I just blew my amp, and now need a new one.

[evanhurford 10+ year member]

I Just Blew my memphis 4k and am tired of fixing so I just want to get something smaller that will do around 2000 rms to push my Cascade-designs omega.

Budget $500

Ideas?

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[lambo37 10+ year member]

audioque 2200d..

 

[ChanzSafari 10+ year member]

Sorry to thread jack, but i was looking into picking up the memphis mojo 4k amps this summer, but you said you have had problems. Any details ?

 

[evanhurford 10+ year member]

Ok, I don't have an HO alt, but I have for batteries.

The sub is wired at 2 ohms and the gains are set less than half.

I was just driving around and with the radio half cranked, then the volts dropped bad and started to smell so I stopped, unhooled everything and a little smok was coming out of the sub

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

With a budget around $500 and an Omega, I'd probably look into the Crunch GP3000D-PRO. If you wanna go used, there's probably a few more options as well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif.

 

[ChanzSafari 10+ year member]

Alright, guess i will still be picking some up. thanks

 

[ChanzSafari 10+ year member]

Alright, guess i will still be picking some up. thanks

 

[aworldcollision 10+ year member]

Ok, I don't have an HO alt, but I have for batteries.The sub is wired at 2 ohms and the gains are set less than half.

I was just driving around and with the radio half cranked, then the volts dropped bad and started to smell so I stopped, unhooled everything and a little smok was coming out of the sub

smoke was coming out of the sub...and you think the amp blew?

perhaps a decent supply of power...or you'll be back at it.

 

[itssteve 10+ year member]

yeah ive seen that before i did an install and the guy didnt have an alt and only had one kinetic 2400 he smoked the amp in 20 mins it was deff a funny day cause he wouldnt listen to anyone

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

When your spending that much, I'd just save a bit more and pick up a used sundown 3kd

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Sorry to thread jack, but i was looking into picking up the memphis mojo 4k amps this summer, but you said you have had problems. Any details ?

Low voltage will be the death of any power amplifier but the Memphis MOJO 4kw also has a weakness with its transistors. Memphis DOES NOT support their circuit boards enough and as a result, the transistors vibrate loose over time causing problems. Until Memphis car audio addresses the transistor problem, I have scratched them off of my "to buy" list. I had one Memphis amp that I purchased authorized replaced 2x under warranty and two transshipped Memphis amps arrive DOA resulting in carrier claims.

 

[aworldcollision 10+ year member]

Ok, I don't have an HO alt, but I have for batteries.The sub is wired at 2 ohms and the gains are set less than half.

I was just driving around and with the radio half cranked, then the volts dropped bad and started to smell so I stopped, unhooled everything and a little smok was coming out of the sub

yeah ive seen that before i did an install and the guy didnt have an alt and only had one kinetic 2400 he smoked the amp in 20 mins it was deff a funny day cause he wouldnt listen to anyone

Well yeah but was the smoke coming out of the speaker? Lets face it, with a starving power supply the amp AND the speaker have troubles.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

take the $500 for the amp and buy a HO alt so you don't kill the new amp

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Looks like the OP should upgrade his alternator first! Four batteries and a Memphis MOJO 4KW is one helluva load for a stock alternator!

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

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