AQ 2200d vs. powerbass xa3000d?

[kowboy 10+ year member]

I'm looking to buy one of these. Which one do you guys think would put out the most power? Cleanest? Most reliable? Is the powerbass over/under rated? Is the AQ underrated enough to get me close to 3000 watts at 1 ohm? I've got a 270 amp alt and two big treo ssx100b batteries... What do you guys think? For the record, the PB is about $125 more (they're both used). I want to push a crossfire xsv2 15 (rated at 2500rms)...

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[Spldecendant 10+ year member]

Powerbass is junk go with the aq anyday

 

[av83 10+ year member]

I'm looking to buy one of these. Which one do you guys think would put out the most power? Cleanest? Most reliable? Is the powerbass over/under rated? Is the AQ underrated enough to get me close to 3000 watts at 1 ohm? I've got a 270 amp alt and two big treo ssx100b batteries... What do you guys think? For the record, the PB is about $125 more (they're both used). I want to push a crossfire xsv2 15 (rated at 2500rms)...

That pb looks beefier in the gut pics, but I doubt its worth another 125 compared to the aq. Plus the aq's seem to make a lot of people happy.

 

[quackhead 10+ year member]

I'm looking to buy one of these. Which one do you guys think would put out the most power? Cleanest? Most reliable? Is the powerbass over/under rated? Is the AQ underrated enough to get me close to 3000 watts at 1 ohm? I've got a 270 amp alt and two big treo ssx100b batteries... What do you guys think? For the record, the PB is about $125 more (they're both used). I want to push a crossfire xsv2 15 (rated at 2500rms)...

LOL, the Powerbass is built like a tank and will outperform the AQ any day of the week down to a stupid low impedance. They do not make many like that anymore. And I own the AQ2200D, and I can say it is a good, reliable amp..... but it will not hang with the XA3kD.

 

[kowboy 10+ year member]

Dang... Now I'm torn, lol!

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

LOL, the Powerbass is built like a tank and will outperform the AQ any day of the week down to a stupid low impedance. They do not make many like that anymore. And I own the AQ2200D, and I can say it is a good, reliable amp..... but it will not hang with the XA3kD.

yea idk what the other guy was talking about saying "powerbass is junk". he is out of his mind

 

[kowboy 10+ year member]

yea idk what the other guy was talking about saying "powerbass is junk". he is out of his mind

That's good to hear... I may just do the PB. Definitely more power than the AQ, huh?

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

ive seen wayy to many powerbass go poof wouldnt touch one ask @catman;

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

[quote name='NASTY08IMPALA']ive seen wayy to many powerbass go poof wouldnt touch one ask @catman;[/QUOTE]

Not tryna start a argument or nothing but didnt he say it was checked and had something wrong inside of it like a bad repair from prev owner or spmething like that? he told me something like that on facebook.

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

no he had it fixed 3 times ..and every one i see is either just been repaired or is blown ...ive seen way too many just in the past year..i wouldnt touch one with a 10 ft pole...

 

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hell there was 6 local 3 blown n 3 just repaired in last 6 months

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

yeah.. PB makes me feel leery. similar to hifonics newer stuff. just not for me.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

quality over quantity (watts)

 

[bgowdy 5,000+ posts]

Well i mean even with those people having problems i wont just say its junk one of my friends had 2 xa3k's he had been running for a year and never had a problem out of them. But yea no amps the same for anyone. I would still try them but thats IMO tho

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

powerbass makes good stuff.. for the extra 125 1kw more is a good deal..

 

[Julian 10+ year member]

You won't hear a very noticable differnce between 2200 and 3000 watts.. It may sound slightly different but it will not extremly noticable. In order to gain 3 dB you must atleast double your power. It will however show on the termlab.