I bought this sub because my old 500w sub blew. I didn't know too much about amplifiers, but I think I made a good choice. This amp really brought my subs to life. Even at 150w rms to each sub, they still sounded great. The amp stays cool all day, never had a single problem with it, and it's pretty user friendly. Great quality from Kenwood.
February 25, 2006
Reliable amplifier.
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Review written by Christopher from Washingtonville, NY
A Friend of mine owns this amp, Powering Two, KFC-W3009's (Kenwood 10's), In his Suburban, in a sealed enclosure. He purchased them as a matched set, one of these whole packedged deals from B*** B**, Besides overpaying them, In my opinion I don't think it's powerful enough for such a big truck, I would say that this amp would be great for someone looking for a little kick, in a sport compact. What I can say is that this amp is extremely reliable it has never overheated on him. Someone mentioned having problems with blowing fuses, I would not recommend cutting out the fuse as this person did. Try a fuse with a higher rating, and see if it still happens.
January 26, 2006
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Review written by Ryan from Antioch, CA
I use to have this amp and i had no problems at all with it and it gave out great power! The amp stays cool and rarely gets hot like most other amps. kenwood makes a good quality amp.
December 31, 2005
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Review written by Mark from Mystic, CT
Great Amp. I have this amp in my 02 Honda Powering two Boston Speakers and it Rocks!
October 24, 2005
Very nice amp!
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Review written by Michael from Oxon Hill, MD
I bought this amp from a local shop when it first came out. The store owner assured me that it was strong enough to push a JL 10W7 with no problems. I was skeptical, but nonetheless...I got it. I then purchase a Phoenix Gold Xenon X10D2 10" sub (dual 2 ohm voice coils) rated at 450 watts. The sub is in a sealed box and I've had it going now for almost 7 months with only some minor problems in the beginning.
The problem I had was the in-line fuse I installed at the battery kept getting so hot, that the fuse housing would melt. After going through 3 fuse housings, I finally just took it out completely and spliced the wires back together with no in-line fuse. Since then...I've had NO problems with the amp at all. Only concern I have is that it does run a bit hot, but it doesn't seem to mind the heat at all.
This amp is definitely a solid performer when hooked up correctly and all the settings are correct on it. One reason folks might be dealing with burn out is they'll set the input sensitivity too high which makes the amp work harder. Set the input sensitivity to match the input, then work with the bass boost and LPF settings on the amp. After that, use your head unit to tweak your sound.
I bought a capacitor for by brother-in-law. It has twice the energy at half the price we would have paid in the stores here at home. He loves it and said it was very easy to install and there was not much tweaking needed. It was an awesome purchase and i would definitely purchase from here again.
