Hercules or 2500d?

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

im going up to a shop in a little bit to check out the hercules, i know the orion will do what it says but ive seen the brutus series in action and those were total garbage how close to the orion will the hercules be?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

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[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

gen xx amps are not entry level amps at all

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

yeah i should be checking it out in a lil over an hour may come how with it if i like it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

xx do their power and maybe a tad more and are quite solid on the durability side. all the old hifonics amps i see are from the gen series (old as in over 5 yrs old)

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

will the hifonics do .5 ohm daily?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

might ask them i know they used to have some gen 7 isis amps that were .25 ohm stable as to say "recomend" i dont think either company would lol

 

[Spkrman]

orion all day

the herc's are weak in comparison

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

orion all day
the herc's are weak in comparison

as a betting man i bet a strong electrical system would be needed? meaning dont get below 11-12 volt?

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

as a betting man i bet a strong electrical system would be needed? meaning dont get below 11-12 volt?

read my sig //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

yuh but i seen 2 orion 1200's go up in smoke on .7 coils pretty sure they had a good alt too (he had 2 yellow tops in the trunk). when you run it that hard all the time you have to be extra careful especially with the engine off. if mark does it alot listen to him but i wouldnt get too brave with it at a show screwing around lol

 

[Spkrman]

i've seen ALOT of amps smoke, doesn't mean they are bad amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

It varies alot.

The herc's, with my limited experience with em, are just plain ole weak. The 2500d's, on the other hand... wang //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

well i just need it to run at .5 for driveby i dont need to be hitting 150's while im just driving around lol

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

i've seen ALOT of amps smoke, doesn't mean they are bad amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
It varies alot.

The herc's, with my limited experience with em, are just plain ole weak. The 2500d's, on the other hand... wang //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

not saying any of them are bad but i bet voltage plays a role in them going poof like a magic dragon though lol. my lil soundstream very literially hates anything under 11.5 volts or so. on my old battery, pre big 3 it was literially starting to do the hum of death before i swapped out batteries and did the big three. oddly enough my rca open light quit flickering as well lol

 

[Spkrman]

well, low voltage is bad for any amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I dont think any 12v amp likes dropping to 9v on a burp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[JamesG 10+ year member]

Go with the DEI Orion....

Hifonics amps are great for people on tight budgets, but they are far from the Hifonics amps from 10 years ago. Go to eCoustics and ask Glass Wolf about them. He's seen actual bench tests in person on these newer Hifonics amps. That Brutus 1500w RMS mono amp does about 1000w RMS.