Amp on a 400 dollar budget.

[chrisjm_00 10+ year member]

To everyone who helped me with the problem i was having with the alpine amp, thanks. Best buy is sending me a refund, which means ill have just under 400 dollars to toy with for a new amp. Here is what im running. I have 1 alpine type R 12 inch, 4ohm DVC sub. I have no desire to add a second one, as one is plenty loud for me. So here is what im asking. What are some good amps in my budget that will put out around 500-600 RMS at 2ohms? I want as many of the goodies in the amp that i can get. Subsonic filter, LPF, crossovers, you know the usual. I dont care about bass boost though. I dont like to get loud and drown out the music, i just want to compliment it. so going insanely loud isnt somethin that i need. I want somethin that will be crisp, clear, and will give it 500 REAL watts. Any suggestions? Im not picky on the brand.

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[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

jl 500.1 kicker maybe, Id sugest autotek just cause I used them in the past with good success but their new amps ****, you can get a 500w rms amp for 200 EASY on ebay

 

[chrisjm_00 10+ year member]

any suggestions? i dont want to spend 200 bucks on ebay crap. cuz i know there are plenty of crap amps on ebay, just like there are plenty of outstanding amps on there. any brands off of ebay in particular i should stay away from/look into?

 

[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

of course JL or Kicker,maybe hifonics, anything but sony lol, I'd recomend the old autotek amps but they ain't a dime a dozon like the jl's and kickers will be(I like old autotek sue me, lol), honestly you know **** well what your looking for already, go shop

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2668

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a great buy also check out thezeb.com and millionbuy.com. millionbuy has some great deals going in now.

 

[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/3349

woot

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

Memphis 500D

MTX801D

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

USAmps IS 2200 will do you good + more. http://www.usamps.com and checkout the ratings.

 

[azzkikr 10+ year member]

I would search for a Kx600.1. Try http://www.cardomain.com and you can even find a factory refurb there maybe. It would be a great price and still be completely safe with a new kicker birthsheet. Also you could try the new Mtx TA5601 that has come out. It is supposed to be a good amp and I think http://www.sonicelectrionix.com has a great price on it.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

Hifonics BX1500

 

[impalafan95 10+ year member]

Id sugest autotek just cause I used them in the past with good success but their new amps ****

Have you used the new mean machine amps? They are some of the best amps out, you obviously don't know what your talking about.

 

[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

Have you used the new mean machine amps? They are some of the best amps out, you obviously don't know what your talking about.

I just don't like the look of the new stuff, the old mean machine and stealth amps looked better, never said it didn't work tho

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

the brand new autotek amps look better than the ones 2 years ago.

 

[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

the brand new autotek amps look better than the ones 2 years ago.

I don't think they do, I liked the old heavy monolithic look, the new style looks thin and cheap to me

 

[chrisjm_00 10+ year member]

so go with either kicker, JL, or autotek? what about memphis? and how are ED's amps?