5+ channel amps, still made?

Are there any 5 or more channel amps still made other than kicker and crossfire? My set up will consist of a 3 way set up in the front stage, a 2 way set up in the rear, with a 8 or maybe 10 inch sub(depending on room), and 2 10 subs in the trunk. None of the equipment has been purchased so i'm open to all suggestions.

Eclipse for sure, at this hour though, I am not about to go looking for more.

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Audiobahn and Alpine have a 5/6 channel range but they're pricey.

Reeceddogg wrote:

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My set up will consist of a 3 way set up in the front stage, a 2 way set up in the rear, with a 8 or maybe 10 inch sub(depending on room), and 2 10 subs in the trunk.

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Hmm.  Why don't you stick with cabin speakers in the cabin and subs in the trunk?  Not sure what you are asking for in terms of wiring when you imply two seperate subwoofer systems. 

I've been running JL Audio's 6-channel for some 4 years now and it has easily become my all time favorite amplifier.

https://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_amps.php?amp_id=403

or, if you've got lotsa money, the 5-channel variant has some of the most impressive onboard xovers I've ever seen in an amplifier.

https://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_amps.php?amp_id=256

Other than that I notice you want to run 2x10" in the trunk.. you might find a smallish 4-channel and dedicated monoblock would do that a bit better than a full-range 6 channel or a 5-channel with a smallish subwoofer output.  Unless your vested in a 1-amp solution, I'd consider a pair.

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Elemental Designs Nine.5
https://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=550

DLS A7
https://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=1_107_109&products_id=527

DLS RA50
https://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=1_107_109&products_id=532

DLS CA51
https://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=1_107_109&products_id=567

Here's where I'd look first. EXTREMELY good performing amp. Sounds like nothing at all, which is how an amp SHOULD sound. Around 800 bux, I think.

Zapco makes a fantastic sounding amplifier, if reallyexpensive. 1200 bux...

Another Zapco. Also expensive, but when you figure what all it does, not really TOO spendy. 1400 bux

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

focal also makes a very nice 5 ch amp. very expensive though. you get what you pay for in the audio business though.

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The JL's and elemental designs are in my price range. which would you recommend. I can personally hear the jl but not the elemantal designs, so i'd hate to order one and not like it.

The JL 500/5 is a proven amplifier from an industry leading manufacturer. . . and its cheaper . . . several hundred dollars less . . . than anything else posted in this entire thread.  And the onboard xovers and input topology are all superior to anything that ED is offering, even at what appears to be some 150% of the price.

The only ED amp that wouldn't cost substantially more isn't even in production yet.  It isn't slated to come out for some 3 more months.

Get a JL500/5...  here it is far and away your most technologically capable and cheapest choice.

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sedate wrote:

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Other than that I notice you want to run 2x10" in the trunk.. you might find a smallish 4-channel and dedicated monoblock would do that a bit better than a full-range 6 channel or a 5-channel with a smallish subwoofer output. Unless your vested in a 1-amp solution, I'd consider a pair.

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I will still have two amps. The 5/6 channel for the interior and free air sub in the rear deck and a dedicated mono for the two tens. Or would it be better to have 3 of the same subs, with the interior on a 4-channel and the subs on a 5/6 channel in 3 channel mode.

any thoughts on the JBL GTO755.6

Reeceddog wrote:

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Or would it be better to have 3 of the same subs, with the interior on a 4-channel and the subs on a 5/6 channel in 3 channel mode.

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Uhh.  That.

You don't need free air subs with trunk subs.  This is pointless and probably impossible to do well.

If you are running this amplifier as a cabin amplifier, then for god sakes man, buy a cabin amplifier.  You certainly don't need a 5-channel.. the 5-channel is going to become something of a 5th wheel ... epecially b/c your free-air sub/trunk sub idea really is totally unworkable.

With a 6-channel however, you'd have far, far more flexibility.

Reeceddogg wrote:

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any thoughts on the JBL GTO755.6

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I mean JBL amps are okay.  Not really noteworthy in any paticular aspect, but a decent mid-lower end contender.  I had a JBL 4 channel when I was a kid that I really liked.

I think here I will still stick by my original recommendation of the JL Audio 6450.

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I am sorry for jacking into this thread but I was searching for comments on the 500/5 amp and this came up.

I am attempting and with no success, to connect the 500/5 with a Pioneer AVIC-Z2 in my 911.
The car comes comes stock with 12 speakers and 1 sub, all Bose stuff. The speakers will remain until I find something else that I like.
Problem is that I am either really stupid or not seeing something simple in front of me.
How does one connect all these speakers using the head unit and the amp? Can all these speakers actually be run with this one amp? That was my original intent.
Currently all I can get out of this is the sub and nothing else.

Sorry for the thread jack.

bob.

There's a bose interface you can buy or you can either rewire the entire car.

Yea your able to hook them all up to one amp it all has to do with the impedance so your not over driving the amp. But you have to know what your doing not a lot of fun at least I don't think so.

audison makes a couple 5 and 6 channel amps

I've installed quite a few of the JBL 6-channel amps with ONLY GOOD feedback from my customers. I love the amps front panel controls as well, glad to see they and other companies are now doing this as well... makes adjusting the amp much easier.

Many reputable amplifier companies make 5-6 channel amplifiers, just depends on what you are looking for and how much you are willing to spend. Personally speaking .. if you are looking for something for a daily driver type of install and you aren't a sort of Hi-Fi audio buff looking for a competition level amplifier, you won't hear any audible difference in the JBL 6-channel and the other amps listed on this thread.