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SQ is the SQUAD
12-30-2002, 01:20 PM
i was looking for a decent amp that can hold a nice 1 ohm load and be able to push my 3 12" dvc pioneer premere subs and not get hot. a friend of mine said he had the 1200w ma audio and it was so powerful it destroyed his 2 12' jl w3's. i was looking and ma auido whas a nice amp that pushes 4000wx1 @ 1ohm. now my poineers are 1000w each so i think the amp is powerful enough to push them hard witout turning the amp up. the amp comes with a warrentee, 2 built in fans and 2 uv meters, i was just wondering what is your take on ma audio amps

87DXHatch
12-30-2002, 01:57 PM
MA audio amps are quite nice. But their amps are on the larger side.

Ok, that is way too much power to be throwing at those subs... I almost guarentee, unless they are more than a couple hundred dollars a sub, that that will blow all 3 subs, pretty quickly.

Not to mention you will NEED a HO alternator to run that much power.

:wave:

SQ is the SQUAD
12-30-2002, 02:50 PM
thats wh i was saying i would turn the amp all the way down (no all the way but most) so i wouldnt actually be pushing that much power but will still push the subs to their capacity and not overload the amp. sizedosentmatter, i got a 3 12" hex box that i squeeze into my hatch so ill mount the amp to th seat

AccordEpicenter
12-31-2002, 12:40 AM
ma amps are ok, but overrated alot. Youll never get 4000w out of that amp. I think its possible but you have to put nearly 18v into it (cant be done without insane mods) You might get half that or a little more, prolly around 2400. Its still a good amp, just overrated

SQ is the SQUAD
12-31-2002, 03:50 PM
i am just mainly asking about the quility of the amps

87DXHatch
12-31-2002, 06:37 PM
They are of good quality. Nothing amazing (they won't run .25 ohm loads) but they are good, solid amps.

SQ is the SQUAD
12-31-2002, 10:09 PM
i thin i am going to get it, the amp is costing me $89, they guy at a local shop told me its going for $1200 in the stores. is brand new an is comming with warrentee

Neuspeed87lx
12-31-2002, 10:57 PM
uuuhhh why are you "thinking" about it if your getting it for 89 bucks and it goes for 1200 in stores?

SQ is the SQUAD
01-01-2003, 08:32 AM
that was a typo, its $389

Cobraman15
01-01-2003, 11:08 AM
3 12s? You may wanna renforce your back window.