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[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

Have you ever had a good or a bad experience with an amp and want to share about it?

tell your story here.

i was thinking about this, and thought people should post their opinions on amps in here!

we all research amps, but we want personal hand held review.

so ill lay down mine, and hope you all add!

Zapco ref 360.2

good:

small size, nice crossover, crisp sound,

would recommend. not heavily underated.

bad:

terminals are the lame Phillips head

hifonics zeus zxi60.4 + 1k

good:

it felt really solid, looked nice, put out the power.

does rated plus 5%-10%

bad:

lame plastic mounting terminals

it gets real hot

Memphis big belle

good: attractive.

built solid. sounded pretty well. does rated.

bad:

end caps are hard to find.

angled terminals arent the best.

to use all 5 channels you either have to use 1 rca for the sub amp,

or it will process the 4 channel rca signal and use that as the sub signal

MTX Thunder elite ta7804

good:

huge power house.. i wish i still had this amp, traded it for the zeus back when i was a noob.

stable down to 1ohm a channel. the bass changes the colors.

nice crossover.

felt solid,

bad:

big amp, terminals are dificult to use.

alpine mrp-f300

good:

small design, its sleek. nice styling.

bad:

endcaps are cheap.

barely does rated.

wouldnt reccomend.

audioque 1200d:

good: simple design, small size big power.

stable down to .5 ohm. minor voltage hog.

bad:

not much to say. could be a little more efficient.

us acoustics usx 600f

good:

low THD, built in fan. solid amp, ZED designed. sound is very clear

stable down to 1ohm per channel. easily a 800-1k amp.

bad:

not very efficient, class a/b, lack of a nice crossover.

rockford fosgate power elite t500-2

good: big power. this was one of RF's most under rated lines of amps. usually 35-55%..theyve stated it themselves. lots of power. solid amp.

bad:

voltage hog, common ground failing. covers frequently lost. doesnt sound that good on speakers, more for subs. overly punchy, and not very soft sounding.

DD m3a

good: puts out massive power. looks hot. nice layout,

not to big, built solid. stable down to bad:

nothing to say at this time.

mb quart ONYX 1500.1

good: puts out nearly rated. attractive, and simple. i liked the amp,

used it in a friends install.

cons: voltage hog. gets hot. plastic on it feels cheap. gets the job done though.

more amps will be added as i think of amps ive used. otherwise its your turn to write your opinions!

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[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

sd 8 and 12 k

good

lots of raw power does rated and alot more rated at 12 volts

small size ,light weight micro processor

bad

xover is cheap,should use a external x over or eq in front of the amp

1 power and ground input on the 8k and 2 on the 12k

warhorse

good

raw clean power very efficient

bad

too big, dont like the way you have to wire the subs,power hog not as nice as you would think

saz 4500

good nice looking amp ,very powerful,louder than my warhorse on the same set up,clean power

bad

nothing

power bass xta 5000

good nice looking amps , .5 stable,lots of power ,pretty efficient ,strappable to .7 ,warranty is great 1year free replacement if bought from powerbass or authorized dealer

bad

kind of big , built in china ,heavy

 

[Loudmp5 10+ year member]

im not going to mention alot lol, burnt lots of amps before i became educated...

yr 2000 hifonics amp idk which one 200x2 bad Ass amp nothing bad to say at all but this does not help anyone lol

Fosgate r500-1

Does rated ok lil amp all arounf

bad its big

Fosgate r1000-1

Does rated i ran @1ohm

cheap

bad NOTHING

Fosgate t1000.1

Does plus rated

stays cool im sure lots of ppl know about these

bad nothing i didnt like how it looked sold it..

Xtant a4004

Nice amp does a lil more than rated

Stays cool

Bad it is quite big for a 50x4@4 rms amp

 

[Mboyle1145 10+ year member]

AQ1200d

Good:

Doesnt get hot running .5 ohms and has a ton of power.

Bad:

Only thing i could say is the bass knob that it came with was broke when I got it.

T10001BD

Good:

Has a ton of power and never got warm.

Bad:

Draws alot of power.

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

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try to follow the layout, as well as being thorough and grammatically correct.

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

Rockford t1000cp the good lots of power very underrated easy on my electrical looks great

The bad just to expensive compared to amps with similar specs

Rockford t2000 the good lotttts of power sounds great

the bad not the best looking amp did more power at 2ohm current hog and had angled terminals

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

Ttt

 

[neo_styles 10+ year member]

Rockford P8004

The Good: Smexy with those chrome endcaps, does more than rated power

The Bad: Worst terminals for power and ground I've seen to date. Reminds me of Knu's compression fittings. Won't accept anything more than standard 4ga wire (not even 0ga-4ga reducers)

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

Kicker kx1200.1

Good- does over rated.. Stays cool at 1 ohm.. Fits 0 gauge .. All around nice amp

Bad- ugly as shitt ..weird imputs change sizes halfway in almost.. Weird

Rockford p1000.1bd

Good- does over rated..clean power.. Looks ****..stays cool

Bad- only complaint on this one is almost feels like cheap plastic and I hate the way the imputs are fitting 4 gauge is even a pain

More to come soon

 

[mahc 10+ year member]

JL Audio 500/1 Black

Good:

Sounds great

Runs cool

Bad:

Expensive

Not stable @ 1 ohm

Alpine MRV-F505 V12 Expert

Good:

Amazing SQ

Built like a tank

Underrated

Made in Japan

Lots of features

Bad:

Power hungry

Gets hot quickly

CDT Audio SQA-2130

Clean design

Cheap

Bad:

SQ is meh

Us Amps Ax-tu1000c

Good:

Shexy design

Ultra clean power

Bad:

Tubes have limited lifetime

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

jbl bp300.1/600.1/1200.1

my favorite series of amps of all time. does rated then some. hell i had the 1200 running at .5 for a year.

Power acoustik ps2-1600

pretty good amp for the money at the time, did around 900w. cons: big *** hell for 900w

audiopipe apsm-1300/1500

best amps for the money, does close to rated. cons: fans are loud, sq isnt great

swiss audio 1000w

shittiest amps ever made, bought in a group buy, 2 smoked on power up.

Ppi art 600.2

great sounding amp, beautiful case. cons: no xover, plugs ****, pricey now.

jbl gto 1201.1

great sounding amp, but not as strong as the older bp series. cons: imo terminals ****

legacy la series 1400w 2 ch

very distorted output and smoked after about 20 mins, it was free. dont buy one