Oops over heated my amp today...woohoo !

[Kai Winters 10+ year member]

Hi all,

I wound up buying a pair of JL XR650-csi speakers. I lowered the tweeters a bit and they sound amazing in my '98 Altima. They replaced a pair of base model MB Quart Discus 116's that are 5 years old and pushed quite a bit hehehe.

So I am out for a bit of a drive just enjoying the sound when poof my front speakers go dead...awww crap what the hell. I pull over and drop my back seat to check the amp...boy it is hot...the protection mode kicked in. I start the car and all is well. When I tuned the system I set the front channel gain to just over 50% to the JL's and the rear channel at 80% as it is bridged to the sub.

The amp manual states it pushes 50w rms into a 4 ohm load but I presume that is "on paper" power and the JL's want 70 watts so I presume I am pushing the amp harder than I should and at the level I was playing it protection mode was activated. The amp is also 5 years old and has been pushed hard as well though not all the time.

Guess it is time for a new amp hehehe.

Any suggestions in particular. I will be looking for another 4 channel probably in the 70 to 100 w rmsx4 range. It will be used in three channel mode bridging the rear channels to the sub. I would like to keep the cost between $300-$500.

My local shop has offered me a Planet Audio Zetar ZR300.4 amp for $300 saying that is $200 less than retail, I am a good customer I hope, and it is a very good quality amp. They also recommend JL amps but were out of 4 channels at the moment but said it would be in the $500 range.

SQ is my top priority.

What do you people think?

Thanks,

Kai

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[Atimm693 10+ year member]

A 500 dollar Planet Audio amp. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif :laugh: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

This is an awesome amp.... 100x 4 @ 4 ohms, 400 x 2 @ 4 ohms bridged. I've beat on mine hard, and not had it overheat once. It'll give your sub and speakers plenty of jjuice.

 

[Kai Winters 10+ year member]

I was on the PA site and there is little info available. I also did a google search for reviews on the PA amp and found so little I am a bit shocked.