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amp opinions
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:16 pm
by HPballer76
i've started looking around for my next amp and wanted to get some opinions on what i've found in my price and power range. i dont know when im going to buy the amp it may be a little bit im just doing some research on it now. here are the amps im looking at.
Sundown Audio saz-1500d
Incriminator Audio 20.1
US Amps md3d
Kicker kx 2500.1 [the 05 model] maybe
Autotek mm2000.1d
pros and cons of each? thanks
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:18 pm
by Bwcad1
all very good amps i would also tell you to toss in the Autotek MM2000.1 the Hifonics Collosus XXV Crunch GP3000.1D
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:41 pm
by HPballer76
ok ill look into those. anyone have experience with any of these amps?
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:35 am
by swimmerdude
Bill would only suggest amps that he feels are very good amps. I know he has experience with most of Maxxsonics amps and he loves them. I also have a good amount of experience with Maxxsonics amps. The amps are just awesome. I did have a MM2000 for a little while. It was great, and very efficient. I have an older Hifoincs Colossus now, the XX version. I have ran it daily at lower than rated loads and it worked great. The GP3000D Pro's are brand new for this year and they seem to be awesome. The competitors that are using them seem to be loving them. One competitor actually uses 4 of them, each running at 1/2ohm and he burps and even bass races off of 1 battery!
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:27 pm
by HPballer76
ok thanks for the info. im trying to get the most efficient amp because im trying to stay with just one bat. ilike the looks of the md3 the autotek and the kicker. im trying to stay around the $450 price range also this will be a daily driver and im going to be doing some local comps so with that in mind which amp do you think would be the best for what im planing on doing? i dont think i will have the electrical for the gp3000.1 unless they are really efficient.
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:36 pm
by breakjunki
what size alternator do you have and what battery?? then you can figure out how much amps you can pull to power the amp..
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:55 pm
by swimmerdude
I wouldnt go with the US Amps, but thats just my opinion. The Kicker amp is a good quality amp, I just dont really like Kicker as a company because of some things they have done with some big name competitors. My pick would personally be a MM2000. I ran mine on stock alt and an Odyssey 2150 and it did very well, never had any BAD voltage drops.
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:50 am
by cargodz
Out of your choices I would also recommend the MM2000.1
But Breakjunki does bring up a good question:
breakjunki wrote:what size alternator do you have and what battery?
For that kinda power you will defiantely need an upgraded alternator if you don't already have one and one "Good" battery.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:42 pm
by HPballer76
it has the stock 100amp alt and an interstate battery right now. im looking at getting a new alt and battery. what kind of battery would you suggest? i have been looking at kinetik batteries.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:57 pm
by swimmerdude
batteries from brands like odyssey, stinger, kinetik, or other brands that i dont remember off the top of my head will be great for batteries.