I am thinking about upgrading my subwoofer amp. I was thinking about getting the Elemental Design NINe.1 which is rated at 1200watts
http://edesignaudio.com/product.php?...=Specs&cur=USD

Any one running a 1000 watt+ amplifier? Do you have any problems with hesitation/jerky shifting, or major light dimming?

 

Cheers,
Nice amp. In my eclipse i was running this:

http://www.jbl.com/car/products/prod...er=POS&cat=AMP

JBL bp1200

I ran a Lightning Audio 1.0 farad Capacitor next to the amp just for safety. I'll be moving this setup to my G in the next week or so.

 

i am using a sony xm-ds1600p5 class d amp with no problems.....no cap or xtra battery

1600W x 1 ohm
900W at 2 ohm
500W at 4 ohm (Diamond Audio M6MKII10D2 10" Car Audio Subwoofer Dual Voice Coil)

http://sm.crutchfield.com/S-fg2cyXso...s&i=158xmds16p

 

According to the spec sheet, that amplifier runs at 500 w RMS

I plan on running 1200 watts RMS.

 

thx for the clarification.....the 4 ohm sub i am using is posted next to the 500W line to indicate the wattage i am running the amp

what sub are you going to use?

 

two 10" Resonant Engineering SE

 

i have jl's 1000/1 (1000watts rms) amp but i have a 5 farad cap and an extra battery. works flawless but im not sure about how long your stock battery will last with that kind of load. dont want to get stuck without juice!

 

wouldn't a cap and an extra put more strain on the alternator?

 

I'm running a ~1200watt Kicker class D amp with 2 10" solobaric subs and a Stinger 1.5 farad Capacitor. no problems so far... no light dimming... just tons of bass all the time

actually i did have one problem... my box kept getting ripped off it's mounts. The guys at car audio shop were like "you drive really fast huh?"

 

do you have a manual or automatic?

 

the light dimming i can deal with, I just don't want to deal with jerky shifting everytime I turn up the volume