Almost f*cked my new JL 500/1 up...

[yikes vR 10+ year member]

LOL:laugh: @ this thread:laugh:

reason way the amps sounds the same is cause their both putting out around the same amount of wtts

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

o ok.

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

i dont know shit when it comes to wiring and impendance. still confused but learning, my bad

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

i dont know shit when it comes to wiring and impendance. still confused but learning, my bad

The JL 500/1 has that RIPS regulated output power supply that all "/' series amps have. When it was tested by Brian Smith at Car Sound mag a few years back I believe that it benched at 730 something watts when it was shown a two ohm load. Just Google it and you will come up with the review.

Aaaa hell here it is, you can thank me later from saving your *** from a future car-beque!! www.carsound.com/reviews/amps/jl_5001.html

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

i just got this off of ebay for $300. hell of a deal, anyways. i was hooking up all the wires and wasnt paying attention to what i was doing and put the ground wire into the battery wire. talk about scared sh!tless. there was sparks and smoke coming out of the connector. i thought i blew it up or something. come to find out i just blew the fuse by my battery. anyways... i got everything wired CORRECTLY this time and my w3's sound great. i have them in a 3/4 custom made box. i cant tell the difference between this amp(500/1) and the memphis16-st1000d amp i had. they sound pretty close to the same in power. why is that?????

300 bucks for a 500w amp on Ebay is far from a hell of a deal........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[mikescanlon 10+ year member]

thats a deal for a 500/1... certainly not a deal for a 500 watt amp, he could have gotten a viper1200 for that much.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

weird...i'd expect those amps to have a decent protection circuitry for reverse voltage-should've just blown the fuses unscathed..

 

[takeabao 10+ year member]

weird...i'd expect those amps to have a decent protection circuitry for reverse voltage-should've just blown the fuses unscathed..

They do.

Let us not forget we're talking about a novice installer who clearly doesn't know a whole lot about wiring, impedance, disconnecting your battery when you're connecting an amplifier, etc.

Chances are, there was something else he was doing wrong to draw sparks.

 

[JLCivic 10+ year member]

This is the kind of post I think of when people tell others to NOT have things professionally installed.

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

know i knew what i was doing. i just wasnt paying attention to which wire i had. cuz the place that installed my first system put the same gauge and color for the ground and battery wire.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

know i knew what i was doing. i just wasnt paying attention to which wire i had. cuz the place that installed my first system put the same gauge and color for the ground and battery wire.

If you left the battery connected then you did not know what you were doing.

 

[qwerty778 10+ year member]

i cant tell the difference between this amp(500/1) and the memphis16-st1000d amp i had. they sound pretty close to the same in power. why is that?????

Amps don't really sound different unless you have really good ears. Some amps produce cleaner power, but most people cannot tell the difference between two amps with the same power ratings. It is especially difficult to tell the difference when the amp is powering speakers that only produce bass.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Amps don't really sound different unless you have really good ears. Some amps produce cleaner power, but most people cannot tell the difference between two amps with the same power ratings. It is especially difficult to tell the difference when the amp is powering speakers that only produce bass.

x2. Speakers produce the biggest change and/or equalizers.

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

well the bass is cleaner and my subs dont sound like there going to bottom out as they did with the other amp i had