Ok I have been looking around for a while now and I have come up with 2 amps that are in my pricerange that are forsale but I dont know what amp is best (overall) Here they are
1) Clarion APX401.4 - $170 (http://www.clarion-eu.com/uk/iPod_co...6918810.4.html) 2) MTX Thunder 304 - ~ $160 (http://www.mtxaudio.com/caraudio/archive/thunder304.cfm) What do you guys is the best for the $$$? Im just using the amp to run my main car speakers. I just dont know what amp is better overall Thanks! [ April 14, 2005, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: Kwalsh24 ] |
I used to own one of the older MTX Thunder 4 channel amps. It was awesome, sounded good, made good power, and never had any problems with it. I wouldn't hesitate to use another MTX amp, or reccomend it.
That would be my choice. |
The Clarion APX amps were designed by Robert Zeff - he did Zapco, and currently does Arc Audio amongst others. I have the previous years model (same circuit board) installed on my test bench, and I really like it.
MTX makes an excellent amp as well The MTX is 4 x 37.5W and the Clarion is 4 x 50W - I'd go for the extra power... |
I have used the APX401.2 and also the Thunder 302, 250D, etc. I like both of them, I would guess that the MTX does closer to 60-70 x 4, as that 37.5 watt figure is at 12.5 volts, and MTX like to underrate. Either will be a good choice, I would imagine.
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Originally posted by Dave_MacKinnon: The Clarion APX amps were designed by Robert Zeff - he did Zapco, and currently does Arc Audio amongst others. I have the previous years model (same circuit board) installed on my test bench, and I really like it. MTX makes an excellent amp as well The MTX is 4 x 37.5W and the Clarion is 4 x 50W - I'd go for the extra power... |
Thinking about it, Kyle is right, I should have remembered that MTX under-rates their amps... Totally my bad...
Both are solid amps, both likely make roughly 50W per channel at 4 Ohms. |
MY MXA6004 is CEA rated at 75X4, the birth sheet says 723 watts rms all channels at 2 ohms. So at 4 ohms that's approximately 90 watts a channel which is about 20% more than spec.
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both are good brands that I've owned over the years with no problems and i too would not hesitate to buy either if they suited my needs. I supose cosmetics and size etc... would probably be the deciding factor if the price and power were equivalent.
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Originally posted by DWVW: MY MXA6004 is CEA rated at 75X4, the birth sheet says 723 watts rms all channels at 2 ohms. So at 4 ohms that's approximately 90 watts a channel which is about 20% more than spec. Originally I was going to use the MXA6004 in combination with another sub amp, but I may not have to... I can't believe how well it drives my B15; I was totally floored. This is in a sealed box, BTW. |
Originally posted by Dave_MacKinnon: Thinking about it, Kyle is right, I should have remembered that MTX under-rates their amps... Totally my bad... Both are solid amps, both likely make roughly 50W per channel at 4 Ohms. [ April 18, 2005, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: Thrill_House ] |
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