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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 632960" data-attributes="member: 549629">So the Kicker was louder, at 750 watts than the Hifonics was at 1ohm (should be 1500 watts)? You are suggesting quite an overrated amount of watts there. You think a bx1500d doesn&#039;t even put out 750 watts, half what its rated for? Clearly there was another issue going on there besides a change of watts, because that&#039;s simply not possible. Even if Brutus were overrated, they are not overerated by 100%. That&#039;s ridiculous, and again makes me question your testing procedures.I did some brief research on the 1500d&#039;s again, found people mostly happy with the amp and satisfied its putting out at least close to its rated output. Here&#039;s a couple of the links you asked for.Here&#039;s some words from a short review:&quot;Hifonics Brutus BX1500D The brutus is a solid amp but it was benched and it does NOT do it&#039;s numbers. At 12.5v it only does 1000@1ohm. At 14.v it would come close to it&#039;s 1500@1ohm but not quite. At 2ohms it would do about 700-900 is the guess depending on voltage. Not bad and that is close to what I want but not quite.&quot;Here&#039;s a link to the test they are referring to:<a href="http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=038951;p=1" target="_blank">http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=038951;p=1</a>While the test does show the amp probably wont hit 1500 watts at 14.4, it did hit almost 1200 watts at 12.6v, which puts it around 1300-1350 for 14.4. While this isn&#039;t the rated 1500 watts, its far from the picture you paint.I can also provide links to other &#039;users&#039; like yourself who had different opinions on the amp, and what it is capable of, although never actually tested it to say actual watts, if you still think Im full of it. Here&#039;s an example.<a href="http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/showthread/t-219815.html" target="_blank">http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/showthread/t-219815.html</a>While I agree they aren&#039;t the best amp in the world, even the some of the worst reviews on the amps I read said they were still a good dollar to watt amp even if not putting out their full advertised specs. *shrug*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 632960, member: 549629"] So the Kicker was louder, at 750 watts than the Hifonics was at 1ohm (should be 1500 watts)? You are suggesting quite an overrated amount of watts there. You think a bx1500d doesn't even put out 750 watts, half what its rated for? Clearly there was another issue going on there besides a change of watts, because that's simply not possible. Even if Brutus were overrated, they are not overerated by 100%. That's ridiculous, and again makes me question your testing procedures. I did some brief research on the 1500d's again, found people mostly happy with the amp and satisfied its putting out at least close to its rated output. Here's a couple of the links you asked for. Here's some words from a short review: "Hifonics Brutus BX1500D The brutus is a solid amp but it was benched and it does NOT do it's numbers. At 12.5v it only does 1000@1ohm. At 14.v it would come close to it's 1500@1ohm but not quite. At 2ohms it would do about 700-900 is the guess depending on voltage. Not bad and that is close to what I want but not quite." Here's a link to the test they are referring to: [URL="http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=038951;p=1"]http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=038951;p=1[/URL] While the test does show the amp probably wont hit 1500 watts at 14.4, it did hit almost 1200 watts at 12.6v, which puts it around 1300-1350 for 14.4. While this isn't the rated 1500 watts, its far from the picture you paint. I can also provide links to other 'users' like yourself who had different opinions on the amp, and what it is capable of, although never actually tested it to say actual watts, if you still think Im full of it. Here's an example. [URL="http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/showthread/t-219815.html"]http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/showthread/t-219815.html[/URL] While I agree they aren't the best amp in the world, even the some of the worst reviews on the amps I read said they were still a good dollar to watt amp even if not putting out their full advertised specs. *shrug* [/QUOTE]

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