Anyone use profile amps...How do they sound?Opinions?

Im going to switch from a hifonics brutus 1606 to a profile ap2000 so i can run the speakers at 4 ohm bridged.....will this sound better than how they do now? they are wired @ 1ohm now. With the profile it is 960x1 RMS @ 4 ohm bridged, so my 10" L7's will get 480 each. SOund like a good idea?

Anyone use profile amps...How do they sound?Opinions?
Sounds like a good idea to me.





If you want new, go for it. If you would buy a refurb to save some cash there are other (Profile) options. You should look around for a previous generation California series amp, one that is the equivalent to the AP2000 (output-wise). Specifically, look for a CA1200, which has the same rated output as the AP2000, but is probably $100 less when purchased as a refurb.





I own 4 Profile amps, at the moment. They are all from previous generations of the California series, and they were each purchased as a refurb w/ a 1 year warranty. I have a pair of CA200 (AP400 equiv.), a CA800 (AP1200 equiv.), and a 400SX (AP600 equiv.). I got them as a refurb from Profile directly, and they were extremely cheap.





However, they are bullet proof in my car environment. Never a complaint out of any of them. Plus, I ran each of them (full range) into my Dynaudio bookshelf speakers to verify their operation when I first received them. There are certainly not any soundquality issues with any of these models, either. Not when run purely off a battery, any way.
Reply:Im not familiar with profile amplifiers, but I heard that they are decent budget amps. I am however using a brutus 2006 right now and thats a good amp. what kind of L7's do u have? that 1606 should be one ohm stable which means if you can wire them down to 1 ohm they will get 800 RMS a piece. and 1100 watts at 2 ohms which will be 550 a piece. You should be able to wire the L7's to either 1 or 2 ohms which means you're better off staying with what you have.





I think you'd be better off with what u have now. if you want more real power at a cheap price then upgrade to a bigger hifonics amp.
Reply:profile sucks, and hifonics is not CEA compliant (way over rated) is not much better


for best results use a kicker amp or at least one that is CEA compliant so that you are properly powering your subs (if you want to be cheap, look into JBL they are CEA compliant, even Dual is too)


you need 1200 watts RMS (CEA compliant)


how many ohms are the subs?


check out these amps, and the prices cant be beat


this would be ok http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/...


but two or these would be better http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/...


hope i helped, good luck