What has been the most reliable amplifier you have actually used yourself to date?

[48" LINEAR POWER]

No matter what a LinearPower 5002 would always get it done and continue to get it done 37 years later.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Yeah we used to beat the piss out of those old Coustic amps. Never seen one go down unless it was installer error.

I ran those Blk. Coustics like the 380,190,100s. You could almost light a a cigarete on those 380s running bridged

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

No matter what a LinearPower 5002 would always get it done and continue to get it done 37 years later.View attachment 52470

I remember those. I got rid of a couple a few years back. I cant recall which models, I do remember one was red and the other was blue. They sounded really clean. but i just wanted more power,so I sold the Blue one on old School FB for like $115 bucks, and traded the Red one for a pair of DD 5.25 mids and a set of Dayton Vifta25 tweets and paid for shipping

Ahh These here Im pretty sure were them.. I know they had that IQ on them and were not the larger ones

Linear Power 2202

Linear Power 2202 250w RMS Stereo Amplifier

linearpower.com

Linear Power 1752S

Linear Power 1752S 250w RMS Monoblock Subwoofer Amplifer

linearpower.com

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I had an Alpine amp that I got in the mid-80s (can’t remember the model number) and ran perfectly until I gave it away in the early 2010s. Can’t get more reliable than that.

Surprisingly, I think this is the first Alpine listed in this thread.

The Alpine 35 Japan Series were some dammned good clean amps. I still have quite a few that work excellent to this day,3522,3522s, 3513, 3525,3528,3555,3540,3517and a couple more. The little 3522 will run a nice 400 RMS sub@4ohms, Ive even ran 4 tens off of one 3525

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Kicker ZX-1500. Had that amp for over 10yrs and never shut down. A good runner up would be my MMATS D300HC.

I had that Mmats amp running a pair of DVC2 SQubed HDS210s a few years back and it slammed. One best amps Ive ran and should have kept. I later put it on a pair of HDS310s. slammed like butter man.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I picked up a couple additions a few weeks back that Ill get some picks up in a few days..
An Autotek BTS Blue Badge 7300 to go with my collection of those and a USA US Acoustics Series II 4050 to go back with that collection. And an Autotek SX2300 a little rough but works great. I used to run 2 of those with 2 2100s. That 2300 will run a 1k sub @2ohms all day long not Zeds but they were some good runners

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

My Crossfire vr1000d is still going strong and my electrical is not currently up to par. It doesn't care.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

My Crossfire vr1000d is still going strong and my electrical is not currently up to par. It doesn't care.

Dammned good amp man. I used to have and run the BMF and TEK series. I sold those all off, recently my last two 100.2 TEK

 

[Clifff150 10+ year member]

Incriminator Audio 10.1. Thing was pushed at low voltage constantly and kept on trucking.

Solid Audio F11D is also one that was freaking abused and just kept doing its thing befire the rca connections stopped working on a consistent basis.

 

[whitemax 10+ year member]

I’ve run many amps that were reliable. Never had any issues with any of the following:

Audison LRx
Arc Audio XXK
Alpine MRV V-12’s
Kicker ZR (late 90’s)
Rockford Fosgate Power Series
Boston Acoustic GT
Coustic (late 80’s)

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I’ve run many amps that were reliable. Never had any issues with any of the following:

Audison LRx
Arc Audio XXK
Alpine MRV V-12’s
Kicker ZR (late 90’s)
Rockford Fosgate Power Series
Boston Acoustic GT
Coustic (late 80’s)

Those are some really nice line of amplifiers man.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Hmmm,

Linear power - 1002, 5002 8002sw
Original RF Punch series - 800.2, 500.2, 250.2, 250.1, 800.4, 1000.1
ADCOM - GFA 4702, GFA 4402 GFA 4404
Soundstream Van Gogh - VGA 1600.2, 800.2, 500.4, 320.4,
Soundstream Reference - Class A 10.0, 1600.2 800.4
Soundstream Human Reign - HR4, HR2
Soundstream TARANTULA TR 500/4
Rubicon - 204, 1002, MC500
A/D/S Power Plate - PH15, PQ 20.2 (loved the sound, hated the x-overs!)
JBL/Crown Power Series - BPX2200.1, BPX500.1 PX300.4
Precision Power ART series - Power Professional Mos Pro Mos 450 Art A404

Man, laying it out like that, shows you what kind of damage one can do in 45 years!

 

[SlugButter]

My Xtant amps were nearly indestructible. I treated those things horribly for years. They were even buried in snow during a blizzard when a tree branch broke my window. Still worked flawlessly. I had the little xtant 1.1 amps mounted on my doors and those things stood up to door slamming and weather great. After being buried in snow for 2 days, the 1000.1 pushed an Alpine Type R 12 into 143.5 DB that next summer.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

My Xtant amps were nearly indestructible. I treated those things horribly for years. They were even buried in snow during a blizzard when a tree branch broke my window. Still worked flawlessly. I had the little xtant 1.1 amps mounted on my doors and those things stood up to door slamming and weather great. After being buried in snow for 2 days, the 1000.1 pushed an Alpine Type R 12 into 143.5 DB that next summer.

Always wanted to get some of the original Xtants, about the time I got stuck on the Van Goghs! The Van Goghs were built like tanks!

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Hmmm,

Linear power - 1002, 5002 8002sw
Original RF Punch series - 800.2, 500.2, 250.2, 250.1, 800.4, 1000.1
ADCOM - GFA 4702, GFA 4402 GFA 4404
Soundstream Van Gogh - VGA 1600.2, 800.2, 500.4, 320.4,
Soundstream Reference - Class A 10.0, 1600.2 800.4
Soundstream Human Reign - HR4, HR2
Soundstream TARANTULA TR 500/4
Rubicon - 204, 1002, MC500
A/D/S Power Plate - PH15, PQ 20.2 (loved the sound, hated the x-overs!)
JBL/Crown Power Series - BPX2200.1, BPX500.1 PX300.4
Precision Power ART series - Power Professional Mos Pro Mos 450 Art A404

Man, laying it out like that, shows you what kind of damage one can do in 45 years!

Really nice line of amplifiers man. Expensive ones too!!
I ran a couple Linear power 652s they were clean as hell and sounded awesome on mids and highs.
RF I ran Punch 45s, 75s, 100s and 150s, 40s and 60s.DSM 4040s and 4080s last RF amp I ever ran.
I ran quite a bit of S.Stream older USA series and Reference series, Had a really nice collection and ran those. I still have a USA305 and a USA204 left out of a slew.I had Sa series 80s.Agina Lil Wonders,Ref. 100s,200s,404 500s,1000s,700s,804.4,USA100s,USA180s,couple P204s Bunch those SS amps. Never could afford the Tranch. amps or the Rieghn amps.
ADS I had quite a few of the P.Plate 80s,100sand 120s.I ran an entire system with those in a 92 Integra. I was able to afford those at the time. Sold my last 120 off about a year ago. I only ran 1 PQ20 in my time. I wouldnt mind finding another. Great amp
I never ran any JBL Crown Series, Just the GTQ and GTS series. I still have a really Clean GTS 600 left out of my Concord/GTQ series and GTS.
Only PPI Art series I ever ran were the 2075 and a 2025 they were ok, get hot and shut down on me all the time never really that reliable for what I used them for mostly in stereo mode. Good looking amps but I just didnt care for them. Later picked up the PC series and those were a different Breed of theyre own. Sold those off last year. I still have a couple of PPI/Special Editions left that still sound really nice on components. Not the best of the Breed of PPI made but still pretty reliable used @4ohms stereo get a little warm @2 but fairly reliable amps. I used the 250 more than the 275 usually for tweets