Looking for an amp to power a PG Octane ZR 12d2

[taosd 10+ year member]

I have 1 Phoenix Gold 12" dual 2 ohm sub, and I want to buy a new amp for it. I am looking for recommendations. The sub is rated for 600W peak and 350W RMS... I would like to spend as little as possible, haha, but yeah, my budget is like $200 - $300 CDN. It will be wired in series, so it will be a 4 ohm load, unless I can find an amp that rocks at 1 ohm.

Any suggestions would be quite helpful.

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[Towncar 10+ year member]

I have 1 Phoenix Gold 12" dual 2 ohm sub, and I want to buy a new amp for it. I am looking for recommendations. The sub is rated for 600W peak and 350W RMS... I would like to spend as little as possible, haha, but yeah, my budget is like $200 - $300 CDN. It will be wired in series, so it will be a 4 ohm load, unless I can find an amp that rocks at 1 ohm.
Any suggestions would be quite helpful.

xenon 400.1 maybe

 

[evan 10+ year member]

If you run it at 4 ohms you could bridge almost any two channel amp and get good results.

Here's 600x1 @ 4 ohms for $125+shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/HIFONICS-TXi6006-TITAN-1-2-CHANNEL-600W-AMPLIFIER-NEW_W0QQitemZ120094420238QQihZ002QQcategoryZ18796QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[taosd 10+ year member]

If you run it at 4 ohms you could bridge almost any two channel amp and get good results.
Here's 600x1 @ 4 ohms for $125+shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/HIFONICS-TXi6006-TITAN-1-2-CHANNEL-600W-AMPLIFIER-NEW_W0QQitemZ120094420238QQihZ002QQcategoryZ18796QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks great, price is right, but... thats 600x1 RMS, which is nearly double what I am looking for.

 

[evan 10+ year member]

Looks great, price is right, but... thats 600x1 RMS, which is nearly double what I am looking for.

No it's not. Well, it might not be. Depends on whether or not you're on board with the whole "give the speaker a bit too much power so that it performs to it's fullest" mentality. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

If you don't want to give it that much, I wouldn't recommend you use less than 400 watts.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_6552.html

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Looks great, price is right, but... thats 600x1 RMS, which is nearly double what I am looking for.

I have serious doubts about that amp putting out anywhere near 600 watts. If it were me, I wouldnt go near the low line hifonics amps. You could probably find some xenon 400.1s on ebay for close to that price.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Here is one.. Vastly superior to the hifi in every way, and it actually puts out rated power and more

http://cgi.ebay.com/PHOENIX-GOLD-XENON-X400-1-400W-MONOBLOCK-AMPLIFIER-NEW_W0QQitemZ140091350688QQcategoryZ18797QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[evan 10+ year member]

Here is one.. Vastly superior to the hifi in every way, and it actually puts out rated power and more http://cgi.ebay.com/PHOENIX-GOLD-XENON-X400-1-400W-MONOBLOCK-AMPLIFIER-NEW_W0QQitemZ140091350688QQcategoryZ18797QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I agree. I've heard really good things about this line of amps, I just didn't think they were as easy to find anymore.

 

[taosd 10+ year member]

I agree. I've heard really good things about this line of amps, I just didn't think they were as easy to find anymore.

Isn't it like, dangerous, to output more than rated to a sub? causing it to blow?

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Isn't it like, dangerous, to output more than rated to a sub? causing it to blow?

If you get an amp more powerful than what the sub is rated at, then just set the gains accordingly. Its nothing more than having headroom. With that hifonics amp ide guess your getting closer to 400 watts rather than 600 anyways, seeing as how bad they over rate their equipment.

 

[evan 10+ year member]

... With that hifonics amp ide guess your getting closer to 400 watts rather than 600 anyways, seeing as how bad they over rate their equipment.

What makes you say it's overrated?

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

What makes you say it's overrated?

Because all hifonics lower lines are. Time and time again these amps get benched and put out far less than what they are rated. I will put money on it, that the amp wont do its rated power //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif