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which one would u pick. well i have a mtx 1501d with stock everything right but this amp is power hungry. i'm looking to get the kicker ZX1000.1 and mayb it will be less stressful on my electrical system. 1. mtx 1501d 2. kicker zx100.1 3. crunch ground pounder 2500d

99 accord coupe 3.0L...pretty sure the alt puts out around only 100amp...i need to figure out if i will be able to power around 1300RMS for my fi BL..what all should i get? I got the amp, used to have 4 gauge thinking about running 0 gauge with the new set up..i need suggestions i really have no idea about this kind of stuff, extra batteries new alt??anything guys need help.. thanks!

im in the market for a new amp and im doing some research on different brands. and i want to know what you guys think and also know which brands are more efficient and have cleaner bass?? also what was the formula to determine amp efficiency??

Now, wheres the best place (price wise) to pick up more Blue Top D34's... (9) ANL fuses (upto 500Amp)... -and- Fuseblocks and Distro blocks? -Nick

Although I'm not worried about buying an amp with enough power (bc I buy quality gear) I'm still unsure how efficient an amp really is. My really old PPI PC 2150 A/B class says in the manual something like 70% efficient which is better than many class d amps now (I read something about the JL 500/1 being about 50% effiencent.) Anyone really know how efficient their amp is or how I can find out without buying one? PS I have a 06 Toyota Highbrid and I'm thinking that the normal 12v system is going to get taxed pretty hard with a moderate system in there. My system will be pair of 6.5's up front (likely XR's or Mpyre's) powered by my PPI PC2150 Single SS RLP 12 in a port…

i just got a american bass vfl 500.1 not to long ago and i was wondering if anybody has one or knows a little about them.

im lookin for an HO alt for my truck. i have been to iraggi, mean-green, etc etc. send emails to the ones that didnt have ratings on them (ie, mean green. cost but no amperage rating) i have been researching the companies for the past 3 or so days. and i can tell you, IM FREAKIN SCARED! ive heard horror stories from all the companies. ngsm had a mean green with a misaligned bearing, tons of iraggi alt failures and a few doa, EVEN MORE DOAS from excessive. and i cant afford an ohio gen (even though i heard 2 chit stores about them as well). so here is my question is it really worth to get an HO alternator? i am running a 20.1 at 1 ohm right now (and from the test i saw on …

my friend is ordering a Audiopipe Ap-15001d, so ill get to see it soon, but does any one have much experience with the AUDIOPIPE AP-D series, like the 15001, 18001, 30001 real power, clipping, protect, ohm load used, any real info of it in use i was thanking of getting the crescendos but im reconsidering what im going to use for my setup so any real info would be helpful

hey whats up i need help choosing an amp(s) for my setup, my electrical upgrades are big 3 1/0 gauge, 2 runs 1/0 gauge 1 pos 1 neg, 200 amp alt, optima yellow top front,die hard platinum p1 in back, k i have 4 dual 4 ohm subs kicker 15 15's, i need an amp decision i either want a saz-2000, i would have to run it at .5 ohms will my electrical handle that, and hit hard, or should i go with 2 saz-1000 and both amps would be wired down to 1 ohm, which setup would b louder and which would work the best

Which is better to run to the amp, fuse or circuit breaker?

so i have another question ok here it go's. so im gonna be running 2 3000Ds to 2 Fi Btls would it be better to strap the amps together or run each amp unstraped 1 amp to each speaker sepretly?

my friend keeps asking me questions about this and i dont really know the answer. he wants to hook 3 subs to one amp. the amplifier he wants to use: RMS Power @ 4 OHM 160W x 2 RMS Power @ 4 OHM 340W x 1 RMS Power @ 2 OHM 225W x 2 RMS Power @ 2 OHM 460W x 1 one of the subs is: 4 ohm - 200 watt RMS the other 2 are: 8 ohm - 250 RMS is there a way he could hook these up? thanks.

I have a few spare 10" Alpine Type S dual 2ohm subs that have been sitting around for a little over a year with no home. I'm planning on using one of them in a friends sealed box (.75) running it at 1ohm using the Zed Minilith. The Alpine is rated at 300rms. The Zed is rated a bit over 600rms at 1ohm. Id this too much for that sub, or should I just wire it to a 4ohm load.

i bought a new zed audio amp at the beginning of may. zed was giving away free refurbished amps with a new amp purchase. i got a free us acoustics amp. i bench tested the amp as soon as i received it and it played music fine. i put it back in a box and never installed it. on june 2nd it sold on ebay for $160. the guy left me good feedback on june 12th. on august 7th the guy PMs me on sounddomain and says that he finally got around to hooking the amp up and it blows his power wire fuse (the amp doesnt have onboard fuses). i respond immediately, telling him how i tested it. i asked him to measure the resistance of the inputs with a dmm, and look at the circuit board for a…

Hey guys....getting the box built for 2 18" btls...from Manny here in Ct...Stratford at that....thnks Jon for the refferal...but where can I get a HO Alt for my 92 camry wagon...I cant find anything online..and now im getting frustrated...thnks for the help guys...I ll post pics of the box and the first 18.... should be here in a few days....Quantum View ftw!!! thanks for the help pplz Freddy

I'll be running a bi-amp setup in the near future. As of right now the amps will be: Memphis MC3004 (75x4 @ 4 ohms) Memphis ST or MC 1000D (600x1 @ 2 ohms) Part 1: I have never done a bi-amp setup and was curious about the power wire. If I run this through a fused distrubution block, do I need an in-line fuse between the positive battery terminal and distribution block, or will the individual fuses in the block suffice? Part 2: I figured up the current draw on both amps based on the sticky in this section. It looks like: MC3004 will be drawing 32.5A 1000D will be drawing 44A I am currently thinking that I will run a 0/1AWG wire from the battery to the distro block, th…

Well im going to be purchasing a 12'' Fi BL im going ported tuned to about 32hz, So i want to feed it about 1000w due to my stock electrical. Dont care if its a 1Ohm amp or 2 Ohm because i havent ordered the sub yet.. I figured id start with the amp so i have more options. Im really trying to stay under 300..250 if possible Hifonics? I was talking to a member here who had a 12 bl hooked up to a POWER ACOUSTIK BAMF-2000/1D, who loved it.. So any help id appriciate it.

I am in need of help. I have the sundown 3k and it has been working without any problems for a while now. I went to bump today and there was nothing so when I opened up the back it was in protect with the slight blue of the power light being on. I didnt do anything out of the ordinary and when I shut it off last it was working perfect. I took the backing off and there doesnt look like anything wrong but yet again I dont know nothing so it could be blown for all I know. What I have done as far as trouble shooting: removed RCA wires and turned on still went into protect Removed speaker wires but still goes into protect removed power wire and of course nothing happens Let me…

im having a little problem with my amp. right now i have a sundown saz-2000d hooked up to two 18" dc xl's at .5 ohms until i can afford a better amp and get more batteries to support the extra power. but so far the amp is doing alright except at times the amp will go into protect only when i turn it up. it doesnt happen all the time and whenever it happens its random, meaning it sometimes will go into protect the moment the bass hits when turned up or sometimes after a whole song has played through full tilt. right now my electrical is a 250 amp alt with the big 3 done in 1/0 gauge wire and an xs power d3400 under the hood with a d3100d in the back all with 1/0 gauge wire…

First off, another comparison that may have already occured yea yea sorry. Looking at a Saz-1500D for $400 or a 2200d for $389? Obviously a difference in power but Sundowns are usually underrated with great CS and don't hear TOO much bout the AQ's besides ppl that have them but know nothing bout any other amps. Any opinions whatsoever....gracias! lol Thanks Chris Hasbrook

MTX re-Q, Fosgate's 3.sixty, JL's Cleansweep...there's a metric crap-ton of these Factory stereo processing units out there. Anybody got any experience with any of them? Are they even worth it?

sooooo heres how the story goes. i got an amp a while ago, the crunch gp 2500d, and then i bought some subs, like the aq sdc 2.5s, but take a little more power (called TF X's if anyone is interested) both dual 4's wired down to 1 ohm at the amp. anyways, i'm underpowering them by a few hundred watts, and i'm looking for a replacement. in my searching i as offered an earthquake ph-d3 for a bit less than 300 rom a friend of mine, but i think he used to use it for spl comps a few years ago. anyways, the amp works great, and at 1 ohm does 3000 rms, so i figure if i'm easy with the gain i'll get the output i need, or i can match my current output at 4 ohms with 1300 rms. m…

hey guys, i have a jbl amp and on it there is a 2 screws, one of them is bass boost and it goes from 0-12 db, the other is a xover frequency and it goes from 32hz to some high number i cant remember right now, what should those be at? its on a 15" 9500

Im installing this unit in a 2001 tahoe. Im having trouble with it. I bought an install kit, i think the # is 99-3002. But i think it might need a mounting sleeve for it. Has anyone had any experience installing Premier headunits, im not sure exactly what i need?

1. I ordered the Us amps merlin md1, and it says on their site it has 4 gauge awg terminals, but i also ordered the 1/0 gauge from knu, so my question is will it still fit/work? Or can you use any size wire for any amp? 2. Also, can someone link me to where you can buy the steve meade custom woofer from AA, or tell me if it's any good? 3. LASTLY lol: would you recommend a single fi bl 12 or 15 for mainly rap and hip hop? Thanks.