Audioque vs audiopipe

[mast240 10+ year member]

ight guys... as many of you know.. i'm building a beast.... 6 AQ 18's in a montero.... here's what i'm trying to figure out

i was originally trying to go all AQ... i was going to go with 2 AQ 3500d1's... and run about 9kw to the subs

after looking over prices, prices and more prices, here is my dilema

i can get the same amount of wattage out of audiopipe, for almost half the price... now, i know that they arent really comparable to the AQ'S... but with everything else i'm doing on this build, any money i can save helps... so here's the question:

those of you with experience with both amps, do you think i would notice a huge difference in the two amps? and if so, please elaborate on what... this build is going to be a ground pounder, but i'm also hoping to get around 160db's out of it... not sure if that would even be possible with the audiopipes, but i'm not sure (never run THAT much power with audiopipe)

any advice helps guys

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[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

should. just find a oscope so you have a clean signal coming out

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

also only thing is those ap's are 2 ohm stable where the aq's are 1 ohm

 

[ItsAJeepThing 10+ year member]

I would stick with AQ. I ran a few AP's and for the money there ok but I wasnt to impressed.

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

go with crescendo cheaper then audioque but also amazing quality

579 shipped for there 3500

Crescendo Audio :: Amplifers :: 3KWP Monoblock Amplifier

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Crescendo sex New Amp Pics - Car Audio Classifieds

pictures of them and prices

 

[Boomsday 10+ year member]

AP simple

 

[Davecubs14 10+ year member]

If you can get audiopipe for half the price, why not try them?

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

with that kind of power, unless you have a very good electrical to back it up i would run AQ. that AP will want to clip easily and if youre dropping into low 12's/high 11's you're just going to clip it even worse.

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

I o-scoped my ap1500 and it was super touchy when it came to clipping, I had to have it just right. I'd so go crescendo, xenon boards like sundown and half the price, I'll be doing a BC5500 when I get around to it.

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

go with crescendo cheaper then audioque but also amazing quality
579 shipped for there 3500

Crescendo Audio :: Amplifers :: 3KWP Monoblock Amplifier

call and order direct

Crescendo *** New Amp Pics - Car Audio Classifieds

pictures of them and prices

yea, i found these after i posted this... think i'll prolly go with them tho... about the best bang for the buck as far as i can tell

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

ap makes a 3500.1 guys 1ohm stable

 

[Boomsday 10+ year member]

ap makes a 3500.1 guys 1ohm stable

Yep thats what I thought he was talking about, then after a while i saw that most of the people thought he meant the 3ks

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

the ap3500.1 is discontinued... and with the amount of them i need, it would be really hard to get ahold of them

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Yeah I can't find any place that sells AP's elite series and the AQX-3500.1 is nowhere to be found. I wonder what happened? It is still displayed on their website.

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Looking at JBLCamry he had better luck with his AP3k's instead of the set of 3500.1s. He swapped out to those and one only lasted one show lol. Sure the Ap3k only clamped rougly 2490ish watts at 13.1 volts but cmon its $350.

Crescendo is very nice though.