what are the best amps
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Topic: what are the best amps
Posted By: spedfix
Subject: what are the best amps
Date Posted: November 16, 2007 at 11:23 PM
I have complined a list of amps and I would like to know what are the best brand for 2 and 4 channel amps. I am bulding an carputer for an two chanenl amp I am looking to power 2 12" 250 rms subs and for the 4-channel 75-125 rms per channel. ALPINE AUDIOBAHN BLAUPUNKT(have heard good things) BOSS BOSTON ACOUSTICS CLARION DIMOND AUDIO ECLIPSE HIFONICS INFINITY JBL JL AUDIO KENWOOD KICKER LANZAR LEGACY MA AUDIO MEMPHIS MTX ORION PHOENIX GOLD PIONEER POWER ACOUSTIK PRECISION POWER PROFILE PLYE PRYAMID ROCKFORD FOSGATE SONY SOUND STORM SOUNDSTREAM VISONIK VOLFENHAG XTANT Harman Kardon Do they make amps? or audio systems
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Posted By: dragon51
Date Posted: November 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Well its late and I am just waiting for a plane to get so I can get home. You have asked a loaded question, most of the amps I would not even use for a paper weight. First off you need to figure out how much your willing to spend. The only amps from that list I would even look at Eclipse, JL audio and Alpine. I like the Boston Acoustics for speakers then that is just my 2 cents. That is why you need to figure out how much you want to spend cause those brands are more money.
Posted By: lspker
Date Posted: November 17, 2007 at 12:01 AM
the one that works
Posted By: spedfix
Date Posted: November 17, 2007 at 12:09 AM
no more than 550 for both amps
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: November 17, 2007 at 12:16 AM
I highly doubt you will find amps that produce that much true power in the price range you suggest. This is especially true if you are looking for "the best" amps. You will probably have to double that amount to get close to what you are looking for. Here are the brands I'd recommend from your list: Alpine Diamond JL Audio Memphis Xtant
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: November 17, 2007 at 1:26 AM
You sure know how to pick from the bottom of the barrel, don't you? I am speaking as an owner and a previous owner, consider SERIOUSLY the Alpine (present owner) and the Eclipse (ex-owner). The Memphis gear, (while I am not personally familiar with it/them) has been recommended repeatedly by very respected members of the forum...
The new PDX amps are FANTASTIC sounding amplifiers for the money, and the Eclipse amps (built on the VERY SAME T-CLASS MODULES by Bang and Olufsen) are a little bit less money.
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Posted By: donpisto
Date Posted: November 17, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Such a limited amount of options :(
It all depends on what you are going for. But based on your limited knowledge, I'd say its not SQ. By SQ I mean true SQ, not just clean sounding. I have, well had DLS Ultimate amps (before I traded them to a friend since I'm not quite yet ready for SQ) and I have to say they were very solid amps.
The alpine pdx is a great buy. Underrated and very efficient. I love the small footprint.
If you could up your budget, I have an RF T8004 and T8002 amp I received in a trade (part of the DLS trade), though you'd probably need to up it by $100.
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