which would u get if u wanted a solid 1500w@1ohm

[spencer321 10+ year member]

^^^ do what the man said. You won't regret it. You can't go wrong with either one (Brutus or MD2D).

haha, merlin amps are great, and although i've never purchased from him, i've seen bussa give some **** away, like the bnib sx's he had that went for like 70% of new ebay prices...

hes a good seller

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

enuff of the sundown comments already...i dont have 300+ too spend. I can get a good eal on the bxi so im prolly just gonna go with it and sell my mint 81000d...in the classifieds btw!

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

i got my bxi2006 for 180 shipped on the boards...

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

i got my bxi2006 for 180 shipped on the boards...

u sound like a winner!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[GreekGuy 10+ year member]

Sundown SAZ-1500D

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

Sundown SAZ-1500D

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[gunz4me 10+ year member]

I wouldn't run any of those "budget" amps @ one ohm, but that is just me. At 1 ohm, they become "may pops."

 

[wccoug21 10+ year member]

i just bought a brand new bxi2008d off of ebay for $237 after paypal coupon it'll be here on friday..

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

what u mean may pops? put me dwn wit ur old school slang... And from what I heard most everybody who gots a bxi runs them at 1ohm unless they got two...

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

i just bought a brand new bxi2008d off of ebay for $237 after paypal coupon it'll be here on friday..

yea I just used my nov coupon on a new HU...any dec ebay coupons???

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

i just bought a brand new bxi2008d off of ebay for $237 after paypal coupon it'll be here on friday..

i would normally say sweet, but i see the vfl 150.1 in your profile and im curious what else your building cuz i hope your not replacing that...

 

[headbussaboi 10+ year member]

I wouldn't run any of those "budget" amps @ one ohm, but that is just me. At 1 ohm, they become "may pops."

There is even a guy who's running a 1208d at .5 daily and it's fine. Do you have any personal experience with these "budget" amps or are you another one of those followers? Look at how many "may pops" amps are sitting at DB-r waiting for repair. Guess they shouldn't have been ran at 1 ohm either.

 

[wccoug21 10+ year member]

i would normally say sweet, but i see the vfl 150.1 in your profile and im curious what else your building cuz i hope your not replacing that...

yea i blew that amp and don't feel like fixing it so i'm probably just going to sell it as is... And i wanted some trunk room back so my new build will be 2 aq sdc2.5 10" off of the bxi2008d... i think it should get close to as loud as my old setup while saving a lot of room...

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

of your pics, the soundstream.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

There is even a guy who's running a 1208d at .5 daily and it's fine. Do you have any personal experience with these "budget" amps or are you another one of those followers? Look at how many "may pops" amps are sitting at DB-r waiting for repair. Guess they shouldn't have been ran at 1 ohm either.

Actually, I am old school and try not to run anything less than 2 ohms if I can help it! Blame it on my basic electronics background where I always had it beat into my head that running amplifiers close to a theoretical short puts undue stress on the components and causes excessive heat, thereby reducing useful life. Yes, I know the internals can be engineered, overbuilt, etc. to run at ultra low impedance loads. I just get this gut feeling that low impedance and budget power amplifier don't go together. It is just a personal preference on my part and I guess that makes me an "amp snob.":emb:

Also, I am sure you have seen some of my posts where I said I was going to purchase Sundown, hence the dB-r reference, but I have since changed my mind and I am going MMATS or DD the next time I need a Class D amplifier. Getting back to your dB-r repair reference, I see a lot of guys either begging to send or sending their blown up Hifonics as well as other budget brand name amplifiers to him for repair too. I guess it is the luck of the draw...

Lastly, I know there are lemons in all forms of electronics but I hope that paying more still gets you something a little better.

ETA: Even though I am an "amp snob" I would have absolutely no problems with purchasing a bigger Hifonics, or other budget amplifier, with more RMS than I need and running it at a 2 ohm load. In fact, I have considered doing just that for my dual DD1508 build that I have scheduled for next year.