amp selection help

twankydeuce · Post by **twankydeuce** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:02 pm

Hello, I'm new here. I need some amp advice, I'm running around in circles right now I've been looking at so many.

I'm getting 2 12" L7 solobarics.
I'm looking for a amp that pushes 1500 or 1200 watts a 1 or 2 ohms.
Throw some of your favorites that meet these specs or ones you know are good or decent.

I was looking at:
Phoenix gold xenon 1200.1
Kicker 04KX1200.1
Soundstream PCA1500D
Any opinions on these?

TIA!!

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:04 pm

Orion 1200D also (1200@1ohm I believe).

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:12 pm

well my first suggestions is to change subs they have a high faliure rate and they dont sound very good. i dont mean to bash your choices just help steer you in the right direction!

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:15 pm

well my first suggestions is to change subs they have a high faliure rate and they dont sound very good. i dont mean to bash your choices just help steer you in the right direction!

This is what everyone will say about those subs. Unless you already have them, just know they have had many problems. Rid4lif (Tedd) will tell you about his experience with the l7's. I think he went through 4 or 5. Until the warranty ran out, and he finally just went with something else I believe.

As for amps how much are you looking to spend? Then we could help you further in your quest in a amp selection. I like kicker amps even tho mine craped out on me. It was used so no telling what the person before me did to it. Anyway, Kicker is great if you can get a deal on it.

twankydeuce · Post by **twankydeuce** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:58 pm

Well, my budget is nothing more than about $450. After solacedagony suggested the orion 1200d I looked at it and I like what I see. What do you guys think?

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:11 pm

very solid amp...you might look into the Crossfire 1000D. It is an underrated amp and will produce I believe somewhere around 1300w at 2ohm or 1ohm. I can't remember.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:15 pm

Very Nice Reccomendation!

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:15 pm

I say there decent. Look into a JBLbp1200.1 great amp, you should be able to snag one of those cheap off ebay. Look into Arc Audio, I'm sure you could pick up a arc audio kar1000.2 of there. I snaged an arc audio cxl1500 for 200 on ebay. So if used is okay I would go with ebay.

Go to your local shops and see if they are selling any. MTX81000,MTX1500d, Rockfordfosgate Type RF X6(make sure this is the newest model),X7, Power1000bd, Hifonics BX1500, alot more from HF, just can't remeber the name, make sure these are the new models too, 05 and up. Anyway those are mainstream, but can be had for cheap and put out it's rated power, and are there flagship models pretty much.