NVX JAD900.5 - 5 CH AMP Need some feedback please!

[JustGotOne]

Getting ready to do an install on my 2010 Armada SE, at this point I've only replaced door speakers, I haven't done anything with the factory tweets yet, 2 in the dash (2") and two in the pillars (1"), not wanting to go competition but like some bump. anyway I haven't decided on an amp, don't have high end budget, but I was looking at this amp and reading the reviews which we all know can be fixed. here's what I put in the doors:

Fronts

Cadence XS694 6-inch x 9-inch 4 ohm 4-Way Speaker System

Power Handling: 75W RMS/250W Peak/500W Xenith Power

Frequency Response: 50Hz - 20 kHz

Sensitivity: 92dB @ 1w/1m

Rears

Cadence FS6535 6 1/2" 4 ohm 3-Way Speaker System

RMS Power: 65 Watts/Peak Power: 260 Watts (per System)

Frequency Response: 43Hz - 22 kHz

Sensitivity: 93dB.

The amp I'm looking for feedback on is this one it's in my price range, so if any of you have suggestions of other amps (preferably 5 ch) shoot them at me.

NVX JAD900.5

Class D 5-Channel Amplifier with Bass Remote

RMS Power Rating:

4 ohms: 70 watts x 4 chan. + 220 x 1 chan.

2 ohms: 115 watts x 4 chan. + 440 x 1 chan.

Bridged, 4 ohms: 230 watts x 2 chan. + 440 x 1 chan. @ 2 ohms

Non-regulated efficient S.M.P.S power supply design

Pulse Width Modulated MOSFET power supply

LED power (green) and protect (red) indicators

Variable Bass Boost (0 to +12 dB bass boost at 50 Hz)

High speed rectifying diodes

Soft start turn-on

5/4/3 channel operation

3-way protection circuitry (thermal, overload, and speaker short protection)

Heavy duty aluminum alloy heat-sink

Nickel-plated RCA level inputs

Nickel-plated screw terminals

Variable high-pass filter (40-400 Hz, 24 dB/octave)

Variable low-pass filter (80-4000 Hz, 24 dB/octave)

Variable subsonic filter (20-38 Hz, 24 dB/octave)

Input Sensitivity: 200mV-6V

Frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz

I also haven't decided which subs and enclosure I'm going to go with, I have a set of 12" kickers in a ported box I took out of my Explorer, they are kind of beat up cosmetically (still sound decent), but I'm giving them to my nephew along with the Pyle amp I was using. It'll be a good start up for him.

Enough rambling thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

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[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

Any reason you picked those speakers?

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

Sonic did a bunch of test on those nvx amps they do rated

 

[Roland 10+ year member]

I think the NVX is a solid amp. I looked at it along with the PPI P900.5 and the SS TN5.950d.

I ended up finding the Sound Stream Ref5.1000 under $300 and ended up getting 2 of them. So if you have the room for bigger less efficient amp you might consider it also.

 

[JustGotOne]

Pickup, It was a spur of the moment decision on those speakers, the other thing I didn't realize (and I should have checked first) is the oem speakers are 2 ohm, hence my need to swap everything else (tweets & center dash speaker) which doesn't work at all to 4 ohm. I'm not opposed to swapping out the speakers I've replaced either. It'll be easy enough to sell them. After the fact I think I should've gotten components.

As far as room, as big as the Armada is and because of the fact that I use it to transport dj equipment, I have to make sure the install is such that I can unplug the sub box, and lay all the seats down. There's an under the floor space that's big enough for a good sized amp, I haven't measured it yet, but I will today. I'll take a look at the amps you referred Roland.

Thanks keep the feedback coming

 

[JustGotOne]

Also, as I'm keeping the OEM head unit for functionality I was looking at the --> AudioControl LCQ-1 6-channel line output converter with equalizer, and also the --> Audiocontrol DQ-61, it's a little pricier but I've found them in my price range on a few sites.