JBL BP300.1 Amplifier

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5, 3.00 votes

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Friend

Year / Model Reviewed:
1999 JBL BP300.1 Mono Amplifier

Strengths:
This thing is so brutal @ 40-50 hertz. It seems it clips when I over drive my cd player but that's because I need to higher the voltage of my cd player, other than that it bangs. It barely gets hot too. It has a very nice design. Also it's a cheap affordable amplifier with high performance/quality SPL (Sound Pressure Level) and SQ (Sound Quality).

Weaknesses:
Even the most expensive or best sounding amplifier has it's weeknesses, so I will honestly tell you about this amplifier's weekness. 1.) It's dynamic range seems to sound compressed at certain points. Specially at high volumes. I can also be mistaken though, because of my subwoofer's performance, that's also an important component that has to match with my amplifier's wants (not watts). 2.) It lacks Sound Quality about 25% less than my other amplifier that I use to have and hooked up also with the same sub. The name of my old amplifier was called Precision Power PCX250. I used to power my same sub and pushed underrated 200W and seemed to sound a litle louder and way more accurate sound than my JBL amplifier 300.1. 3.) It has an aweful input level. It seems like this thing needs more signal compared to my PCX250 amplifier. 4.) It has very little bass boost. It has up to 6 db +/-3. My old precision power had up to 12 db +/-3! And I had to lower it down alot. Also I had to lower my bass from the Alpine too.

Summary:
It's an underrated 300W X 1 @ 2 ohms amplifier. I have one so far right now, till I have hooked up three JBL Mono amplifiers. I'm using only one 12" JBL subwoofer on a competition 3/4 ply wood port enclosure. I have no capacitors, no equalizers nor crossovers or any added power cables. I just have it connected with my stock power wiring from my car's amp. My cd player is an Alpine 2 Volt receiver with no over drive component to higher the sound level. This is a tricked out budget system that I really think I should tell you this stuff to you all, but I will anyway.

Similar Products Used:
Precision Power PCX250 (Best sound quality ever heard). Planet Audio 300 (more expensive than JBL, but the embarracing thing is that JBL blows my Planet Audio 300 with the same output) I'm rating this amplifier 5 stars. The reason is because this thing can get serious depending on the wiring and depending on the right components I'm using. Besides, it's the best cheepest amplifier ever bought. If I had money Id'e go with JL Audio. But believe it or not, JBL's output seems to be loudER than any JL Audio amplifier WITH the same output @ 300W. Obviosly JL has a better SQ but then again look what we are comparing.......the best sounding amplifiers in the world v.s. the loudest Brand amplifier in the world!!!!!! That's interesting. And to finish this up.....I rate JBL "top 10" place as of right now in 2004. I can't say JL is number one or any other brand. "And never will". That's a fact. All I can say in my opinion's "best tastes"....is that between the top ten list just got to be included ... JL Audio, PPI, Rockford Fosgate & Zapco ALSO besides JBL! All this talking was by experience and by research. Thanks alot for your time.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $89.00 from two distributors

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 jbl bp 300.1

Strengths:
very strong chasis, lot's of power very durable, easy to set up if you know what your doing very low draw on battery e-mail me at nhendrix40@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the set up or use of this amp i will be glad to help!

Weaknesses:
none in 2 years

Summary:
i have two jbl bp 300.1"s hooked up to my dvc cerwin vega stroker talk about spl! the ywo amps are ver easy to set up i don't care who says what The amp is about 125 watts under rated i had it tested at a local amp repair shop just to see how much power it really puts out boy was i surprised! i have destroyed 2 vega 12's 1 v-max 15 a crappy volfenhag sub (don't buy one rip-off)15 600 watts rms? 2 polk audio dx 10's and possibly my stoker soon if i'm not careful mind you now this is with only one of the amps in a one year peroid i did nothing wrong trust me i own my own car audio business it's just pure power nothing more the 2004 model had some improvements made i can tell i wouldn't own any other amp two of these is all i need i'm probably gonna order 1 of each power class just to have them for myself before they go extinct before you spend alot of money check out the jbl before you do anything stupid!

Similar Products Used:
rf 360a2 soudstream700s california 1200 to many to list

Price Paid:  $125.00 from E-Bay

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 BP 300.1

Strengths:
Powers my two 12" subs without any problems. Crystal clear.

Weaknesses:
none so far

Summary:
If you are looking for a hard working amp to drive subs and one that will not break the bank, I highly suggest checking into this work horse. The amp is driving two Rockford Fosgate 12" subs in 1.25" enclosures. We have been very impressed with the its performance. The system is in a Nissan X-Terra, and it will simply blow you away! I paid to have the amp wired simply because I could not figure out how to get through the firewall. Some say it is hard to set up, but the gain is very easy to adjust. I did so because the audio shop had it turned up too high so the amp slope was steeper than the volume. After lowering the gain slightly, the two match and sounds great!

Price Paid:  $300.00 from PetesTV

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 BP300.1

Strengths:
tons of power from a little amp, very little current draw.

Weaknesses:
the adjustment's are totally off, but once you get dialed in, its a sweet amp.

Summary:
This amp is awesome, i didnt expect it to push two alpine type S DVC 12's so well.

Similar Products Used:
Rockford, phoenix.

Price Paid:  $99.00 from AAFES Ft. Bragg, NC

Year / Model Reviewed:
 JBL BP300.1

Strengths:
I have nicknamed my amp wolverine for the power it puts out for it's size.

Weaknesses:
None.

Summary:
I have used this product through 3 sets of subs as i gradually upgrade my car. I originally bought this for the pure fact that it was marked so low when I saw it I immediately purschased it and the Kenwood that I intended to buy. Took them both home and gave each one a week to tune and tweak until I settled on the JBL, had to it blew out my subs, took the kenwood back and bought some new subs with the money. Currently I am pushing 2 12" Infinity Kappas with the plan to go up to 3 when I finish the designs for the box, as of right now the only amps I will let in my car are JBL or RF.

Similar Products Used:
Kenwood, Rockford-Fosgate, Sony