Small footprint Amp for 1.5 ohm and 1000-1500w

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Ok so im kinda in a conundrum. I bought a pair of older 13tw5 3ohm sub and have been running them in an under sized box for a while off of my kicker cx1200.1.

Well fast forward and after a while the box started to come apart. Not a big deal the plan was to replace it anyway and I did. But with the old box flexing it broke the mounting feet off the amp.

To add insult to injury the new box is bigger and the amps now have to go on the back way with my relay panel. Which mean they don't fit well and need to be smaller.

So I need an amp that can do 1-1500w at 2 ohm and still be 1ohm stable while being tiny.

The jl hd1200/1 would work but I really don't want to pay retail for jl

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Ok so im kinda in a conundrum. I bought a pair of older 13tw5 3ohm sub and have been running them in an under sized box for a while off of my kicker cx1200.1.
Well fast forward and after a while the box started to come apart. Not a big deal the plan was to replace it anyway and I did. But with the old box flexing it broke the mounting feet off the amp.

To add insult to injury the new box is bigger and the amps now have to go on the back way with my relay panel. Which mean they don't fit well and need to be smaller.

So I need an amp that can do 1-1500w at 2 ohm and still be 1ohm stable while being tiny.

The jl hd1200/1 would work but I really don't want to pay retail for jl

Someone posted a Massive Audio N4 on here earlier it might be perfect for what you need ...

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Someone posted a Massive Audio N4 on here earlier it might be perfect for what you need ...

That reminds me the American bass ph-4000md would do the samd

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

Bass 1200 2ohm or HD3000 2ohm.

That 1.5ohm, if thats DCR, then you want a 2ohm amp, which i've provided, not 1ohm

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Massive audio amps only do about 70% rated power, I wouldn't touch them.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Someone posted a Massive Audio N4 on here earlier it might be perfect for what you need ...

stay away, those amps are horribly overrated. proven on the dyno.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

stay away, those amps are horribly overrated. proven on the dyno.

I have a couple of older 2 ohm plate amps they seem pretty strong ..I haven’t tried their new stuff

 

[Beentown]

Ok so im kinda in a conundrum. I bought a pair of older 13tw5 3ohm sub and have been running them in an under sized box for a while off of my kicker cx1200.1.
Well fast forward and after a while the box started to come apart. Not a big deal the plan was to replace it anyway and I did. But with the old box flexing it broke the mounting feet off the amp.

To add insult to injury the new box is bigger and the amps now have to go on the back way with my relay panel. Which mean they don't fit well and need to be smaller.

So I need an amp that can do 1-1500w at 2 ohm and still be 1ohm stable while being tiny.

The jl hd1200/1 would work but I really don't want to pay retail for jl

What kind of dimensions are we talking that you'd like to stay within (footprint)?

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Current amps are about 13x8. I have some room to play with I just can't use a massive 3000w amp turned down because it won't fit.

And even with a 1.5 resting resistance I'd like a 1 ohm stable amp because in some cases 2ohm amps are picky with protect mode and low ohm load.

The kicker I have now is a 2ohm amp which has been dynoed around 1500w at 1.5ohm and I've been rounding it at 1.5 ohm for a few years now

I could go with a couple smaller amps gain matched pushing a 3ohm load. Would be looking for about 600w at 3ohm which puts me looking at 800-1000w at 2 ohm amps

Was currently looking at the kenwood excelon xr600-1. I know it rated at 600 at 2ohm but with 90amps of fusing I feel it should be quite underrated

The other option was the alpine x-a90m which is 900 at 2ohm

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

How about a b2 ma2000.1 ?

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

The soundstream nano amps are pretty small and do rated power.

 

[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

1st amp i thought of was sq 2250 but very few 2k amps will be that small i think my ppi 1k is like 12" and it's tiny.. i'll look

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

Your math needs some work..

You say you are using a 13x8 amp but you don't have room for the 3000w amp we recommended?

Our amp is 9x7.5" I don't see how that's bigger?

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

How about a b2 ma2000.1 ?

I think that's gonna be too big.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

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Your math needs some work..
You say you are using a 13x8 amp but you don't have room for the 3000w amp we recommended?

Our amp is 9x7.5" I don't see how that's bigger?

Would've been nice if you would've mentioned taramp as the maker