powerbass or planet audio

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Topic: powerbass or planet audio

Posted By: des321
Subject: powerbass or planet audio
Date Posted: July 26, 2007 at 5:25 PM

Are powerbass or the planet audio amps any good, I'm looking at the powerbass asa-2000.1d or a planet audio 2250,what we be best, or what would be a better amp giving me the same amount of power thanks in advance.

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Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: July 26, 2007 at 10:04 PM

I don't have any experience with Powerbass, but we sell Planet Audio at our shop. They offer a killer warranty and their customer support is top notch. Plus their amps are solid with a lot of power. I think you would be very happy with the 2250.

Posted By: xtremej
Date Posted: July 27, 2007 at 10:35 AM

The powerbass is solid equipment, the 1000.1 and the 2000.1 are both decent amps.

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 27, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Planet Audio used to be one of the top rated amplifier lines in the world bar none. These days they have suffered a bit quality wise but they are still very good and I would not hesitate to use them. Powerbase makes decent subwoofer amps but I would not use them for anything else.

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Posted By: audiomaninc
Date Posted: July 28, 2007 at 11:21 AM

The nice thing about the Planet Audio amps is they provide a birth certificate so you know exactly what kind of power you're buying. On the other hand, the Powerbass subwoofer amps are pretty decent too! I've sold tons of them with no problems, and have the ASA1000.1D in my car now with 2 L series 12". Best bet is to take a listen to each amp and see which you like better! What are you powering with this?

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Posted By: des321
Date Posted: July 28, 2007 at 12:40 PM

two 12" solo x's dual 2 ohm coils there 2500 rms, 5000 peak

Posted By: bigbangs
Date Posted: July 28, 2007 at 1:44 PM

They are both crap

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Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: July 28, 2007 at 2:10 PM

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

That was the most insightful opinion I have ever seen posted. Seriously if you are gonna post something make it actually mean something. If you dont like either brand that say why, post experiences or test results or anything that backs up your opinion. What you posted is completly useless

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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 28, 2007 at 3:16 PM

the Planet Audio 2250 is a beast of an amp...puts out good power. I know a guy who ran four of these in his competition vehicle

Posted By: sarcomax
Date Posted: July 28, 2007 at 4:06 PM

The crap comment coming from a guy questioning how good a crunch amp is...Nothing but problems with crunch amps...never had an issue with planet audio or powerbass.

Posted By: audiomaninc
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 11:17 AM

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion. posted_image

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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 11:27 AM

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion.

I think you mean...OVER-rated. simple mistake its cool

Posted By: audiomaninc
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 12:19 PM

aznboi3644 wrote:

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion.

I think you mean...OVER-rated. simple mistake its cool

Thus the sarcasm warning posted_image

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Alpine CDA9813, RF T2000.1bd, RF T162S, RFT142C, RF T600.4, RF T215D4
140.7 @ 28Hz

Posted By: bigbangs
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 2:16 PM

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion.

Actually the planet audio amps is priced about the same as a hifonics amp/ i'm about to swtich out my hifonics amp. Its crap too.lol

Don't get me wrong , its loud and it bangs but i do believe its underrated and not pushing my subs like it suppose to.

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Pioneer Deck
5.25 Kicker Front Speakers
6.5 Kicker Rear Speakers
2 12" Directed SX Subwoofers
Hifonics Brutus BXi 1206D AMP
1 Capacitor
2 gauge wiring..Big 3 upgraded
Steady 13.8 volts

Posted By: audiomaninc
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 2:27 PM

bigbangs wrote:

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion.

Actually the planet audio amps is priced about the same as a hifonics amp/ i'm about to swtich out my hifonics amp. Its crap too.lol

Don't get me wrong , its loud and it bangs but i do believe its underrated and not pushing my subs like it suppose to.

I just don't believe it's right for you to come on this forum and bash other people's product when you aren't exactly sportin' top notch gear yourself. What experience do you have with Powerbass or Planet Audio?

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2003 Dodge Neon R/T
Alpine CDA9813, RF T2000.1bd, RF T162S, RFT142C, RF T600.4, RF T215D4
140.7 @ 28Hz

Posted By: bigbangs
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 2:33 PM

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion.

Actually the planet audio amps is priced about the same as a hifonics amp/ i'm about to swtich out my hifonics amp. Its crap too.lol

Don't get me wrong , its loud and it bangs but i do believe its underrated and not pushing my subs like it suppose to.

I just don't believe it's right for you to come on this forum and bash other people's product when you aren't exactly sportin' top notch gear yourself. What experience do you have with Powerbass or Planet Audio?

Who products was I bashing. I didn't bash anyone products. he simply asked for feedback on a product that he doesnt even have yet.Now since when was it worng to give negative feedback on an item ?

He ask for opinions and i gave it oo him

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Pioneer Deck
5.25 Kicker Front Speakers
6.5 Kicker Rear Speakers
2 12" Directed SX Subwoofers
Hifonics Brutus BXi 1206D AMP
1 Capacitor
2 gauge wiring..Big 3 upgraded
Steady 13.8 volts

Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 2:41 PM

audiomaninc wrote:

aznboi3644 wrote:

audiomaninc wrote:

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

And where does this opinion stem from Mr. Bigbangs? I'm sure you'd rather have us all buy the indestructable always underrated Hifonics amps? (that was sarcasm Mr. Bigbangs) This coming from a guy that says you don't have to pay real money to get real power. I would take either the Powerbass amp or the Planet Audio amp over your Hifonics or your new Crunch amp anyday, but maybe that's just my humble opinion.

I think you mean...OVER-rated. simple mistake its cool

Thus the sarcasm warning

reading > me

lol

Posted By: audiomaninc
Date Posted: July 30, 2007 at 2:44 PM

Positive or negative feedback is wonderful, as long as it stems from some sort of experience. In your other thread, if someone just out of the blue said about any amp you want to try out, "that's crap", with no rhyme or reason, you'd be upset I bet. Again, do you have any experience with the products that were mentioned, or was it just a bunch of...crap?

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2003 Dodge Neon R/T
Alpine CDA9813, RF T2000.1bd, RF T162S, RFT142C, RF T600.4, RF T215D4
140.7 @ 28Hz

Posted By: bigperm
Date Posted: August 01, 2007 at 12:35 AM

Hi, i'm new here and lurking around, but I couldn't help but respond to this thread.

I have 2 Planet Audio amps. A P850-D and a VX1400D mono amp. They are both amazing amps. I have them both running at 1 ohm and they never get hot, even here in Lake Havasu where it's 120+ daily. I also ran the VX1400D at .5 ohm for 3 months with no problems on a pair of dual 2 ohm Cerwin Vega V-Max's. They come with birth sheets and are tested at 13.8 volts, not 14.4 like most amp manufacturer's.

In my opinion, for the money Planet Audio makes the best amps available.

Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: August 01, 2007 at 5:10 AM

bigbangs wrote:

They are both crap

Coming from a guy who stated that Kicker makes the best sounding subwoofers available.

Sorry, but I just had to!

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