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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 06:25 AM
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a friend of mine has a Kicker 50 watt amp... it says 25 watt per channel... but he tells me its a competition amp... I looked at the spec sheet and it said something like 651 watts @ 1 ohm... is that true... if so is it only 25 watt per channel on 4 ohms... the amp is about the size of the corvette coil covers... seems awfully big for a 50 watt amp... its a couple years old I think... it is a rough black powdercoat something like the old punch amps... one side is curved smooth and the other is a sharp edge step... I forgot the model number... if anybody has any info let me know or how much you think its worth... thanks
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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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Its whats called a cheater amp most likely. A few years ago alot of manufacterers used to make them. Basically they had classes set up by wattage. But the wattage was to be measured at 4 ohms. But they would run them to lower ohm load making more power and basically cheating there way to a win. The rules have been changed to not allow this anymore. What were you planning on driving a sub or speakers?
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I wanted to use it for 2 10's... he wants $300 for it, is that way too much?
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what 10s were you looking at? what ohm load are they? are they dual or single voicecoil?
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not sure on the speakers yet, probably some L7's if I can get them for the right price... but what about the price for the amp, too much?
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Hard to tell not knowing how old it is and what condition its in. I would offer him $200. As far as what subs to drive the L7s require too much power for that amp. Thats barely enough power to drive 1 sub. I would look at the L5s.
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cool thanks....
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