$165 > $406

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

Eclipse FTMFW
I had a CD4000 and it never gave me any problems.

They make good ****.

yea i LOVE my cd4000. its not the greatest looking HU but it does its job 110%. best headunit ive ever owned.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i've ran a full Eclipse system from head to amps not counting speakers and they do perform very well. before i got my ID amps i had 2 xa1000s one per sub and XA2000 for the mids and an Ea2000 for my horns. it sounded awesome. ya it is wierd that the ea's won't do nothing 2 ohms kinda *****. one reason the eclipse sounded better then the PDX could have to do with the ICE configuration of the power supply in it. as stated here in this CA&E article.

http://www.caraudiomag.com/testreports/0609_cae_eclipse_xa2000_amp/index.html

and if anyone is interested i do have my Eclipse's for sale i have 1 xa1000 1 xa2000 and 2 ea2000s.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

new eclipse amps are ugly

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i agree the new 2008 series is not exaclty perty in my book

 

[cf2004 10+ year member]

I have the Eclipse xa5000 5 channel amp. Its basicly the xa4000 and 1000 together in one unit. It kicks ass. I love the thing.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

just wanted to add that I have those RS180's as well and I love them

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

just wanted to add that I have those RS180's as well and I love them

Word, I can't see myself ever "upgrading" to anything else.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Most reviews Ive heard on the PDX line, that I trust, have been negative. So this doesn't surprise me. Too bad, they are one of the best looking amp lines out there.

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

Most reviews Ive heard on the PDX line, that I trust, have been negative. So this doesn't surprise me. Too bad, they are one of the best looking amp lines out there.

See caraudiomag did a review of the PDX-4.150 and it was pretty positive.

Regardless, I'm happy as hell I got this amp. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

See caraudiomag did a review of the PDX-4.150 and it was pretty positive.

Yeah, but doesn't Alpine advertise in the pages of that magazine? Too bad of a review = no advertising $$..... Non-biased review my ass!

Regardless, I'm happy as hell I got this amp. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I learned the same thing with my mids/highs. I tried a Rockford Fosgate Power 351s and didn't like it because it adds a little tone control to the tweeters (an old RF problem that still exists today); then I tried a Soundstream Reference 700s and it sounded better than the RF; but I settled with a Linear Power 1502IQ because it has a punchier mid-bass than the Soundstream. To all those who say an amp is just an amp, pfffft, I call BS!

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

To all those who say an amp is just an amp, pfffft, I call BS!

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

at least this year Eclipse decided to give their amps more power than previous years

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

I also run the Eclipse XA4000. One of my favorite 4 channel amps I have used. Solid clean power and super efficient too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Hard to find the 4000's floating around anymore so I would hold on to this one. I used to run the mono channel xa1000's and they are also nice if you don't need a whole lot of power. They only do about 480 @ 2 ohms if I remember correctly.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, but doesn't Alpine advertise in the pages of that magazine? Too bad of a review = no advertising $$..... Non-biased review my ass!


I learned the same thing with my mids/highs. I tried a Rockford Fosgate Power 351s and didn't like it because it adds a little tone control to the tweeters (an old RF problem that still exists today); then I tried a Soundstream Reference 700s and it sounded better than the RF; but I settled with a Linear Power 1502IQ because it has a punchier mid-bass than the Soundstream. To all those who say an amp is just an amp, pfffft, I call BS!

I dont think anyone educated in this field would say an amp is just an amp. But, a watt is just a watt.

 

[aaron772 10+ year member]

great thread its given me lots to consider before i buy a new amp.