best amp that draws little power

[gmann42 10+ year member]

im looking for a mono amp that puts out around 1000-1200rms at 2 ohms and uses little power. i dont want an amp that draws alot of power

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[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Just look for one with a flux capacitor //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Efficiency is what you want //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

Budget? used/new?

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

I hate to say this....jl 1200hd

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

Cadence ZRS-C65 1200rms @ 2ohms BNIB | eBay

amazing amp

 

[maljr1980 10+ year member]

Alpine PDX m12, 1200 rms at 2 or 4 ohms. I'm running 2 of them and a PDX f4, I have a big 3 and optima blue under the hood and a kinetic in the back and I don't drop below 13.8 with a stock alternator

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

MMats m1000.2d

MMATS Professional Audio ::: Products ::: Class D Amplifiers

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[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Amp designs like the Alpine PDX, and the JL Slash series, that put out the same power in a range of impedances, is inherently inefficient. This is because their power supplies are tightly regulated. Even Manville Smith of JL Audio has said that efficiency was sacrificed for SQ/performance.

Barring the use of one of the tightly regulated amps like mentioned above, efficiency isn't going to change much (with a few exceptions). Most amps on the market, including Class D's and A/B's, are going to be about 80% efficient at full tilt. Amps = watts/volts. Multiply this by 1.2 to find the approx maximum continuous power the amp you chose will draw.

There really is no such thing as a 1000-1200 watt amplifier that 'wont draw much current'. I guess its a matter of perspective, but somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 amps of current draw is a significant amount in my book. It usually requires at least some sort of work on the charging system to accommodate properly.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

MMats m1000.2d
MMATS Professional Audio ::: Products ::: Class D Amplifiers

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beat me to it.

 

[maljr1980 10+ year member]

Amp designs like the Alpine PDX, and the JL Slash series, that put out the same power in a range of impedances, is inherently inefficient. This is because their power supplies are tightly regulated. Even Manville Smith of JL Audio has said that efficiency was sacrificed for SQ/performance.
Barring the use of one of the tightly regulated amps like mentioned above, efficiency isn't going to change much (with a few exceptions). Most amps on the market, including Class D's and A/B's, are going to be about 80% efficient at full tilt. Amps = watts/volts. Multiply this by 1.2 to find the approx maximum continuous power the amp you chose will draw.

There really is no such thing as a 1000-1200 watt amplifier that 'wont draw much current'. I guess its a matter of perspective, but somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 amps of current draw is a significant amount in my book. It usually requires at least some sort of work on the charging system to accommodate properly.

really? last year i ran a hifonics brutus 2010d(rms 2000@ 1 ohm) which is over rated, it ran off 1/0 gauge power and ground, dimmed my lights, dropped my volts to 11.8 at idle on big bass hits, now i run 2 pdx m12's rms 1200@4 ohms birth at 1300+, run off of 4 gauge power, i have the same electrical as last year, no alternator upgrade yet, and i sit steadily at 13.8-14 volts with a legit +800 watt increase in power. i have to argue that the pdx amp is very efficient

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

really? last year i ran a hifonics brutus 2010d(rms 2000@ 1 ohm) which is over rated, it ran off 1/0 gauge power and ground, dimmed my lights, dropped my volts to 11.8 at idle on big bass hits, now i run 2 pdx m12's rms 1200@4 ohms birth at 1300+, run off of 4 gauge power, i have the same electrical as last year, no alternator upgrade yet, and i sit steadily at 13.8-14 volts with a legit +800 watt increase in power. i have to argue that the pdx amp is very efficient

80%-85% efficient. Pretty decent efficiency actually. I thought its design was similar to the JL Slash series, but obviously not.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

IMO it's not worth hunting for something that's 5% more efficient than something else and paying twice the price for it. The slight difference in efficiency between amp A and amp B isn't going to make a huge difference.