Active Amp

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

I need to save money for my audison LRX 5.1K amp. In the meantime I still want to be able to use my system, what would be a good budget amp for going active in the meantime? I am thinking about a cadance amp.

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[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

cadence is good budget. hifonics is always good budget. also cruch amps are decent for the price

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

do you need an amp with active capabilities? Or just a 4 channel amp. AQ 4ch will allow you to BP the mids as will the Sundown 4 channel.

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

budget and sundown NEVER go in the same sentance unless the sentance is, SUNDOWN is NOT a BUDGET amp.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

All the active stuff is going on in the head unit all the amp has to do is amplify the signal it is given.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

budget and sundown NEVER go in the same sentance unless the sentance is, SUNDOWN is NOT a BUDGET amp.

Compared to some brands Sundown isn't budget, but compared to brands like Zapco, Audison and Arc it is budget, lol.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

then I'd either buy something cheap since it's a temp amp, or get something decent with good resale value.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Compared to some brands Sundown isn't budget, but compared to brands like Zapco, Audison and Arc it is budget, lol.

Very true and I think that the audison is the way to go just the price of it lol I am going to have to wait a few months.

 

[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

What head unit are you running? I'm saving up for my 5.1k too lol. Just running my mids and tweets with a cheap US Amps XT1600.4 so I have some music (and to test tweeter locations). I have enough midbass to not worry about my lower end until I can afford the 5.1k.

I have another of those amps if you want it. I was going to go 3-way, but decided to stick with 2-way for now. $100 shipped an it's yours...

 

[vellocet 10+ year member]

Cadence is always good, knock a few bucks off what you paid for it and you can sell it Fast.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Hmm might be interested, I am either going to be running a pioneer 880prs, alpine 9887, or 7897. I prefer alpine but I have the 880 right now but I need an amp to see if it will give me any wining noise of any sort one reason I want to get an amp. Ya from what I have seen that audison amp is the way to go, going to be running ID tweeters and woofers and 12 inch IDQ sub.

 

[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

I think with the power you should run two subs. You'll have enough on tap...But other than that sounds good.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

LOL well it is in a honda civic not a suv and I am not a huge bass guy I love to hear everything.

 

[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

Yeah I've seen your build log. But the 5.1k has a lot of power on tap. I'm kinda in the same boat; I was going to run 1 15" IB, but decided to go with 2 12s just to make better use of the power. I've also considered the SRx5 and LRx6.9 because for IB you just don't need a lot of power for the subs, but the 5.1k has the most power for the mids, so I'll just dial back the gains. Let me know if you want that XT amp...

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

LOL I will man ya I just want my car to be nice even though I will be buying a 370z in the spring or a 350z have not decided but I will still keep my civic.