I need a new amp. Suggestions?

[timaishu 10+ year member]

So my current infinity reference 5350A is going bye bye. It has been giving me trouble recently. No manufacturer warranty because I bought it off ebay. And the ebay store I bought it from doesnt exhist anymore. Luckily, I bought a 3-year warranty through squaretrade.

They are gonna give me 218 bucks for the amp (same amount I bought it for).

So I was thinking of getting another 5-channel amp. Or maybe a 3-channel if those exist because I dont plan to use my rear speakers anytime soon.

What do you guys recommend? My current amp gives my speakers 120RMS at 4 ohms bridged. They dont need anymore power than that. The substage is rated at 300RMS at 2 ohms. My current IDQv1's are rated at 200 a piece. It would be nice to have more than 400RMS so I could have room to upgrade in the future is I so choose.

I plan to screw it onto the back of my subbox. So it cant be too big.

Im thinking I will hook up my highs to my headunit for now so I can take time deciding what to do.

What do you all think?

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[miker 5,000+ posts]

kicker makes a 550.3 amp

it would give you over 400w at 2ohm for the sub

 

[Ksan 10+ year member]

I just found out why your amp stoped working................"I plan to screw it onto the back of my subbox."........................That is a BIG....NO-NO.......The subs will shake the amp to pieces and then it will stop working. Never mount your amp to the sub box.

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Ohh nice. That amp would looks nice. The wattage for the speakers at 4 ohms though is quite a bit lower than my current amp. But Im sure it wouldnt make too big of a difference. Im not out for pure volume.

Any other suggestions guys?

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

You think thats the reason? I guess it makes sense. I find it interesting that it would have lasted 9 months in that configuration before it went bad. Hmmm. Would a rubber grommet work as a way to separate the amp from the box? Box mounting is by far by best solution.

I dont blast my sub hardly ever though. I use it more for evening out the low end.

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Bump?

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

You think thats the reason? I guess it makes sense. I find it interesting that it would have lasted 9 months in that configuration before it went bad. Hmmm. Would a rubber grommet work as a way to separate the amp from the box? Box mounting is by far by best solution.
I dont blast my sub hardly ever though. I use it more for evening out the low end.

Yeah it is a little low for the speakers. honestly running at 400w your amp will probably fine, and rubber in between would def be a good idea. Lots of people mount amps on their box.