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I am currently building a box for a 10" Orion XTR DVC sub to put in my wife's car. I wanted a cheaper amp that would put about 250 to 300 watts into this sub so I bought a Lightning Audio b250.1 amp for $23 on eBay.

I know that Lightning isn't the best brand, but does anyone have an opinion about how it will work in this 'budget' setup? The sub is pretty old, about 8 years or so, but has never been removed from the original box. I'll post some pictures when I get the box done.

Here is a link to the auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

I hope that it actually arrives soon because I paid for it last Friday and I haven't heard from the seller yet.

i think it should work, its only 23 bucks too you could pawn that off on some kid for atleast 50 if you didnt like it

Good point Sinister. It seemed like a good deal even for a crappy amp :)

I would suggest Profile amps if you're on a tight budget. They might be a little over what you'll pay for that Lightning amp, but IMO they're better quality products and seem to put out rated power.

my brother had a lighning audio amp and it performed great... a little over rated but not much, that looks like a good buy to me

eh, hey for $23, why complain? I don't generally suggest Lightning amps at MSRP costs, but for that price, it's a pretty solid amplifier. Ask 71buick, he works for the parent company of Lightning Audio. He can tell ya all about that amp.

I just got it by way of UPS and it has a fan in the front, they call it a "cooling turbine", lol. My arc amp doesn't even have a fan :tongue009 Not sure why a 250 watt amp needs a cooling fan, but hey it was less than $30 so I'm happy, just as long as it works.

My 225-SX fans have a fan from neccessity, but generally I'm not a fan of any active cooling.
fans are cheaply made and fail often. The problem with this is when companies design an amp to rely on those cheaply made fans, and they do fail, you usually wind up with a blown amplifier as a result of a 50 cent fan.

KikiTheCat wrote: you usually wind up with a blown amplifier as a result of a 50 cent fan.

So your sayin the amp is blown buy some guy who really likes 50 cent?



Sorry couldnt resist that joke

that's more common than fan failure, in reality.
too much fitty cent on an amp with the gains at 100%.. haha