Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Audio Is this a good sub amp choice for 129 bucks?

really don't know. all i know is when it blew the first time cost me $100 and some change. I had blaukpunt said 1000 watts a piece i couldn't tell it even still they were never pushed that hard.

Dave was asking about the impedence.

It sounds like your installer may have the subs wired in too low of a load for the amp to handle. Therefore, it was overheating and frying its internals.

This could still happen even if you weren't driving the subs hard.

running too low of a load even at low volumes for a long period of time can also blow an amp. especially with music that has hard transients/peaks in the signal.

I have this amp running my components...not a bad amp, but I don't know if I would expect too much SPL out of it...

Bridge it and send 100 RMS to a set of components and that will make you smile, though!

If my PB15 can run off a PG QX2180, that Alpine can push your PB, although you may be able to find better at the same price, I would say keep looking. You may be able to find some jewel in your search right?