Showing 35 reviews for Power Acoustik BAMF-5500/1D (BAMF55001/D)
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| March 19, 2013 | Moderately Surprised |
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Review by
YouMomma from Arkansas
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Buddy of mine had this in his Tahoe pushing 4 15's, True 0 gauge and a yellow top. We were really surprised the amount of power that this thing put out. Got moderately warm, but never had any issues with it cutting off. Great amp.
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| February 21, 2013 | Works well |
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Review by
Mike from Denison, Tx
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This amp is great for the price, don't be like the other people on here and fry them with less than sufficient power, meaning buy the 0 gauge wire and the extra battery and don't get a capacitor a battery will work best.
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| January 21, 2013 | Good amp |
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Review by
Talon from Pocatello, ID
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It stood 5 months of serious abuse finally caught fire, it slammed the hell outta my 2 12's alpines at 1 ohm. I dont recommend it at 1 ohm. Dont think its truely stable. Anyways goy my money out of it, pissed plenty of neighbors off. :-)
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| August 8, 2012 | BAMF 5500 |
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Review by
Devon from Fond Du Lac, WI
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Bought this amp based on reviews and i made the best choice here! I have it powering 2 12" MOFOS and it will stright up bang the hell out of them! The best amp ive ever owned and for a really amazing price. Would recomend to anyone beginner or pro.
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| August 8, 2012 | BAMF 5500 |
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Review by
Devon from Fond Du Lac, WI
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Bought this amp based on reviews and i made the best choice here! I have it powering 2 12" MOFOS and it will stright up bang the hell out of them! The best amp ive ever owned and for a really amazing price. Would recomend to anyone beginner or pro.
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| March 22, 2012 | Bang for your Buck |
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Review by
Gtizzal from Campbellsville, KY
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This is a great amp for the price. Although it does not put out it's rated wattage. You are looking at a solid 1800-2000 RMS, if your voltage is good. Dollar for watt, nice amp.
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| March 18, 2012 | Maybe worth 200$ |
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Review by
15yraudioentused from denver, colorado
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This amp is good for people who don't know what the hell a good amp really is, like rockford, JL, or certain mtx amps. It puts out nowhere near 3200 rms. You might get around if you could get 1500 rms, RATED/TESTED power, and thats only if you have the big 3, big alternator, and extra battery. I have 4 12" Alpines and they only get about 3-400 rms a piece. This amp IS worth the money, but you could also buy a garbage Boss amp for the same price. Not a good amp at all, but for 200 bux, what the hell.
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| March 18, 2012 | "B"ad "A"** "M"utha "F"***a |
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Review by
bryan (bgowdy31 on CA) from campbellsville, KY
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This really is a "BAMF" for the money. i Have owned one, and they can take some abuse. Im talking clipping, low votage you name it. I remeber playing the amp down to 9v and the amp didnt go into protect. I had the amp for over a year and sold it. The amp is owned by one of my friends and it still going strong. I dont care what anyone says, these amps are built pretty beefy, they may not look like much but they hold there own vs the big boys. The only down fall to this amp is the power & ground being at an angle, and they should have just used a single 1ga input for both power & ground. Highly recommended to anyone who is on a budget and needs an amp, this will get the job done.
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| February 28, 2012 | great value for big power |
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Review by
Byron from Charleston, WV
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I bought my first Power Acoustic amp and it proformed way above what i expected with some 0 gauge power cable. Once you hook up this amp the correct way it thumps i got 2 12" Kicker and yeah this amp let them hit hard.
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| January 24, 2012 | Great amp |
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Review by
Chris from Cleveland, OH
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I used this amp to power two MTX 15" 9500 (1500 watts RMS each 3000 watts total) and it did a great job. I run competition and saw this was cheap and figured it was worth the $200 to test it out and write a review.
This powered both of my 9500s very well, for the price you can't beat it, if your not running competition I highly recommend it. For the record it will not output 3200 watts rms at 1 ohm. Even with me running 10 awg speaker wire it's more like 2500 watts rms which is still worth it. I have actually bought another one of these amps because I have not had a single issue (first amp being over one year old) and I use it with my first bamf 5500 to push two 15" re audio xxx's in my non competition car. So you know the REs are 2000watts rms each (4000 watts rms total) and again both of these subs push with no problem. And for you guys running more than one of these (like me) this amp has a cool stack option for multiple amps and also has double RCAs so you don't need to buy an RCA "Y" splitter. Pretty convenient. Other than that don't be fooled by these people saying they fail, neither of mine have failed, but you do need to run an extra high current Kinetik battery or have a damn good alternator ($700 plus) because you can't say just cuz it's cheap it doesn't use a lot of power, the double power and ground terminals helps but at the end of the day watts are still watts volts are still volts and that all effects your battery/alternator. I hope this helped.
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| November 18, 2011 | good amp |
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Review by
black cereon from arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
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This amp is 2000w RMS which is still plenty power to rock just about any sub. The bass is rugged and hard hitting, but if u really want true performance you must have a good alternator that supplies 14.4 volts and an extra battery for true performance.
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| November 15, 2011 | BANGIN AMP |
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Review by
pawpizzi from marshall tx
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I have this amp on 2 cvr 12's in a probox in my roadmaster. The bass is very loud. I beat the chrome piece off the side of my car. I would highly recommend this amp.
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| November 6, 2011 | Bad |
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Review by
magic from ohio
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Bought two of them both fried out within two months.
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| October 3, 2011 | Amp Is Terrible |
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Review by
Drew Daddy from Lincoln, IL
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I just got this amp in a couple days ago, I went to wire it to my kicker cvr's for now since im getting a fi btl in a couple of days and i had the gain on this amp almost turned all the way up. it is also a power hog, i would never let one of my friends get this amp. If you want an amp that is good and cheap go for the hifonics brz 2400.
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| September 24, 2011 | superp performance |
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Review by
rob from marion,ky
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I'm running 2 12 power acoustic mofos. Rated 2700 watts a piece an this amp is putting out awesome power an an clean clear bass. I would recommend this amp for to any one who was looking for a deal with alotta power.
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| April 30, 2011 | Great amp!!!! |
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Review by
Edgar T from Brooklyn, Ny
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I got this amp pushing 2 12 inch W7, and I can't even hear the highs in my car. A slight distortion but only noticeable for people that are anal about bass ( like me). It's also great because although it uses 2 remote, 2 power, and 2 ground, it still doesn't consume much power from your battery. Price is beyond reasonable and the amp doesn't consume much space because it is very small for the power it is push in out. I would recommend this amp for anybody who wants power. Takes me 2 JL Audio 1000 to push out the same power and Jl audio cost 4X as much, so you do the math.
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| April 27, 2011 | worth the price |
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Review by
BlkItalian from Leesburg, VA
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I've gone through 4 other amps before this one, Kenwood, XXX, Boss, Legecy, Kicker, by far this one is the best ive purchaced, hits hard, never gone into protect, GET ANOTHER BATTERY/ CAP/ ALT/ cus it will suck power. Not so bad if you have it at a reasonable level but if you wanna crank... just expect to get some noise violations. i reccomend using a stearieo with a preamp output, just for better signal. Ive had this for 2 years, NO problems at all and my amps to get a break, im always goin hard.
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| April 6, 2011 | BAMF For real |
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Review by
Self Pride from Wichita, KS
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I am so surprised with this amp. It KNOCKS my 2 Kicker L7 15's like a champ. CRAZY, I never expected this out of a Power Acoustik. This is the best amp for the money Ive seen. I would highly recomend the big 3 and a minimum of 4 gauge wire with extra battery and cap because it sucks some juice. Best amp I've bought for the money!
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| February 5, 2011 | it has the juice |
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Review by
BROTHA from Houston,Tx
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I've had this amp for about a month now and it blewone my cvx's. so now Im going to 15's.
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| January 25, 2011 | Ok for the money |
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Review by
D.A. from Memphis, TN
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I had this amp and it pounded my 12" orion hcca at 1 ohm for about a year i believe then it fried on me. I loved the way it made my sub pound but hate the fact it went out on me.
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| January 3, 2011 | Great Value |
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Review by
Brotha from Houston, Tx
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I would highly recommend the BAMF 5500/1D. Im pushing 3 12'' cvx's. This amp is replacing pnch BD2000.1. My installer said it was a BS amp. He hooked it up and It set off alarms(vol was at 3 The bass is crisper and alot more deeper. It doesnt seem to drain as much power as my old did, and its pushing the heck out of my cvx's now. People think I have 6 12's now and its only 3. If you want a good amp for the low low get the bamf 5500/1d. You won't be disappointed. Mind You I have 0 guage everything. The amp requires 2 ground wires and 2 power wires. 2 batteries (yellow top, and a dry cell), power cap,isolator,and a kill switch.
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| December 1, 2010 | Great Value |
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Review by
Pat from Rincon, GA
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The delivery was on time, the product was like it was described.
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| August 29, 2010 | Great amp for the price |
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Review by
Boom Boom installer from Polk, Florida
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This product is a great amp for the money i doubted it when i ordered it but when it came in and i hooked it up and did some testing on it, it beats
it will beat 415 inch cvrs at 2 ohms ridiculously. Comes stock with 4 40 amp fuses which shocked me. Do the math a great product.
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| July 15, 2010 | 7300watt s10 |
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Review by
Big Mo from San Diego, California
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This amp is great, I've had mine for about 3 months now and not once have I had a problem with it. Alot of power, mine is pushing a 15.4 HCCA orion and it hits very hard. I have no complaints with this amp, I'm going to buy another 15.4 and another bamf-5500 amp.
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| July 7, 2010 | Worth the money |
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Review by
Bryan from Leesburg
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i would recommend this amp for people who want to experience the deeper bass out of their amp, however use on the side of caution this amp is extremely powerful, i foolishly had it hooked up to 2 JL W-2 and they hit hard and lasted a good 7 months before they burnt out, so make sure your subs can handle. 7 months is impressive for the W-2s running the way they were but that's just JL quality, this amp i have also hooked up to a buddies W-7/13 for a 2 day road trip, the longest car time I think was 7 hours straight, this amp powered the JLw7 extremely powerful, almost at full power and didn't cut out once, i checked the temperature when we stopped for gas and it was really not all that hot, as far as 5500 watts peak, i can see that at just the right Hz but rms i must say more around the 3000 range if you want to use it, like i said before this amp would be for deeper bass and also hits or pumps whatever you wanna call them. when it hits you really feel it, in all i'd say this amp is perfect for techno and pretty good for hip hop too, you wont be disappointed
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| April 7, 2010 | Best Value!!! |
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Review by
Gambino from AZ
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I am pushing a HCCA Orion 15. So far so good. At first It would only move the speaker about an inch. Then i bought another one to double the wattage. It moves the Orion the full four inch. I would recommend it to anyone. Comparing to other amps, I only payed 600 for two, than paying more hundreds for the same power to push an orion.
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| February 6, 2010 | Not the amp to buy |
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Review by
jut from mt. juliet
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I purchased this amp expecting some massive bass but it truly failed. I have 2 L5 15's in my ranger and this amp was truly disappointing. The settings where out of date and not many to choose from. This amp really never gave me any problem except the lack of bass but it almost caught on fire with my girl friend in the car. Not worth the money or time. I'm looking to buy a alphasonik PMA1200DA.
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| November 22, 2009 | Best I've Ever Had |
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Review by
Doolie from Perry, GA
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I would recommend someone to buy this product because i have had my BAMF for 8 months now and i haven't experienced not one thing wrong with it. It truly is a very strong amp, very dependable, and will beat some subs to sleep. I am a power acoustik fan but this is why. Everything in my truck is power acoustik except for my radio as of "right" now......
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| November 1, 2009 | POWER!!! |
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Review by
Harrigan from Plattsburgh, NY
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Plenty of power i am running three 10 in alpine type r's and it shakes the street at around 164db
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| September 24, 2009 | great amp. |
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Review by
George from Diamond Bar, CA
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i got this amp to replace a MTX amp i had i was impressed great value and it hits have hooked up to 2 cerwin vega v-max sups and really bumps, cant ask for more
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| September 3, 2009 | sweet amp...awesome price!!! |
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Review by
rick from citrus springs, fl.
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i love the amp...the only thing is it does'nt have a cooling fan, but however it does not get hot! I recommend it for somebody using four -
2 ohm dual voice coil subwoofer's that can handle 800-1000 watts rms each, so it can be ran at 1 ohm for the full 3200 watts rms that the amp can push. It's the best amp i've ever had for the price!
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| August 12, 2009 | you get what you pay for |
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Review by
fj from orlando fl
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First off i would like to say i own a power acoustik 15" sub it's great and the best sub i ever owned. I thought they would deliver the same quality in their amps sadly, no, this was not a great amp, my old kicker amp which is rated at 1200 watts far outdoes this supposed 5000 watt d student of an amp.
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| June 13, 2009 | BAMF says it all.... |
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Review by
BAMF from Round Rock Texas
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This amp is truly a beast... you put enough current to it, and it will take it and ask for more.. I am running a single AWT12X in a vented box in my suburban.. it hits harder than my friends L7 15".
Make sure your woofer can handle it, I wasted a pair of Power Acoustic MOFO 12's with it in less than an hour..... It is thin, easy to hide, and doesnt get hot if you give it airflow
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| August 28, 2011 | good for the money. but not a good design at all for the cover plate. it bowed up on me one day after i bought it. |
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Review by
justin from Houston Tx
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I'm pushin 2x Kicker L7 15's no problem. the only thing i would recommend is dont expect the cover plate to look good. but sound wise. worth the money
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| June 2, 2011 | Not the best amp |
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Review by
2muchbass from Augusta, GA
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This amp is no where near 3200 wrms. I clamped this amp at 2254 wired @ 0.4 ohms rise to 1.02 ohms volts dropped from 14.8v to 14.2v playing a 43hz tone on 2 Incriminator Audio Death Row 15's in a 9.5ft^3 box port tuned at 32hz with 115in^2 of port. Yes, it was decently loud but was way underreated. I paid for a 3k amp and got the performance of a 2k amp.
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