soundstreams are great budget amps...some do not agree with that. My kicker works good, techs say they are well built for the price range. They seem a lot like maxxsonics to me (like a hifonics). I'll get to look at a big planet audio here shortly and see how it is built. A used one went for 265 shipped think it was, it is 2400rms. I did look at a memphis class D the other day and they do have really good quality components inside like metal copacitors and all top brand transistors like IR. There are a couple used on ebay right now. I buy most of my amps used seems like a better deal to me I can get quality cheap that way. |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 28 Registered: Dec-07 | but how long do your amps last for you when u buy them used? |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5096 Registered: Jul-06 | MTX is crap..... ED over them any day. And ED is not even anything special. |
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Silver Member Username: SqcheapGrand rapids, Michigan Usa Post Number: 103 Registered: Jul-07 | I have only ever had a couple amps go bad on me in over 20yr of running them. Then again I am not stuffing 1Kw or more into subs either, and I install for good cooling. In fact the kicker I have now is one of the few amps I have bought new in my life and I have maybe...well a lot of amps here and have had many more. I got some cheap amps from a retail lot and most all of them were user inflicted or manufacturing defects that did not work. Very few actually had blown components inside. However, people push low ohm loads now and it is hard on them. I mean as low or lower than recommended, and run them hard. I only listen to music and don't keep it dialed for that long at a time. If the amp gets warm I put a fan on it. |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 30 Registered: Dec-07 | so the nine.1 is a better choice than the mtx 81001? |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5103 Registered: Jul-06 | quality wise yes |
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Gold Member Username: 04redmach1Lagrange, GA USA Post Number: 1563 Registered: Mar-06 | I can sling you a deal on a Sundown Audio SAE-1000D or RD 1000.1. Shoot me an email. Kevin lowhz01@yahoo.com |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5111 Registered: Jul-06 | ^^^^ There ya go. I'd take either or those amps over a nine.1 any day. |
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Bronze Member Username: AudiosaabPotomac, MD Post Number: 74 Registered: Nov-07 | i just got in 2 alpine type R 40hm's as well and am going with a hifonics brutus 1606D mono amp and its going for around $230 or so |
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Gold Member Username: 04redmach1Lagrange, GA USA Post Number: 1564 Registered: Mar-06 | You also get a 2 year warranty  Kevin |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 31 Registered: Dec-07 | what is the difference between those two sundown amps? |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 32 Registered: Dec-07 | oh and "][P ][ ][\/][ ][P" how does your system sound with the hifinoics? |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5653 Registered: Feb-06 | get the sundown sae 1000d. |
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Bronze Member Username: Buccaneersfan80Post Number: 33 Registered: Dec-07 | is that around my budget tho? cuz im only lookin to spend around 250 260 max? |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5656 Registered: Feb-06 | a little more, they go for $300 shipped. it'll be well worth it. or you could just go really cheap like you seem to want to do, and not get an amp of the quality of the sundown. for me though, it'd be an easy choice. get the sundown. |
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New member Username: OreosTallahassee, Florida USA Post Number: 8 Registered: Jan-08 | I would buy 2 kicker zx750.1 because those are 4ohm dvc subs then wire them at 2 ohm .On ebay those amps are 165 plus shipping so about $400.that will make you very happy. |
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Silver Member Username: Drant19DUB-C, TX Post Number: 211 Registered: Aug-07 | why would he get 2 amps that combined would be out of his price range when he can get 1 amp in price range? |
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Bronze Member Username: OreosTallahassee, Florida USA Post Number: 25 Registered: Jan-08 | Because i wont advise people to buy bad amps for bang for the buck and still have quailty with THOSE OHM DVC thats the only thing i recommend if i were him id buy one first then on one sub then ad a second when he can afford THOSE ARE MONO AMP SUBS |
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Silver Member Username: Drant19DUB-C, TX Post Number: 214 Registered: Aug-07 | you can wire 2 subs to 1 terminal!!! its called wiring in series and parallel! dont recommend anything if you dont know what your talking about! |
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Bronze Member Username: OreosTallahassee, Florida USA Post Number: 28 Registered: Jan-08 | OK let him go buy that sundown peice of pooh you buddys selling you get what you pay for buddy and im an installer i know what im talking about id rather have to nice amps rather than one big piece of pooh |
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Bronze Member Username: OreosTallahassee, Florida USA Post Number: 30 Registered: Jan-08 | then he can join cal payne and his hyfonics disaster dont listen to this guy he will have your system sounding like a tin can |
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Silver Member Username: Drant19DUB-C, TX Post Number: 217 Registered: Aug-07 | ^^^LMAO sundown piece of pooh????? wow ok now i know you dont know what the h3ll your talking about... sundown amps are high quality and very efficient amps. your an idiot! and your an installer??? i wouldnt let you install my floor mats... |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1190 Registered: Mar-05 | I think he words at Circuit City.. ehhh.. Sundown is quality stuff. End of story. NINe.1 is still a viable option. |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1191 Registered: Mar-05 | works.. not words.** |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1200 Registered: Mar-05 | Scratch the Circuit City info. I was thinking of someone else. |
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Silver Member Username: SqcheapGrand rapids, Michigan Usa Post Number: 131 Registered: Jul-07 | I just bought an alpine 500wrms mono class d the other day for <$60, it works fine little rough on the edges is all nothing major. See what this one goes for 110215495388. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5635 Registered: Jul-06 | " wow ok now i know you dont know what the h3ll your talking about... sundown amps are high quality and very efficient amps. your an idiot! and your an installer??? i wouldnt let you install my floor mats... " x1000 this guy is tool........ |
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