TheBandit

anyone heard of it? i got my speakers and deck and it sounds pretty good.. but now maybe adding an amp,, looked at a bunch of lightning stuff.. anyone had em?

traksta15

they're made by rockford, but stay away from the bolt (yellow) and the fast and furious (red) series. everything else is fine from what i've heard..........what kind of a budget are you on and what kind of subs do you have?what kind of sound do you want?

theSteve

i have an old lightning audio 15 from about 5 years ago. no reason to get rid of it, works great.


(old pic)

the lightning audio amp was of average quality, only mediocre power output (but rated correctly)... I worked it like a mule and it never overheated or died.

TheBandit

thanks.. i have no subs or anything yet.. thats what im looking into.. im not sure what to get yet

maroon88iroc

iTrader: (7)

i have a couple of lightning audio 12"s (cast series i think, cant remember) that i wouldnt mind getting rid of. theyre great subs i think i have a link of these in my friends blazer that i bought them from. ill try and get the link up later. but i also have an amp. its a sony explode 1200 watt 2 channel. it puts out 200 watts rms to 2 channels and these subs and this amp are a great combo. lmk if your interested i can get you pics and cut you a good deal if you buy both.

maroon88iroc

iTrader: (7)

i found the links here they are. let me know if your interested in this stuff.

http://www.realmofexcursion.com/vide...la12flex.1.wmv

http://www.realmofexcursion.com/vide...dio/1214.1.wmv

theSteve

baha im not sure thats the best way to sell subs man lol

iroc2nv

i had a sponsorship for the lightning audio strike series..but i went with eclipse instead..

not a bad company, but i find that eclipse is better

(strike is the highest brand of lightning)


check em out

iroc2nv

ddn69

ok when ur body panels are flexing i think its time to stop....

ScrapMaker

just because the video shows the woofer doing some extreme-excursion doesn't mean the woofers are bad...

in my experience once you've damage a woofer, you know right away... a very obvious mistake. It's not like buying a 15-year-old car and having non-stop problems with it. damn third gens.

theSteve

yes but would you rather subs that have been babied or subs that have been put through that?

ScrapMaker

Honestly, it completely depends on the price. If they were the same price, yeah I'd like new subs... but think about it, if he can use them to that extent, you know they are good... it's like he test drove them for you

maroon88iroc

iTrader: (7)

that video is when they were in my friends blazer. They were not used like that all the time. he ran 200 watts rms at 4 ohms to each sub. we hooked up my amp wich put out 1600 watts at 1 ohm when we took this video. these subs were not killed they were used. and i think my asking price of $100 + shipping for two of the subs is a good deal. but the guy hasnt returned my messages.

TheBandit

pm was sent.. sorry for not sending was awawy on vacation and couldnt respond

Sonix

iTrader: (1)

lightning audios strike line (I thought was their mid line?) is very good. The thing about lightning audio that makes them great, is staggered 4 channel amps. Ever think to yourself: Hey, I could use 40W rms for my fronts, but I want around 80W rms for the rears, how come every 4 channel amp is equal front and rears? Now, along comes lightning audio. Good stuff.

ScrapMaker

great stuff... not so much...

why would you ever want 'staggered'?

are you saying you can just turn a dial and set how much power is forward/backward, just like the AWD slider on a WRX Sti?

Sonix

iTrader: (1)

no no, instead of 50W rms x4, you get 90W rms in the rears, and 30W rms in the fronts (the model that my brother has, there are other variations..)... makes sense to me.

If your car came with 6.5" rounds in all 4 corners, a 4 channel amp with equal power on all 4 corners makes sense... however, the 2 GM's i've owned, have had big 6x9's in the rear (which can take more power), and 3.5" or 4'x6" in the fronts, which take less. So less power in the front is better (to me).

Of course you could take your "normal" 4 channel amp, and turn the gain down in the front to get the same effect, (since you don't want to blow your tiny front speakers), but this is kinda neat feature.... For the price of a 50Wx4 rms amp, you get nearly 100W rms in the rear, really making your 6x9s sing, and not too much power to get your teeny fronts popping.

JMHO.

ScrapMaker

except most people have more than 4 speakers in their car.. so with that amp you're referring to, how would you power the kicks/doors, AND the dash speakers?

I'd rather have the standard four channel amplifier that puts out 150rms per channel... at least all of the ones that aren't at best buy/wal-mart.... that gives you enough to run one good speaker per channel, or two decent speakers per channel.

Sonix

iTrader: (1)

ok, that i'd have to disagree with. Most people stay with 4 speakers in their car, the hardcore car audio guys get more. But for most setups, with 4 speakers, in stock locations, I like these amps. 150W rms per channel, x4? That's a huge amp.... I'm not one to spend that kind of cash on mids/highs, but that's just me of course.

TheBandit

yeah id stick with 4 unless you were really into the sound system stuff.. which im not i just want a good system that sounds good.. just adding a little more power to it all

ScrapMaker

I guess what I meant is that in most cars, they have more than four, stock... not our cars, but in general.. since you were referring to those amplifiers, in general, being good because they have different power front/rear...

Sonix

iTrader: (1)

oh yea, sorry, I was just referring to 3rd gens... (and to my old '87 Delta 88, and some older GM's in general)
so for our cars, with upgraded speakers, but in stock locations, which I think is pretty common for the members on these boards, I think those are good amps.

ScrapMaker

ah I understand... the only cars I've been in with four speakers are the generic 90'ish GM 4-door celebrity/buick, thirdgens, and most trucks.

my '84 Buick had 8 speakers, my Dad's '89 Lincoln has 8 speakers as well... my friend's 2000 camaro has 6 speakers... and any suv/minivan has at least 6-8 speakers...

but in general you have a valid point, when dealing with our cars... but the only thing I don't agree with is that an amp should divide up it's power from channel-to-channel... since a typical upgraded 4x6 takes about 50-75rms watts, and a typical 6x9 takes 75-100rms watts... not that big of a difference... and the higher quality speaker you go, the less the difference is between the two.

Generalizations aside, 30WRMS is way too small for any speaker, unless you seal your windows shut and dynamat the entire car...

Sonix

iTrader: (1)

most decks put out 22W rms right? well ok, you're not the kinda guy to stick with a deck to power your speakers eh ?
That model is the "tiny" one, the bigger one is something like 60W rms fronts, 110W rms rears, or something like that...

anyway, now we're just beating this to death...

ScrapMaker

point is... I've just never really heard/experienced much positive stuff about lightning audio... no matter what... but I guess if some people like it, more power to 'em.