im lookin for a new one...rms about 250-300 watts (2 channel) for mt MTX 5000 10's....i cant decide, so everyone please tell me ur fav and i'll look into it.

thanks
rob

cant go wrong with rockford fosgate, thats what i use, and i love em'. the old 75 or 125.2's should move those subs just fine.

daniel

The two PPI amps I own never have let me down once in 3 years of use. Looking to buy another soon to add to the system I've used a couple of other brands and they were crap in comparison.

I'm a Kicker fan. I've got a Kicker ZR600 on my subs, and it's brutal.

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I love the Aura amps that I have and they push out 330x2 and Fosgate amps as well. Can't go wrong w/ those & don't forget about the Kicker & Memphis Audio lines either.

- Mike Harvey -

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The '86 Firebird http://www.geocities.com/flash_point2002

I like the power class precision power amps, i have an 1800 and a 2400 and i love them. i really like the q-bass option on them as well..

I like Phoenix Gold and Alpine V12 amps.

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-Justin-
T-Top '86 5.0L LG4 700R4 WS6 Now Bilstein equipped!
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There can be only one!!

I am a complete Memphis Car Audio fan. I have run a PPI, and a small Audio Art, and the Memphis 1000D that I got now blows them away.

Matt

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88 IROC-Z -- 350 L-98, 700R4, Flowmaster, K&N, MAF Sceens Gone, Airfoil, March Pullies, Comp Cams Magnum 1.6 Roller Rockers, Accel U-Groove Plugs, Accel 8.8 mm Wires, Hypertech Cap & Coil, Hypertech Chip, Hotchkis Strut Tower Brace, One Loud Stereo!

For those subs I would reccomend the MTX250D. It is a Digital class "D" amp which improves temperature and lets the amp be much smaller in size. DONT LET ITS SIZE FOOL YOU!!!

I am also a big memphis fan. I have the 1000D and I love it! My name is matt also!
What a coincidence! I think that all Matt's must be coniseurs!

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Matthew Finch

I went with a Phoenix Gold XS2300 which puts out 300x1 at 4 ohms...and i believe my subs are running 2 ohms. anyway it freakin slams! I still havent tuned it right cause its just too cold out (lol i stood out there in the cold to put it in tho) but i am definately happy with the choice, and the guys i bought it from were really helpful. best of all i think it blows my friend away (he's the kind of person who's gotta be on top)...thanks for the suggestions guys.

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350, Comp 262, Edelbrock Performer intake 600 cfm carb and exhaust, headers
-JVC, Eclipse, Pioneer, MTX, Phoenix Gold, Planet Audio

[This message has been edited by CamaroZ_85 (edited December 22, 2000).]

I have a Alpine V12 240 watts I think. It is pretty sweet.

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Mike Kenny
Current: 1991 RS 305 TBI
Past: 1990 RS 305 TBI (A woman forgot what red lights are for)
Current: mostly stock - newer 305 w/ 12,000 on it
Eclipse speakers all around w/ 10" tube in back
K&N filter w/XStream flow lid - It is sweet!!
Future: 2" Cowl hood

Alpine V12, Precision Power, or Eclipse.

My Eclipse 33230 is a 200x2 at 2 ohm, and slams VERY nice. I plan to bridge it to 1 channel for either a Boston Pro 12 or Eclipse Aluminum 12. For 2 channels, 200x2 at .008% THD, with Eclipse quality and 3 year warranty, just slams for $379.

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Jason E
'89 Camaro RS 2.8
Hypertech chip/K&N filters/Accel 8.8 wires,coil/RapidFires
Eclipse CD and 100x4 amp/Boston plates and 6x9s
JasonEE98 on AOL IM

i have a mtx2150 and a mtx4300. my 2150 is driving 2 12" mtx 7000's. they both have been very reliable.by the way, crutchfield has a great deal on the 2150 i think it is 250$ car stereo review tested it at 425watts in mono. just my 2cents.but i agree ROCKFORD,ALPINE,AND PHOENIX GOLD r also fine amps.i never played with a memphis.well hope this helps ed

If you want a clean power go with ALPINE V12, If you want pure power which I highly suggest go with MTX. I have used Kenwood, PPI, Fosgate, & Alpine, nothing made my woofers hit like MTX.

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'87 IROC
ALPINE 7839 head unit
ALPINE EQ
MTX Amps
2 JL Audio 10's
and lots more to come...

i got an orion cobalt 260W amp, no other amp i had has slammed as hard as that one

Alpine v12 (t757 f407).
I'm glad to see other people with the alpines. I've been working with them for a few years now and I'm really impressed with there durability, style, and overal performance. My friends like xtant but I couldn't justify spending all that money and then having to spend even more for "upgrades." Rockford is alright, just hate the style, old style was much nicer. I have a theory that the less time spent on the design = more $ was spent on design of the guts. Just my general rule of thumb. Also name brands are a safe bet and you can get them for dirt cheap on e-bay.

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, Jon (91 RS too many mods to list), getting new engine in summer

[This message has been edited by JPrevost (edited January 11, 2001).]

I am a bang-for-buck guy, and I love my crunch amp, it rules!
www.crunchusa.com

I have the v3004 (75x4 rms@4 ohms, 2 ohm stable) I used it to run a pair of subs and it did really well, I am going to put it in my contour to run my door speakers.

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1987 Formula 350, headman hedders, Accel supercoil, cap, rotor.
MAF screens removed. 160 degree stat and manual fan switch.

Best ET: 14.745@91.317mph-Stock
Best ET: 14.418@95.51 mph-Modded
Ridiculed Founder of the Traction Impaired Crew

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!
Punch 200 running 2 12" Kicker comp's.

I've been running these same subs and amp for about 6 years now and have had nota single problem.My RS is the 3rd vehicle this set has been in.Going on the 3rd box for the subs.
When/If the amp dies I would like to buy a kicker amp.I would go with a new Folsgate but I'm afraid of it not being as reliable as my ol'punch.
BTW...I probably just jinxed myself but oh well!


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[This message has been edited by Kevin S (edited January 15, 2001).]

I have an MTX Thunder 2300X driving a pair of JL 12W3 D4's. Speaker pair impedance is 4 ohms. (2 4 ohm VC's in series = 8 ohms, speakers in parallel = 4 ohms) My amp puts out around 700W x 1 bridged mono at 4 ohms. 350 watts a sub, and it pounds. Much more impressive than the SPL is the clarity. The bass is never muddy sounding like you get with a cheap amp, and theres no popping or snapping during peak hits.

I also have an MTX Thunder 4300X for full range driving a pair of Eclipse 3 way 6x9's and a pair of Infinity 462.1i 4x6 plates. This amp is rated 37.5 x 4 but the birthsheet says 66 x 4, and I can tell you that it definetly puts out 66 x 4. MTX watts are full bandwith, they don't just see how much they can get out of the amp by dumping tons of gain into it and getting a powerful, but distorted signal. I'd definetly look into the new 500 and 1000D's. Heres a pic of my '98 Thunders.



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-Jason M. 1991 Camaro Z28
"Shampoo is better, I go on first and clean the hair."

Well, on a cheaper note. I bought a pioneer which wan about 50RMS x2, and it really REALLY sucked. if i turned the volume up to 50%, it would cut out. same with the store demo model (which i was told was broken)

I gave that amp away, and bought a "kenwood 600 watt amp" which runs around 150 rms X1 in bridged mono. MUCH better amp. it still would cut out, but only after a hour of blasting at top volume. cost me around 200 bucks. i even had the amp shorting out against the chassis (bad wires, man im stupid) and it still ran strong, after i fixed that.

a fairly solid amp, which isn't too expensive.

but really, if i had the money, i would totally go with rockford fosgate. they have a reputation for being awesome, even if it isn't as "vogue" as it was before because now best buy sells them.

I've had pretty good luck with my Pioneer amp. I've been using a 30x4 pioneer for about a year now, and although it's obviously not very powerful, I'm quite happy with it's performance. It plays a good bit louder than the 50x4 Jensen it replaced, and the sound quality is much smoother. I'm not about to go swapping out my Kicker amps for Pioneer, but for a cheap 4 channel amp, I can't complain. I'd have to assume that your Pioneer amp has problems. Unless you're running a low impedance load, the amp shouldn't ever shut down. Mine distorts long before it shuts down

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[This message has been edited by Jim85IROC (edited January 16, 2001).]

I'll throw in 2 cents here. I'm nowhere near the stereo freak I used to be, but I hated my Alpine amp, nor did I like my buddies V12's that I installed last year. Compared to my MTX's they don't put anywhere near the same power as they are rated. Maybe it's just the MTX are way underrated, I don't now.

I do also really like my Sony Xplode amp that's in my Grand Prix.

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1985 ASCD Ram Air Trans Am
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Alpine V12 all the way. Just my $.02

I'm still using my Lanzar amps, no that new **** by Pyramid, but the Opti-drives, a 200 on my two 12s bridge and a 50 on the highs. I had this 200 on four 15s at one time. Had these two amps since 94. Alpine v12 is great and I had a Zeus (the white one) from years ago it was pretty good too. I don't know how good they are now.

PG and MTX all the way...

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4.6l GT?? Oh you mean the phoney pony..

Go with a JBL BP600.1 or if on a budget BP300.1. These are mono sub amps stable in 1 ohm mono loads. They provide gobs and gobs of clen power. MTX 500D is comparable. It seems to put out a little more than the BP600.1 but is muddier. Any of these would drive your subs hard enough to get your ears ringing.

anything american made and high curent

PG. nuf said.

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92 Rs 3.1/T-5
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An overhead console!!
Clarion Head Unit,
Pioneer 6x9's,Cerwin Vega Plate 4x6's
.....
Its slowly but surely coming along....

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I like Phoenix Gold ZX series. They are incredibly clean and powerful amps with no compromises. They are the amps to use if cost in not much of an object.

I also like the Eclipse line of amplifiers. They are slightly more affordable but are exeptionally clean and powerfull.

If you want to go cheaper without much compromise, Alpine V-12 amps are a real bang for the buck.

soundstream rubicon series kick a**, i have a 1002 @ 4ohm stereo on 2 oz audio bfb 12's, i also have soundstream spl 5-1/4" and 6-1/2" compnonent sets on a rubicon 204 rated 25*4@4ohm and 50*4@2ohm, the spl components are 2 ohm so i am utilizing the amp. the system pounds and the sound is really impressive, especially with the kickpods

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89 iroc 5.7 can't go fast enough. 14.1

ADS PQ 10.2
ADS PQ 16

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89 Formula 305 TBI
160* stat, 200* fan switch, K&N, Headers, 3in Flowmaster (hollow cat) back, pullies, 1.6 full roller rockers, B&M trans cooler, home-made ram-air
3.73 Richmond gears and SLP Zexel Torsen Posi (waiting for install)

Im still learnin but i need your guys help,

I want to get two subs, either eclipse alum, or audiobahn alum, both are 1000rms, and are dual voice coils at 6 ohms,

i like sound quality as much as possible, but i like to blast usually,

how should i do this, and with what? THANX!!!!!!!!!!

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91 FireBird 305 V-8
no true mods,
ghetto rigged cold air intake,
People dont have a soul, its just something parents made up to frighten little children, like the boogie man, or micheal jackson..."

GheTTo Riggers INC.
We Make Mcgyver look Like Crap

Optimus Amps, available at Radio Shack, dirt cheap, but hey, it works! =)

-Reno
Optimus Head
Optimus Amp (200 watt)
Optimus 3 way 6x9's
Optimus box (2 8" subs, 2 2" tweeters)
X-treme Audio 6 disc changer
$550 total

audiobahn
www.justcaraudio.com

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1983 CHEVROLET CAMARO
305 C.I.D.V8 BORED .30 OVER
HIGH VOLUME OIL PUMP
FLAT-TOP PISTONS
MILD CAM
3" CAT BACK EXHAUST W/ FLOWMASTER MUFFFLER
KEYSTONE CLASSIC WHEELS.
B&M RATCHET SHIFTER
STAGE THREE SHIFT KIT

MUSTANGS SUCK

It depends on how many subs you plan on running.

For 3 10" DVC's I run a PG ZX350 it is fan cooled.

For 4 10" DVC's I run a Rockford 500A2 I found that the rockford heats up when running 3 subs.

you cant go wrong with ppi or a v-12

i'm a kicker fan myself...i have a Zx460 running kicker components and pioneer 6x9's and a kicker Zr360 running subs(for now getting a new sub and a Zr600 soon )

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Tony

I have had a fosgate punch 200 and 2 power 10's for about 6 years. I run this amp hard and have never had a problem. fosgate is cheaper now then it used to be since they are selling to cicuit city and best buy. You might want to look at some prices. all my friends have fosgate for their subs and everyone is very happy with the sound

ok ive got a precision power pc275....it pushes my rockford 12's all they can handle...im not complaining i hit a 136.4DB....but its all in what ya like

Soundstream class A 10.2 amp

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Pure Black 1992 RS Camaro
with blackouts and NITERDR on the plate
Open Element K&N
Chrome V covers
New Z28 spoiler
Kick a*s alpine cd player
SOUNDSTREAM Class A 10.2 Chrome Amp
2 SOUNDSTREAM SPL 12" Subwoofers
CHECK OUT MY SITE! http://www.angelfire.com/ne/92rscamaro/index.html

Go with Power Acoustiks. They make very powerful amps for prettys cheap. I just bought a 2200 watt amp brand new of ebay fro $215. Try ebay, they have incredible deals, and incase you have been in a cave for the last few years the URL is www.ebay.com

audiobahn, in my daily driver(91 buick century) i have two audiobahn 4 inch speakers in the dash, two audiobahn 5 1/4's in the rear deck
all this is powered with one A4600E AUDIOBAHN amplifier. i have 0 gauge power wire with a fuse 18 inches off the battery ran to a distribution block with 4- 8 gauge outputs(makes it easy to add on later) that link is fused and ran to the amp with 1 foot of 8 gauge
the ground consists of 8 gauge from amp to anopther distribution block with a 0 gauge ground on the chasis underneath.

the box is made of 3/4 mdf with a double stacked face so that the subs are recessed. t


the great thing is that the subs retail for 49.95 (they are natural sound tens, two of em)
and they outhit all of my friends twelves and tens ( all the popular brands too)

its like i always say

runit it right and play it loud

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1983 CHEVROLET CAMARO with a 1986
305 C.I.D.V8 BORED .030 OVER
HIGH VOLUME OIL PUMP
FLAT-TOP PISTONS
MILD CAM
3" CAT BACK EXHAUST W/ FLOWMASTER MUFFFLER
KEYSTONE CLASSIC WHEELS.
B&M RATCHET SHIFTER
STAGE THREE SHIFT KIT
(she'll spin em into third)

MUSTANGS SUCK

Ive always been a SoundStream fan AND a Kicker fan. (Hell, I live is Stillwater, OK ie, Stillwater Designs/Kicker) The Kicker plant is here in town and you can get the stuff dirt cheap.

Im running a ZX460 on the 4x6s and 6x9s and a ZR600 on 2 Solo 12s. (Oh yeah, got the ZR600 for $169. Brand new A-Stock from Kicker. Got someone on the inside.)Hehe

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L98, 3.27 9-bolt, Hooker shorty headers, custom 2.5inch Y-pipe, no cat, 3inch 2chamber flowmaster, JET AFPR, Ported MAF, Best ET: 13.86 @100mph. 1.99 60'
17 inch ROH "ZS" wheels. 17x8.5(front) and 17x9.5 (rear). Firestone Firehawk SZ50s. 245/45/zr17s and 275/40/zr17s. T56

On the way... Radar Blue 89 Formula, T56, Ram Jet 430, Ram Air, 17inch ROHs.

I have to tell yall Orion's HCAA amps and Autotek's Street Machine amps have never let me and my freinds down. I don't know about Autotek's newer versions but I know I used to run a 95 model of their 44watt X 2 competition amp at 1 ohm powering two JL Audio 12W4DVCs. Yea it voided the warranty but it never even blew a fuse in it.

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1988 Camaro
305 bored .030 over
Stock TBI
Aluminum radiator
No smog pump
gutted factor cleaner
cam ground to crane specs
timing advanced 9 degrees
no thermostat
other than that its bone stock and ran a 16.4 @ 82 mph with earth shattering wheel hop and a 2.88 60 ft time. (this was with the rebuild and cam only)

I have owned various PPI amps over the past 8 years (ProMos50, Art300, PC4400) and they have never let me down.

Phoenix Gold, PPI Art Series or Soundstream are all nice amps. Dont think I would run anything else.
Some of the older Autoteks were extremely nice also.

i have a profile california amp that i got my 2 mtx 4000 hooked up to and it sounds great

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scott