Kicker IX thoughts

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

So, I am considering running a Kicker IX1000.1 on two JBL power series 10's...any thoughts, I can get the kicker amp for a really good price, I jus was wondering if anyone had dealt with them and what the quality was

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[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

eh, you could find some better subs. Honestly, the amp is alright... you could get a better price on a Rockford Fosgate amp, and the quality would be better

Rockford Fosgate PRIME R1000-1D Class D Monoblock Amplifier

as for subs, sing you're wanting to spend 150 per sub I'd say go for some Audioque SDC2.5-10s, some SSA DCON 10's, or some Fi.X 10s

all of those subs would likely blow those JBLs out of the water.

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

... seriously...a fosgate prime series....ughh NO

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

... seriously...a fosgate prime series....ughh NO

as opposed to a Kicker amp?

since you're determined to buy cheap amps, get one of these and strap it at 2 ohms and call it a day

http://www.vminnovations.com/product_4093/Audiopipe_AP15001D_1500W_Mono_D_Amplifier.html

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

I can start by saying I have never liked Fosgate, I don't mean to sound like a total douche, but I have never seen anything from them I really like and the prime is their cheap stuff. I agree that there are better subs out there but I like the punch of these, the only other ones I have heard that I like better are the JL w3, I suppose it's all just personal preference but I'm not looking for like crazy quality or crazy power just moderate.

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

I can start by saying I have never liked Fosgate, I don't mean to sound like a total douche, but I have never seen anything from them I really like and the prime is their cheap stuff. I agree that there are better subs out there but I like the punch of these, the only other ones I have heard that I like better are the JL w3, I suppose it's all just personal preference but I'm not looking for like crazy quality or crazy power just moderate.

I under stand brand preference, but there is so much better quality to be had than kicker and RF. I only suggested the RF because it was the only other amp on SonicElectronix that met your specs and was decent.

Any decent 10" subwoofer will have nice punch. Those JBLs are not up to the same quality as those subs I listed. Sonic Electronix is not the end-all-be-all one-stop-shop for your car audio needs.

I would recommend you get a pair of those subwoofers I named earlier, and power them with an amp that pushes 600-1000 @ 2ohms, you're looking at 250-300 dollars for that kind of amp.

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

op, you cant be saying anything becuase you setup is full of money-threw-away fail

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

The Kicker Impulse amps were perfectly fine, did rated and did it cleanly. The JBL Power series subs are also great subs for the money. Ive seen people buy those and compare them to Focals that cost hundreds of more dollars and everything else and still prefer the JBLs

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

here are some more subs and amps that will do what you are looking to do, all of these will wire down to 1 ohm, which makes getting an amp to push 1000 watts easier.

Incriminator Audio Lethal Injection 10's

Sundown Audio SA-10

DC Audio Level 2 10s

TC Sounds Epic 10's

US Amps XT-2000

MB Quart ONX1.1000d

Audioque AQ750

Soundstream Rubicon 1000.1d

Audiopipe AP-1000.1D

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

OK...sonic electronix isn't where I was getting stuff, and car audio isnt my life...So if you why talk **** to people who don't like exactly what you like. All I asked was what people thought of the quality, I don't care about how much you think its a fail...so you know a little about higher ranked brands, and you prolly blow your whole paycheck on it, so in ten years...my audio system might be a fail to you...but at least my life wont be

P.S. Thanks to everyone who gave me more options without attacking me, and thank you whitedragon for answering my question