Stetsom vs. JL Audio

I'd go JL, even tho it is overpriced and only cause I haven't heard one good thing about stetsom.
You think JL is over priced you should see the prices on Stetsoms amps. I was looking at a 1k5d and I think it was somewhere in the ballpark of $700 for 1500@1.

The Vulcan would destroy the JL. The Vulcan does 1500@2@12.6v. 1710@2@13.8v.

 
I would take the JL if i was to be buying an amp i planned on owning for along time, the company has been around longer, higher resale value other then on the internet. Unless there is a large price diff between the two i would pick JL, its not ment to be a SPL only setup if your looking at that kind of power. Either amp will get loud.

 
You think JL is over priced you should see the prices on Stetsoms amps. I was looking at a 1k5d and I think it was somewhere in the ballpark of $700 for 1500@1.
The Vulcan would destroy the JL. The Vulcan does 1500@2@12.6v. 1710@2@13.8v.
The JL 1000/1 is like $650(ebay) for 1000@1. If I had to choose I'd pay $50 more for an extra 500 watts.

 
The Stetsom is a tiny little amp, but I've just heard too many bad things about them.

A friend of mine was running a 4k2D on a pair of HDC3s at 4 ohms, and his electrical never dipped below 14v, thanks to his 2 extra batts and 250A alt. The gains were set correctly by myself using tones and a DMM. Anyways, it just got stuck in protect one day for no apparent reason.

And with JL, you're paying double what you should for a 1kw amp, even at eGay prices.

I'd just go with a more traditional 1500w amp- something like a SAZ-1500D or even a RF T1500BD

 
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