JBL P-180.2 Amplifier

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $190.00 from www.etronics.com

Summary:
Great amp. Very reliable and trustworthy. I use it to power my Rainbow CS230 Profi's.

Strengths:
Clean/good power Turn on delay

Weaknesses:
Crossover knob is a bit of a guess, not too easy to place it at a certain frequency.

Similar Products Used:
RF 800x4, JL 300/4, Pioneer GM-X364, Kenwood 75x4

Price Paid:  $85.00 from Ebay

Summary:
This is a nice amp. Puts out a clean 90-100 watts x 2, and can be bridged to about 360. JBL makes decent amps--not great, but good. For $100 on Ebay, this amp is a great deal. For $200 from a store, you can do better.

Strengths:
Clean power.

Weaknesses:
Crossover dial is a pain. Build quality is good, but not great.

Similar Products Used:
JL 300/2, JBL p80.4

Price Paid:  $250.00 from Futureshop

Summary:
This is an OK amp, I had it hooked up to two 12" legacy subs. Within a week my sub blew because the subs really suck. It sounded pretty while it lasted, I would buy jbl again but I would get a mono one.

Strengths:
Cheap

Weaknesses:
Weak

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Nice amp, currently I have it pushing a 12 inch MA Audio DVC sub running mono at 3 ohms. Pounds hard. I think I would buy the 300.1 If I had the choice again.

Strengths:
Nice bang for the buck

Weaknesses:
Overheated when I has it pushing 4 10" in 2ohm stero

Price Paid:  $174.00

Summary:
I have this amp bridged driving (2) 10 inch MTX Blue Thunder Extreme's and this amp pounds out constant bass without breaking a sweat. Very happy with it so far. I looked at other amp's, but for the dollar nothing compare's to it.

Strengths:
Reliability and the price for what you get.

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
None