Amp opinions, MTX or Audioque? Need tonight!

[Tomtom9401 10+ year member]

So I was looking online and noticed that i could get an MTX TA81001 for just about the same price as a Audioque1200d including shipping ect... My question is which amp would yall pick? I think the MTX looks a hell of a lot better plus it has 4 40 amp fuses where as the AQ1200d only has 3 40 amp fuses and the MTX is rated at more power. Audioque spec are 870 @ 2ohms and 1200 @ 1 ohm the MTX is 1000 @ 2 and 1500@ 1. I will be running it on 2 ohm load daily then if i decide to upgrade wire it to 1 ohm. Not knowing what sub i am running. What would yall pick as far as which one puts out rated power and lasts a good while? Thanks!

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i'm biased.

MTX

also, from my experiences MTX customer service is on point

 

[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

the MTX, both are underrated

cant go wrong with either choice

 

[atlninja82 10+ year member]

Audioque just because of the exceptional customer service. And audioque makes very solid amps. you cant go wrong with audioque.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

The MTX is more power for the money. They make solid amps; I say go for it.

 

[Tomtom9401 10+ year member]

I cant decide lol i think the MTX looks a helluva lot cooler than the audioque... But i was just looking around and one website said that the MTX amp only does like 500 watts at 2 ohms? Plus i just noticed the MTX is a refurb... i dont know it comes with a 90 day warranty. i dunno.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Tomtom9401 10+ year member]

Anyone heard of TMA amps?says they are made by JL audio?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

find an old school MTX. you'll love it forever //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

I have had the MTX 81001 and AQ 2200

Personally I say get the AQ 1200, the MTX I had always ran hot, and I know I wasn't clipping it or feeding it low voltage. And they aren't that efficient.

When I put my AQ 2200 in, thing ran cool, and my voltage never dropped below 13 @ idle, while the MTX was dropping to around 12.X~ at idle.