amp brands that do over rated power

[macsdad 10+ year member]

There used to be plenty, not so much anymore.

 

[MXcarAudio]

honestly I don't know why a lot of companies just don't rate the amps as they are sundown knows for a fact thatthe 1500 does closer to 1900 so why not just call it a sundown 1800d that would make more sense

this i dont understand either, it will be easier to the consumer

 

[basswiigee]

kicker amps do more than rated...

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

amplifier companies have been using the 1k 1.5k 2k system for a while I wonder if there's some type of reason behind this

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

ols skool fosgate kicker and mtx

 

[mat3833 10+ year member]

new school kicker ZX amps do over rated. i had a ZX 750.1 that was "rated" for 750X1 at 2 ohms and did **** near that at 4 ohms and almost 1K at 2. judging an amp based on if it does over rated is insane. get an amp from a reputable company that is "rated" for the power you need. then you can set your gains to rated without concern if its going to clip

Matt

or you can just buy an Oscope and run whatever amp you want.

 

[basswiigee]

amplifier companies have been using the 1k 1.5k 2k system for a while I wonder if there's some type of reason behind this

they underrate to keep it consistant, no two amps run the same.. example saz1500 they can't call it a 1800 cuz one may do 1800 while the next only 1654 so they take the number that they know the amps will perform no matter what and shoot that out there...

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

they underrate to keep it consistant, no two amps run the same.. example saz1500 they can't call it a 1800 cuz one may do 1800 while the next only 1654 so they take the number that they know the amps will perform no matter what and shoot that out there...

it is possible that there is one saz out there that does 1600 but it would be way out of the ordinary,if 90 out of 100 of your amps do a certain number then thats the number that should be advertised

 

[basswiigee]

it is possible that there is one saz out there that does 1600 but it would be way out of the ordinary,if 90 out of 100 of your amps do a certain number then thats the number that should be advertised

but they want to have 100% that way they can guarantee their product.... and if they did that with the 90% the ones that got stuck with the 10% that didn't do rated would badger their company and it would be bad business....

 

[So Low iT Hz]

What brand rate their amps at 12vs?

There's quite a few, DD, O2 Audio, Stetsom, Soundigital to name a few. If I'm running 12V I'd rather know the amplifiers do well at low voltages rather than being 18V capable for example. Thats one reason I like for example, B2 amps, or IA 40.1s, DD M3a or DC 10k for low volt systems. If I had 16V banks I'd be quick to run an NS-1 or something like that. But if you know you cant hurt your amp at 9V it makes you feel good about running 12-13.8 V after drop

 

[Spl4200]

Some mtx amps are rated at 10v mine says itll put out 1300 rms at one ohm n its more like 1750 seen some at 2000...and ive seen them ran down to .7 ohms i love my amp and getting more