Hifonics BX1605D vs Kicker KX1200.1

[Jesse_Ruth]

I have one kicker 12" L5 with dual 2 ohm voice coils. I was just wondering what you thought the better amp would be. I can get them for about the same price, with the Kicker being about 50 bucks more. I just want a amp i could put in an other 12 l5 into and get enought power to both of them.

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[ctmike 10+ year member]

kicker definately. hifonics is a decent budget amp, but the kicker amp is alot better build quality. and it'll put out more power than the hifonics. i have the same kicker amp and the birhtsheet that came with mine says 1495w @ 14.4v.

 

[linvillegorge 10+ year member]

Is that Kicker stable at 1/2 ohm? I know the HiFonics isn't. The reason I ask is that if you go with a pair of dual 2 ohms, you're going to be looking at 1/2 ohm or 8 ohms. You'd be better off either running your current sub alone, or selling it and getting a pair of dual 4s.

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

The reason I ask is that if you go with a pair of dual 2 ohms, you're going to be looking at 1/2 ohm or 8 ohms. .

Get your impedances straight man

a pair of D2's

.5 ohm

or

2 ohm

a pair D4's

1 ohm

or

4 ohm

I suggest reading some bcae1.com

and if you don't know, don't post

CT

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

kicker for sure man, any day of th week

 

[Jesse_Ruth]

thanks guys, i will probably go with the kicker.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

Get your impedances straight man

a pair of D2's

.5 ohm

or

2 ohm

a pair D4's

1 ohm

or

4 ohm

I suggest reading some bcae1.com

and if you don't know, don't post

CT

ahhhh nothing like a fresh glass of the truth

 

[linvillegorge 10+ year member]

Get your impedances straight man

a pair of D2's

.5 ohm

or

2 ohm

a pair D4's

1 ohm

or

4 ohm

I suggest reading some bcae1.com

and if you don't know, don't post

CT

You're right. Sorry, that post was pretty much the last thing to I did before I went to sleep last night, I think I was already about half way there. My point was that neither amp is going to handle a 1/2 ohm load and neither will put out enough power at 2 ohms.

 

[Jesse_Ruth]

My thought was i could get an other l5 with dual 4's and set the dual 2 as a 4 ohm load and the d4 as a 2 ohm load and wire them in series, to get a 1.333 ohm load, not getting the full power of a 1 ohm load, but close enough to power two l5's

 

[adam007 10+ year member]

My thought was i could get an other l5 with dual 4's and set the dual 2 as a 4 ohm load and the d4 as a 2 ohm load and wire them in series, to get a 1.333 ohm load, not getting the full power of a 1 ohm load, but close enough to power two l5's

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Kicker

 

[andy1234 10+ year member]

My thought was i could get an other l5 with dual 4's and set the dual 2 as a 4 ohm load and the d4 as a 2 ohm load and wire them in series, to get a 1.333 ohm load, not getting the full power of a 1 ohm load, but close enough to power two l5's

ummmm the one wired to 2 ohm will be hogging most of the power from the other one from the independence differences and the whole set up would end up sounding like shit

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

kicker for sure, i had problems with my bx 1605 getting too hot and going into protect because it could barely handle a 1.3 ohm load (amp is 1 ohm stable....)

 

[questionaire 10+ year member]

kicker for sure, i had problems with my bx 1605 getting too hot and going into protect because it could barely handle a 1.3 ohm load (amp is 1 ohm stable....)

Why would it not run cooler at 1.3 since it is closer to 2?

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

good question, but it was effing hot after about 30 seconds at dbdrags, got fed up with it, so i got rid of it

it worked...but just went into protect a lot