Profile vs Soundstream for subs

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

at etronics i can get either a Soundstream PIC2.600 for 225 or a Profile CA-800 for 140. they both put out the same power 600 x 1 at 4 ohms. if im powering a sub, ed12k, which amp would be a better choice. where does the extra money go to on the soundstream and if its sq would it be that noticable on a sub? is the profile overrated and thats why its so cheap? jus wonderin cuz i don't wanna spend too much but i also don't wanna end up with a paper wieght of an amp

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[avistar23 10+ year member]

the sound stream would probably be better all the way around .. SQ. features everything. profile is a good bang for buck amp. not bad but, good for the price

 

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

would the profile perform without problems? ive never had experience with any profile amps.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

It will perform fine. I doubt you will hear much of an audible difference between the amps, if any at all.

 

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

alright thnx, ive read alot bout ed's takin mroe then what theyre rated for, the 600 watts shouldn't do much harm in a sealed box, assuming i set the gains carefully?

 

[AScreenName 10+ year member]

i have a profile amp. rocks pretty hard, gets the job done. sounds weird outside because the damping factor *****

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Mercureie alright thnx, ive read alot bout ed's takin mroe then what theyre rated for, the 600 watts shouldn't do much harm in a sealed box, assuming i set the gains carefully?

It will take 600 fine.

 

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

thnx for all the help

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

have you checked out the new SS subs, the mid lines are very nice, and I think you will be much more satisfied with them

 

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

soundstream? didn't know they made subs that performed that well?

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Jmac Soundstream amps are awesome. I'm still anxiously anticipating an experience with the Picasso line, though. However, I doubt that will happen soon since you can't get Soundstream in Canada (bastards) ...

Jmac is back!!! WOOHOO!!!

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Jmac No he's not, this is ... Jmakaveli, yeah, that's it. Jmac is dead ...

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[denim 5,000+ posts]

I am confused, but good that someone is back, but yeah I am also curious to see whats up with the top end SS subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Slaymon 10+ year member]

I'm not sure about their subs, but I have the Picasso 880.2 and it's pretty good for the $275 I paid for it. It's been pushin my POS HE2's pretty good for a while now. I'm still waitin to get a new sub or subs to push with it. Hopefully I'll have somethin by summer time. I haven't had any problems with my Pic. I'd go with Soundstream over Profile. I think you'd be plenty happy with it.