Cadence TXA-6004 is a Pretty Tough Cookie!

[dftnz7 10+ year member]

So anyways my not-so-audio-savvy brother and I decided to audition each other's subs, his being an RE SE 12 in 2 cubes ported tuned to 32 hz, and mine being an IDQ12v3 sealed in 1 cube. I made sure his was wired for 4 ohm by asking him, "This is wired for 4 ohm right?" and he said, "Yeah it's 4 ohm." So we proceeded to swap subs and enclosures for the weekend.

Long story short I was driving to St. Louis (4 hours) for a bachelor party Sat night and was cranking on it pretty hard when the amp went into thermal protect after maybe an hour and a half. (This happens sometimes anyways) So I flipped the switch for my fan and resumed jamming and everything was cool. The whole way home the next day with it up loud, and with all the other driving around I have done for work, etc. today and I had no other problems...

So tonight we go to swap them back and while I was waiting for him to get back to his place I was sitting in the garage having a beer and saw his RE box sitting there. So, being bored I opened it up and amongst his paper work I saw that the sub is in fact D4. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif I wanged the sub out of the box, and yes, it is wired for 2 ohms. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

After giving him a little grief about trying to smoke my amp, I guess I was a bit surprised that the ol' Cadence was so forgiving of a 2 ohm bridged load. Maybe most amps will do what this one did, but at any rate I guess I am just happy it didn't emit any magic smoke. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

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[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I was actually looking at that amp, but being the budget guy I am, I picked up a 1000rms Autotek............yes, the cheaper line street machine series for the same price as that amp.

Heard nothing but good things about those amps, but I do see a ton of them for sale for some reason.......not so much just your model amp, but a bunch of them. So that kinda stirred me away as well.

Glad to hear your amp didn't see that majic smoke.

 

[arizona 10+ year member]

Never tried running mine below 4 ohms bridged or not but I love it. Amps look so sexy when they are clean and visible....to bad mine is hidden away this time. Have a matching 3002 and 1000d in my room in their boxes.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Lots of amp for the money.

 

[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

Yes. I've always been overwhelmed with cadence's amps. Especially for the price.

 

[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

Even some of there subs and speakers are awesome