Thoughts on these various amps

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

If I ever sell my Crystal amp, I plan on getting another amp, preferably a mono block, that does its power at 2 ohms or 4 ohms. Not a big fan of running low ohm loads, since my electrical isnt great. So I have on my list:

Hifonics Brutus 1700 $227

Alpine MRP-m1000 $275

Cadence ZRS-C65 $215

Will be running it on either a pair of 10s, or a single 15... Or maybe even 3 10s.

Which amp yall thinking, or any others? Would even run a beast amp @ 4 ohms, if the price is right.

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[kramer_212 10+ year member]

i used to have the mrp back in the day, and it performed well, with the exception that it would get hot enough to fry an egg

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

i used to have the mrp back in the day, and it performed well, with the exception that it would get hot enough to fry an egg

****, heat is always an issue. Haha. Its so hot even with a fan on my amp it gets quite hot even if Im not using it.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

I like the cadence the most the alpine is sold as well idk about the brz. My zxi 5 channel worked great though I can only assume the the brz line will do good as well

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Yea I am leaning towards the cadence too.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

And ohm loads don't always give u an idea of voltage pull. An a/b class 1000w amp will normally pull more than a class d 1000w amp. When talking about one amp u can say lower loads draw more current but comparing amps by ohm load is really a good Idea. For instance:

Take The kicker zx2500, the rf 2500, the Memphis 2500 and the sundown 2500.

From what you're saying the kicker will be the easiest on your alt because it is a two ohm amp but this isn't very true. All of these amps will pull 250 amps of current of the battery if not more so how do we know which will pull the least? We really need to be looking at the efficiency of the amp in which would prove the kicker isn't the best for the situation. The kicker actually pulls more because it has to work harder to make the same power at a higher ohm load.

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Yea, that makes sense, I was thinking about that. I should probably get a class D that is 1 ohm stable and run it at like 2 or 4 ohm, no?

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Run it at 1 ohm.......

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Run it at 1 ohm.......

Chemmins, the whole point is that my electrical isnt very good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Yes I have the big 3, an Optima yellow top, and even put a diff alt on, but its only like 120 amps.

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Run it at 1 ohm.......

Chemmins, the whole point is that my electrical isnt very good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Yes I have the big 3, an Optima yellow top, and even put a diff alt on, but its only like 120 amps.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Get an amp that will run stable under 1 ohm, like the sundown saz1500 but run it at 2 ohms

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Get an amp that will run stable under 1 ohm, like the sundown saz1500.

Was also thinking of this ^^^

Are the Sundown amps efficient?

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

I would say so

Some testing on Sundown SAZ-1500D

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

yay double post

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Yea I love my sundown I might even burp it at 1/4 ohm when my alt comes in