Audiobahn Amp
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: Audiobahn Amp
Posted By: tnpkhmerboy
Subject: Audiobahn Amp
Date Posted: December 11, 2003 at 11:03 PM
I have an Audiobahn Amp thats 2,400 watts. I was wondering if it was any good and if it was better to hook it up to 2 alum10q's or 3 of them? I have two of them hooked up so far and it sounds ok. Would it be better to put the third on in?
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Posted By: tnpkhmerboy
Date Posted: December 11, 2003 at 11:16 PM
I was also wondering if that amp is any good.
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 11, 2003 at 11:17 PM
Funny two of you wondering the same thing with the same name. All that I am gonna say is that the power the qoute is definately an exaggeration. Maybe when they were testing the amp a bolt of lightning struck it.
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Posted By: CharlzO
Date Posted: January 27, 2004 at 2:01 PM
so what model IS it?
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Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: January 27, 2004 at 2:26 PM
hay it's not the worst or the best. if you already own it. use it. hook it up and let her rip. see what happens. 2400w is a little high rating, but who cares if you like it, run it. It does not matter what brand you use if it makes you happy thats all that matters. there are a lot of brand names out there some are the very best, some are rock bottom. you will not get more than 3 people on this forum to agree on what is the best anyway. some poeple like rf, some don't, some think audiobahn is the best, some will tell you it's crap. and so on, and so on, and so on..............just make sure the sub power ratings(rms rating) matches as close as you can to the amps rms power rating. good luck with your project.
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Posted By: jpranwez
Date Posted: January 27, 2004 at 4:13 PM
Personally I like audiobahn. And as far as your setup goes. Thre alumq tens is about perfect. Make sure you have the 6 ohm dvc and wire the subs in parallel and then the subs to amp parallel. I think that's right. If it's the 2300 hct three tens is perfect. I'm going to hook up three to a 1500 hct. With the 6 ohm voice coil you run the subs in parallel to 3 ohms then the three subs together in parallel to 1 ohm bridged at your amp for 2400 watts rms. The speakers should handle 800 rms a piece so it about perfect. Do me a favor and tell me what kind of car it's going in and whether it sounds good.
Posted By: jpranwez
Date Posted: January 27, 2004 at 4:14 PM
Oh yeah. Make sure I had the amp right. If it's older make sure it's one ohm stable.
Posted By: jpranwez
Date Posted: January 27, 2004 at 4:15 PM
Just make sure your amp is one ohm stable if it's not a hct2300
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: January 27, 2004 at 8:42 PM
I would only use this setup temporarily and upgrade to something way better than audibahn for your amp. Why would you buy nice Eclipse subs and use an amp that isnt even close to its quality.
Posted By: jpranwez
Date Posted: January 28, 2004 at 12:52 PM
Like I said I personally like audiobahn, but I think the subs he has are audiobahn alum10qs. If there eclipse then I haven't looked up any info on them and don't how many or how you should wire them.
Posted By: AudioBAHNvlcm
Date Posted: January 28, 2004 at 3:04 PM
I had 2 of the Alum10Qs and the A2200HCT amp, and they sucked!!! so i went down and bought to memphis mojos. what a difference!! ill never go back to audiobahn
Posted By: CharlzO
Date Posted: January 28, 2004 at 4:04 PM
I will say that if the ALUM's aren't wired right, they aren't going to sound good at all, REGARDLESS of amp. I know I've seen it posted way too many times about these subs sounding like sh*t, and 9 times out of 10, it's all because they didn't realize that they're 6 ohm coils. I'm not saying that they are the biggest, baddest, or best out there, cause I know that there a lot of options for a lot of people, and a lot of different tastes. I used dual ALUM12's and never had a problem, and loved them til I sold them. I was running them off of two A1300HC amps, one per sub. Never a problem.
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Posted By: AudioBAHNvlcm
Date Posted: January 28, 2004 at 4:53 PM
all i know is that if you own audiobahn, and then switch to another company such as eclipse or JL or any other mid-high quality brand, 9 times out of 10 you will never look back to audiobarn.
Posted By: jpranwez
Date Posted: January 29, 2004 at 1:50 PM
Just curious, have you used other audiobahn stuff besides that set of subs. I was going to guess the same thing as charlzo, that hooked up to that amp, those 2 subs can be wired for the right impedance. But hey, everybody like something different.
Posted By: ryken_design
Date Posted: January 29, 2004 at 6:39 PM
Hook up all three you may like it. Just remember that dropping your ohm load will decrease your sq, probably not enough for you to notice, and condsidering the amps power you quite likely won't lose any sq. About the eclispe gear, the stuff is awsome. Quite possibly one of the best on the market from my point of view but if you are going to change to those subs i would probably drop the audiobahn amp. Don't get me wrong I love Audiobahn and i run their subs, but I feel that their amps are overated. But in the end "To Each His Own." and I have learned that everone has different tastes and different companies fufill those taste. Try all three, Good Luck.
Posted By: wesley982002
Date Posted: February 16, 2004 at 2:52 AM
I just bought the audiobahn a2300hcq and can't wait to put it in, right now I have 2 aw1206t's running off of only 300 watts and it hits pretty hard, I do know if your gonna judge how good these are then you need to make sure you have the right enclosure, makes a huge difference, I have mine in a 1.5 cubic ft ported enclosre for each sub (no trunk space left at all) and they sound a whole lot better than when installed in a 1 cubic qlogic box.
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: February 16, 2004 at 1:15 PM
A good installer can take the worst of brands and make it sound good, I personally do not like and will not sell Sony, but I do know how to make it sound good and work within it's capabilities. Brands are not 100% of the equation, it's how the system is matched together that counts.
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Posted By: electronic
Date Posted: February 16, 2004 at 2:40 PM
my exp with audiobahn products have been okay. as an installer i suggest you make sure your enclosure is the correct size and fill fill fill no worst enemy than air
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 16, 2004 at 8:25 PM
Why do so many people on this forum say that their subs hit hard for? Sure they can hit hard but do they sound like someone just hit them with a baseball bat or do they give you a clean tight sound. Whatever they do you cant describe a sub by saying it hits hard.
Posted By: spl IROc-z
Date Posted: February 21, 2004 at 9:06 PM
I have a A2200HCX currently on 2 Kicker L5 15's. I think the amp is great. But my local Audiobahn dealer told me that the amps are overrated. My amp is rated at 1600rms @1 ohm from Audiobahn but the dealer says in reality the power is 1200-1300 r.m.s. My last install had this same amp on 2 Audiobahn AW1206T's om a 3 cu.ft. shared space, ported box, and it did 144db. in a IASCA sanctioned event. (2002 Celica GT-S) This was with no pre-comp tuning, and the box had a trim panel on the top of it so it was in-mobile.
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