My first look at a Hifonics BXi1206D

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

Okay

So I never was a fan of hifonics and always though for them to be over rated, so I ended up snaging this hifonics (rated @ 1200 RMS @ 1 ohm) and a rockford fosgate p1000.1 that had a birthsheet of 1202 RMS @ 1 ohm.

So pretty much identical amps.....

For the test I had an alpine type R dual 2 ohm moofer, in a sealed enclosure, just for sheer test.

My electrical rests at 14.09 idle, 14.81 @ 1,000 RPM +

So I plugged in the hifonics to the type R, set my gain and watched the type R flex

It got failry loud, and after 25 minutes of some severe bass notes, the amplifier stayed fairly cool. (impressed)

So After that I decided I'd try the p1000.1 and see how it compared.

Man this was a harsh blow to the hifonics amp..... The fosgate brought a bigger gun and it delivered....

there was a large significance in between the amps, and between 4 friends and 3 kids who live in the block, they could all tell which amp was playing when.

So I decided to see about where the hifonics stands, so I pulled out my P600.1 bd

and hooked up the type r, each coil individually, to the P600.1 (birthsheet stated 753 RMS ) And the hifonics was a tad bit louder, so I pulled out the T300.2 I had sitting around (rated @ 854 RMS) and we had a match.

A hifonics rated @ 1200 RMS @ 1 ohm was only doing about 850 RMS on a close to 14.4 volt electrical. (lowest is ever droped with the hifoncs hooked up was 13.94 volt)

Now granted I payed 200 for the rockford and 150 for the hifonics, the price difference would have probably made it up for the lack of wattage but nontheless.

It is a great budget amp, don't get me wrong.

$150 bucks for about 900 RMS is still 16.67 cents per watt, where as the rockford ran me (16.64 cents a watt)

pretty close on the $ to watt ratio but I do feel it doesn't live up to the power hype.

I will get more hifonics in teh future and review their power performance to some of my other amps out there, but seeing as how I got my T3002 (same power as the hifonics) for only $100 bucks ($0.11 cents per watt) I think there are cheaper alternatives

Thanks for reading, hope this helps some one.

BTW, BUY A T3002, (average rating @ 2 ohm RMS is 838) and only made to do 300 RMS @ 2 ohm.

It's got 2 40A fuses and will blow your mind. ( you can get a referb on ebay for about 140 bucks) and find a used for about 110 shipped

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[Matt2105 10+ year member]

I'd rather see them clamped...but I guess this is one way to test it.

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

I'd rather see them clamped...but I guess this is one way to test it.

well seeing as how they were in the same enviroment, it wasn't that bad of a test.

Oh well. just felt liek writing a little something about it

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

I want numbers on the 08 hifonics

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

also whered you get a rockford 1000 for 200 bucks?

Last I knew they costed like 600 bucks

 

[GavinVoy 10+ year member]

you cant really use those birth sheets cause they dont use impedence rise, at the factory they use a dummy which only keeps a 1 ohm impedence, which in real life the wattage changes.

 

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

This has got to be the most technical test I have seen to date.

Sticky please

 

[simplyxtrippin 10+ year member]

ProjectPechkin, i asked at another forum about whether i should get a kenwood 9104 or a profile ap2000. Would you recommend the T3002 instead?

 

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Those t3002 amps are no joke. My buddy has one and it is funny to tell everyone it is just a 300 watt rated amp when it really does over 800rms.

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

ProjectPechkin, i asked at another forum about whether i should get a kenwood 9104 or a profile ap2000. Would you recommend the T3002 instead?

YESH!

HANDS DOWN

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

you cant really use those birth sheets cause they dont use impedence rise, at the factory they use a dummy which only keeps a 1 ohm impedence, which in real life the wattage changes.

true, but they had the same woofer same box. :O

so same parameters

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

Those t3002 amps are no joke. My buddy has one and it is funny to tell everyone it is just a 300 watt rated amp when it really does over 800rms.

T3002 best amp by RF ever built. I think

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

also whered you get a rockford 1000 for 200 bucks?
Last I knew they costed like 600 bucks

sounds like you should try buying used

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

This has got to be the most technical test I have seen to date.
Sticky please

X2 A plethora of useful information in this test.

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

X2 A plethora of useful information in this test.

I just said what I felt like saying, take it how you want it, hate it or love it