I am after a new Monoblock amp to power my Rockford 2115 DVC (2x2OHM) sub, can an of you chaps recommend a decent amp .I have a £250 budget, I have seen a Kenwood KAC 8151D(£199 car audio direct) mono amp 400w RMS into 2 ohm and it is 1 ohms stable as well with a remote bass boost thingy, is this amp any good or is there better avaliable for the same price? I have a kenwood H/U 8080r so it will fit in well with my current set up.

[Edited by BigRed - 5/31/2003 6:40:09 PM]

[Edited by BigRed - 5/31/2003 6:40:32 PM]

 

Man,I hate this 'cross-tha-pond crap...

I'll need to dig up a link for you...but you can get a USAcoustics 1000D for $195 here...even including shipping,it's well worth it.A cool 1000 watts on tap...I've been running a USX1000F for about 4 years or so now...very nice and reliable for the money.

www.usacoustics.com

 

Ignore brands of amps matching head unit - it makes no difference whatsoever. In the case of Kenwood though, there's a "bass boost" connection that allows you to control the amp's bass EQ from the HU, assuming this amp has it

Look in second hand on www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb

I've used Kenwood amps in the past, and you can do a lot worse.

On the subject of impedance, my own preference would be to wire the subs to show a 4 ohm load and have an amp which can chuck a healthy amount into that, rather than using 2 ohm. (Saying that, I'm running a 1 ohm mono load for subs)

I have just sold a rockford 200ix which dumps 502W into 4 ohm. That would have been cracking

Nick.

 

I have a phoenix gold zx220, amazing amp excellent condition after £160 ono for it, powerful enough to run two of your subs on about half its power!!

Email me if interested

 

Ordered the Viper 600.1d (seems to be rated well on other sites) from car audio direct, hope this does the job OK, chucks out 600w RMS into 1 ohm, 400 w RMS into 2 ohm and 275 w RMS into 4 ohm. The amp also has a remote bass boost that you fit to your dash ETC

Hope i've made the correct choice!!!!!!!!!!

 

Can't go far wrong with that

 

You won't be dissapointed with Kicker or Kenwood.

 

Just got the viper amp, looks very tasty, maybe fit it saturday if the weather holds up!!!!!!

 

Audison

 

Custom made genesis Monoblock. tweaked like a nipple!!

 

"...tweaked like a nipple."
LOL!

I wish alot of our stuff was more readilly available there...just doesn't seem right.