Your top 5 personal favorite amps and why

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Hmm....interesting question.

Here we go!

1) Soundstream Reference Amps - Loved these things, nice understated look, (I for one, liked the blue) sounded great, ran like champs. So glad I'm gettin another one in the mail shortly!

2) Fosgate DSM Amps - You know, the bbq lookin ones, like the punch 60dsm and punch 100dsm. These were some of my first amps (had plenty of other flea market ones before this, we won't count those!) and were some crazy preforming amps...sooooooo underrated! I had a pair of those, with some kickers in a plexi/mirror box in the back of a buick somerset/regal, ported up thru the 6x9 holes. Awesome car, awesome setup, I was a fool for ever selling it.

3) ORION SX amps - I ran these in my current car for the longest time, loved the oldschool construction, just didn't fit my needs with the power/ohm load I had in my setup.

4) Kicker ZR Series amps - BBQ grill FTMFW! Loved these things, just got louder and louder no matter what you threw at them. Only downside is they were INSANE current hogs..... and got soooooooo freakin hot. I literally think I coulda fried something on my ZR600.

5) Powerbass ASA's - Ok, for once its a newschool amp, but I love it so far, specifically the ASA 600.2. Construction is really good (yes, I've popped it open to see) sounds great, runs cool...looks? Amazing! I dunno who powerbass hired to design this case, or what Korean sweatshop they bought it from, but it is pure ***. I know a lot of people consider powerbass to be on the low end of amp's, but these are a cut above all that for sure! Now to score a 2000.1 to complete my set, and hook it up to the tc sounds oem 10 I have coming in. This systems gonna sound great!

Honorable mention: Fusion Powerplant Amps - Not many people have heard of these, and even fewer have run them. They are an amp company from New Zealand of all places, and make some good stuff. It was a tossup between these and the Powerbass Amps, but the Powerbass wins due to its good looks, and lack of a pop on startup. The fusions annoyed me in that they did not have a soft power on feature. Otherwise awesome amps, clean look (these were the previous years model, not the new ones) and made plenty of power while staying cool. I may regret having sold those some day!

 

[nosaj070 10+ year member]

Soundstream Reference 604 - Picked it up off of Spdracr on this board god knows how long ago and it has ran over 8 completely different systems in that time. Built like a tank, handles every resistance you can throw at it, and powers most subs to volumes well beyond my needs. Sounds great and looks great as well. Conveniently I am selling it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif let me know if you're interested.

 

[Team_Innovative 10+ year member]

(1) Soundstream reference class A 10.0 - clean and a ton of power(2) Earthquake D3 - raw power and bulletproof

It isn't easy to pick a top 5, after some thought I would have to say:

(1)Class A 10.0(still)

(2)IA 20.1(rock solid at any load for the couple of months I got to play around with them)

(3)Soundstream Picasso 4 channel

(4)D3

(5)SS XXX6500

Keep in mind I kept this list to amps I have worked with directly.

 

[go_go_thrash 10+ year member]

1. The Orion HCCA's

2. Soundstream Rubicon 404

3. Audio Art 100HC (if anyone has one let me know please)

4. MMats D300hc (I love that heatsink)

5. Purely for aesthetics the new alpine PDX's

 

[jaco 10+ year member]

Hmm....interesting question. Honorable mention: Fusion Powerplant Amps - Not many people have heard of these, and even fewer have run them. They are an amp company from New Zealand of all places, and make some good stuff. It was a tossup between these and the Powerbass Amps, but the Powerbass wins due to its good looks, and lack of a pop on startup. The fusions annoyed me in that they did not have a soft power on feature. Otherwise awesome amps, clean look (these were the previous years model, not the new ones) and made plenty of power while staying cool. I may regret having sold those some day!

1. my ppi a 1200

it was a power house and took tons of abuse

2. my blade (not boss) 2x75 did more like a true 500 watts of clean power

3. MTX 2300 awesome amp of its day.

4. orion 250 hcca first edition old skool power plant

5. FUSION as stated not a well known company

but a local stereo shop let me borrow 2 of thier priemum 2500.1 and i decided to see if they would do .5 Ohm burps and they did at close to 4000 watts.

i even played it for street beat and they held thier own.

so a great amp a lil over rated but not by much.