$165 > $406

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

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

They make good shit.

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 sucks. 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 ***. 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 ***!

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 ***!


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.