Need advice on 1-Ohm stable amps

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

Guys,

I need some advice on budget 1-Ohm stable amps. Needs to be able to push a mono 1.5-Ohm load and do so at 500-600w. Would like small footprint designs that make power very efficiently (crappy factory alt).

Budget is sub $200.

thx for any advice u can give..

Rich

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[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

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[johnson 10+ year member]

How small of a footprint? Are you looking to buy new?

 

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

How small of a footprint? Are you looking to buy new?

New or used is fine. Doesn't have to be PDX sized but I don't want one that's 20"L //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

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[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

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[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

look for a kicker zx 750.1

i think they g for around ~200

 

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

look for a kicker zx 750.1
i think they g for around ~200

Looking at their specs, it doesn't say that the zx 750.1 can handle a 1.5 ohm load.

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

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Looking at their specs, it doesn't say that the zx 750.1 can handle a 1.5 ohm load.

You would probably be ok though. Kicker makes a tough amp. And after impedance rise, you'll be around 2 ohms anyway.

 

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

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whew, you scared me. I have been outta car audio for a while. I didn't think that it was that long ago that audiobahn had started making good product //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

You would probably be ok though. Kicker makes a tough amp. And after impedance rise, you'll be around 2 ohms anyway.

I wanna be really careful not to blow an amp or clip the sub. Are you sure that the zx could do it?

 

[05gliguy 10+ year member]

Pretty positive, there are people on the forum that run zx's at 1 ohm for daily.

 

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

Pretty positive, there are people on the forum that run zx's at 1 ohm for daily.

Good to know, I'll add that to the short list //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. Any other options that match the criteria?

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

maybe look into a Hifonics bxi600d does 600 @1 , they can be had well within your budget.

maybe an Orion 600d should give you the 500-600 you want @ 1.5.

good luck

 

[rich.sounds 10+ year member]

maybe look into a Hifonics bxi600d does 600 @1 , they can be had well within your budget.
maybe an Orion 600d should give you the 500-600 you want @ 1.5.

good luck

thx,

I had thought about the hifonics stuff. Do they do rated power? Are they fairly clean and reliable?