I need help ASAP

[dru 10+ year member]

Why will it be a waste of Boston pro's ? Is the sound quality of the amp bad, or what is actually bad about it? I am not against returning it, I just want to make sure I do it for the right reasons...Could it power my subs instead ? the amp says 700 x 2 rms, and my subs need 450 rms each....? Thanks

how much does it take for you to understand that the amp you have wont do your comps justice

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

Why will it be a waste of Boston pro's ? Is the sound quality of the amp bad, or what is actually bad about it? I am not against returning it, I just want to make sure I do it for the right reasons...Could it power my subs instead ? the amp says 700 x 2 rms, and my subs need 450 rms each....? Thanks

if you ARE gonna use that amp i would power the subs with it...just dont treat those bostons so poorly.

edit: NO WAIT ! if you are going with an SQ system, dont even use it for an infinity/IDQ/Boston lol RETURN IT NOW!

 

[Mike75 10+ year member]

I understand that I should return it...COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY? I want to learn why it is a bad amp when everything about it seems great...Explain please, give details, thank you...and what amp should I get to replace it?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

never actually used it, BUT from the previous stories ive read, they dont perform as well as other amps in its price range, (that is if you paid 300 for it)

 

[Mike75 10+ year member]

I paid $225....The reviews I read about it were great as well...but other than past stories relating specifically to this amp, there is nothing you can say negative about it? I am trying to not be difficult, but I need a real reason to return it....What amp should I get to replace it?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

I paid $225....The reviews I read about it were great as well...but other than past stories relating specifically to this amp, there is nothing you can say negative about it? I am trying to not be difficult, but I need a real reason to return it....What amp should I get to replace it?

where did you read positive reviews?

read this right here:

I don't think that you sound like a 12 year old punk at all, you have asked a very reasonable question.
I'ts all in how it works

For cheap companys like Boss, Lanzar, Pyramid, Pyle, Legacy, Blitz, Audiobahn, Dual, Majestic, Ultra linear and so on, they don't engineer their own products.

A higher end company will engineer its own stuff in house from the ground up, and then either have them manufactured in house or overseas (manufacturing costs are cheaper overseas), They test the amps themselves and give a minimum standard output rating at specific voltages.

The cheap companys, they just get ahold of these companys overseas that manufacture amplifiers (like in Korea or China) and order certain amps to meet their marketing needs and put their own brand names on them. these amps that they order are based on older designs from higher end companys, some of these older designs work quite well and will give you great performance while others are terribly flawed. These guys don't test these amps for minimum standard output rating they just throw on an unrealistic max output rating but if you look carfully you can somtimes find the original RMS rating from the manufacturers on line or in the manuals. Since there is no cost to engineer the amplifier and the cost of manufacturing is less you can find these at much lower prices then a high quality equivilent.

abahn is in the cheaper cateogory

 

[Mike75 10+ year member]

And it clearly says some of them are quite good, and almost equal to the higher priced amps, and even may be the same internals with "Audiobahn" slapped on it...I read the positive reviews on Crutchfield as well as one other site I forgot the name of....

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Use the amp to power your subs, and if possibly, purchase another amplifier for your components.

Although even if you do choose to run your components on the amp, its not going to sound like garbage like everyone here is telling you.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

And it clearly says some of them are quite good, and almost equal to the higher priced amps, and even may be the same internals with "Audiobahn" slapped on it...I read the positive reviews on Crutchfield as well as one other site I forgot the name of....

pple on crutchfield praise sony stuff, say Audiobahn subwoofers have better sq than infinity, and say thier 12" kicker cracked thier windshield. i wouldnt trust them.

like i said...Audiobahn is from ANABA. They make mediocre at best equipment.

Oh well haha you can do what you want.

 

[ent3rdadragon 10+ year member]

i dink u should get da zeus zx8000 . 800 watt 5 channel. runb ur whole system wit it.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

pple on crutchfield praise sony stuff, say Audiobahn subwoofers have better sq than infinity, and say thier 12" kicker cracked thier windshield. i wouldnt trust them.

Right. Never purchase something based on web site reviews. They are meaningless and are usually posted by people who have no idea what they are doing/saying.

 

[Mike75 10+ year member]

WHAT amp would you reccomend then?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

for youre comps? USamps IS 2150 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

or maybe an orion 400/2

or anything other than abahn

 

[Mike75 10+ year member]

What about Alphasonik?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Alphasonik is actually under the same umbrella as Audiobahn...

Older PG amps & Profile would be my choices for a budget amp over Audiobahn.