Newbie Question about Wal-Mart Amps

[whyte_rhyno]

Is there anything wrong with them, Im looking at an SPL 2-Channel CRM5205 with 520W peak in bridged, 300 RMS bridged. Is this gunna be an o.k. amp, will it have distortion? is it gunna thump hard enough? The price is $100. Thanks for your help, it is appreciated.

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[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

I wouldn't buy it, odds are it doesn't even put out that much power. When it comes to car audio normally what you pay for..you get. There is no true cheap "high performance" car audio equipment.IMO

Jon

 

[Dupuis 10+ year member]

I agree, look on E-bay and other on line sites. You can get better amps at good prices.

 

[tobz 10+ year member]

Well, profile amps are in my book for cheap high performance. I know there is better.. but for instance, landing a CA600M for 99.99 shipped, and getting 420watts of power at 2 ohms is kind of neat.

T.J.

 

[LimPerT 10+ year member]

Well, profile amps are in my book for cheap high performance. I know there is better.. but for instance, landing a CA600M for 99.99 shipped, and getting 420watts of power at 2 ohms is kind of neat.
T.J.

yeah and don't the profile amps have that badass power light on the top that changes colors?

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[tobz 10+ year member]

Well, I run the CA series, and I don't believe so. Just a nifty small red line. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/moon.gif.9d317aec3339ffe7fde0638df52c628a.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/offtopic.gif.470a8b0541c72322a0037f48a8237473.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

T.J.

 

[AsK 5109 10+ year member]

Wal-Mart amps = worse than nothing

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

my profile is decent but the insides rattle cause its attached to my sub box...GRRRRR. frustration. it doesnt seem to affect its performance at all.

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

stay away from it...........

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

Wal-Mart amps = worse than nothing

why? seriously.

 

[cjj2d 10+ year member]

you will be disapointed, maybe not at first but after a few weeks it will most likely crap out on you if you push it to the max.

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

I mean I would probably say that too speaking out of context with regards to Walmart amps. But as I have no proof or previous background with walmart amps (even if I do think they're PROBABLY cheap pieces of crap), I wanna know why they're cheap pieces of crap.

I'm not trying to start something, but I just don't like when people say "they're bad" or "they're garbage just because" without hard proof (like the whole thing with Sony's reputation on this board). But, like I said, they probably are garbage or whatever, I'd just wanna know what makes them garbage...not because of their brand.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Wal-Mart's "Virtual Reality", "SPL" etc are cheap Chinese brands like Pyramid, Pyle, and Legacy. They totally overrate their specs, sound like ass, and aren't known for long life. I suppose if you only have $100 to spend they may be better than nothing. Keep the gains set below clipping, give them enough cooling air and pray to Zeus before turning them on and maybe you'll get lucky.

But don't for a minute believe the published ratings. They're not RMS, they're B.I.F. power (Burst Into Flames).