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5 Channel Amp Comparisons
OK, I'm looking for a 5 channel amp to power my car stereo system. Speakers
are 5x7s. Not sure of the subwoofer yet which I'm replacing but nothing bigger than a single 12". Anyone want to comment on any of the listed amps below and recommend (or critique) one over the other(s)? Memphi Belle 16 MCH600 5 Channel Amplifier Alpine PDX5 5 Channel Amplifier Rockford Fosgate Power1000 5 Channel Amplifier Kicker ZX700.5 5 Channel Amplifier US Amps AX5600G 5 Channel Amplifier Focal Power 5.500 5 Channel Amplifier |
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5 Channel Amp Comparisons
Lemmy wrote:
OK, I'm looking for a 5 channel amp to power my car stereo system. Speakers are 5x7s. Not sure of the subwoofer yet which I'm replacing but nothing bigger than a single 12". Anyone want to comment on any of the listed amps below and recommend (or critique) one over the other(s)? Memphi Belle 16 MCH600 5 Channel Amplifier Alpine PDX5 5 Channel Amplifier Rockford Fosgate Power1000 5 Channel Amplifier Kicker ZX700.5 5 Channel Amplifier US Amps AX5600G 5 Channel Amplifier Focal Power 5.500 5 Channel Amplifier I have a Rockford Fosgate 25 to Life Power 1000 and I like it. Right now it is on four Infinity Kappa 682.7cf (6x8s) and a JL Audio 13w6v2 in my 2006 Mustang GT. The pros: This amp will do more than rated power, like 108x4 @ 4 ohms on the a/b circuit and 698 @ 2 ohms on the class D channel. At one ohm it is just a tad under 200 watts per channel on the a/b circuits and close to 1000 watts RMS on the d circuit! I also like the fact that it directly takes 1/0 wire for power and ground. It is also fan cooled. Most importantly is the price. I purchased mine for $460 and I would be hard pressed to find an amplifier that can do this amount of power for this price! The cons: This amp is friggin huge and you will need about 24 inches of width and 13 inches of height to mount this bad boy. I also don't care for the chrome finish or the bling factor lights. Other amps on your list that I would have no problems running would be the Memphis Belle, the Kicker, or the Focal Power. IIRC, there is also a Polk Audio 5 channel amp that is pretty close specs wise to these amps but I have no idea how the Polk Audio amplifier sounds. The first person to tell me that all amplifiers sounds the same can prepare to be flamed by a real world test that I performed! I would shy away from the Alpine because I think that they are lacking in the midbass area. I could be wrong, but I heard one recently, and I did not care for the sound that it produced. If I had to describe it, I would say that it is less than flat. I can't speak for US Amps because I would only run an older, "Made in the USA" US Amps surfboard sized beast (lol). |
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5 Channel Amp Comparisons
Don't know if you are still looking, but on Ebay right now there is a
vintage Soundstream Ref. 405 for sale, a 5 channel amplifier. Don't let the power numbers fool you, it is a high current amp and is INCREDIBLY under-rated (this was back in the IASCA days when competitors bought amps that purposly underated their amps so they could compete in lower power Class brackets to gain an advantage), this was such an amp, you can safely double the rated power specifications for a true estimate of power. I think it's going for around $50 right now, a TRUE BARGAIN, this amp will last a lifetime, and your grandchildren's lifetime. MOSFET "Lemmy" wrote in message ... OK, I'm looking for a 5 channel amp to power my car stereo system. Speakers are 5x7s. Not sure of the subwoofer yet which I'm replacing but nothing bigger than a single 12". Anyone want to comment on any of the listed amps below and recommend (or critique) one over the other(s)? Memphi Belle 16 MCH600 5 Channel Amplifier Alpine PDX5 5 Channel Amplifier Rockford Fosgate Power1000 5 Channel Amplifier Kicker ZX700.5 5 Channel Amplifier US Amps AX5600G 5 Channel Amplifier Focal Power 5.500 5 Channel Amplifier |
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