Ordered My Q 15 with bp option whats a good amp

[master_jbb3 0]

Hey finally making some progress and decided to get the Q instead of BTL which will be here on the 3rd. Just wondering whats a good amp to power it at around 1000w-1500w at a 2ohm load. Also what are some good .5ohm stable amps out there and about how many watts would I be looking at running it at .5 instead of 2ohm

Plan on going with around a 3cu ported box tuned at around 32hz to go in a 03 honda civic coupe. (If this information helps)

Edited August 29, 2008 by master_jbb3

[johnecon2001 82]

Why did you order a Dual 1? You'll need to look at Kicker amps for that power now as most are stable at 2 ohms.

Shame you didn't order Dual2, then you could take advantage of this --> http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...c=20977&hl=

You should email Fi and see if you can change.

[JimJ 11]

There are tons of good 2 ohm-stable amps out there, not a problem from the way I see it

[manbeer 0]

There are tons of good 2 ohm-stable amps out there, not a problem from the way I see it

i believe what he meant was an amp that is optimized for 2 ohm, almost all monoblocks will be STABLE @ 2.

It would help to list a price range, maybe 2 SAE1000d's strapped @ 2ohms? If you are on a budget you can get one of the ebay refurb Rockford Power T5002's for like 250 shipped. I believe that they can handle 2ohms bridged and will produce about 1000 watts, but they might run a little on the warm and inefficient side in doing so. Alpine has a relatively inexpensive monoblock out that is supposed to do 1kw @ 2 ohms as well.

[JimJ 11]

i believe what he meant was an amp that is optimized for 2 ohm, almost all monoblocks will be STABLE @ 2.

I know what he meant, still holds

I was thinking of Alpine as well...or the Rockford "BBQs", or JBL BP1200.1's, PG T1200.1's/Titaniums, etc, etc Almost all can be found for very reasonable prices and will last a long time if properly used.

[master_jbb3 0]

ok I emailed fi about trying to change to dual 2 instead of 1. I might be too late though being thats it's like 3 days into process and its expected to be here around the 3rd. The price range I'm working with is around 400.

[lee 2]

There are tons of good 2 ohm-stable amps out there, not a problem from the way I see it

i believe what he meant was an amp that is optimized for 2 ohm, almost all monoblocks will be STABLE @ 2.

It would help to list a price range, maybe 2 SAE1000d's strapped @ 2ohms? If you are on a budget you can get one of the ebay refurb Rockford Power T5002's for like 250 shipped. I believe that they can handle 2ohms bridged and will produce about 1000 watts, but they might run a little on the warm and inefficient side in doing so. Alpine has a relatively inexpensive monoblock out that is supposed to do 1kw @ 2 ohms as well.

I can vouch for that amp running 2ohm bridged as I had the T5002 powering my Fi Q 18 D1 wired in series. It was a very strong combination, but it did pull alot of current even though its output was 1040 WRMS. I do kinda miss it, but I would do a T10001bd before I go back to the inefficient class A/B 2 channel.

The RF T10001bd still does around 1000rms @2ohm and will be more efficient doing it. Cant go wrong with those amps

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

PG RSD 1200.1 would be more then enough power at 2ohms.

[philsteroni 0]

If Fi manages to switch it back to dual 2 ohm, the new saz 1200d would be perfect to power that Q (coming out soon).

[master_jbb3 0]

Got the sub switched to dual 2 and have it at the house.