MTX Audio Thunder 5400X

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP

Summary:
Had this amp for over a year, pounds 2 JLW3 12's, 2 pair of 6x9s@2ohms, tweeters and a pair of 6.5"

Strengths:
Price/Power/Dependable/Clarity

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
I'm a 6yr Car Audio Installer, you name it ive used it

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I have two 1200 watt subs hooked up to it along with all of my vocals and it does everything I need

Strengths:
Since I don't have to have two separate amps I didn't have all the hassles of distribution blocks & didn't have to worry with a crossover

Weaknesses:
none

Price Paid:  $200.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Thunder 5400XW

Summary:
All I have to say about the 5400X is that it is an amazing amp. I've had it in my car for about three months and all i can say is wow this thing slams it powered my infinity 3.5 and 6x9 and a jl 10W6 and i only payed about 200 dollars (canadian)

Strengths:
134 db one sub

Weaknesses:
none so far

Price Paid:  $250.00 from Good Guys

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1996 ford taurus

Summary:
I saw this on clearance at good guys and I grabbed it. Since I have never dealt with car audio before, I spent time researching and finally installed it on my own. I expected better sound when I turned it on, I got 10 times more than what I expected. You'll know how good sound sounds, and you're skin will feel it too and I'm not talking about from the bass. This amp is awesome. Definitly feed this baby with a 4 gauge power wire, dont let a cheapo shop try selling you 8 ga. It's better to do it right the first time.

Strengths:
Crisp power and lots of it. It definitly has enough to power a decent size sub. The numbers on the website are HALF of the actual rms output. I am running an image dynamics 10" IDQ10d4 in my homemade box and it sounds amazing. You cant beat this for the price. It has a seperate class D sub amp, so it's more like 2 amps in one. External bass control is also supported.

Weaknesses:
This thing blew on me in 3 weeks. I blame my installation since the signal comes off of my ford jbl premium sound amps, goes through three high low converters, then finally hits the mtx amp (trust me, I tried all other ways, and even audio shops said this was the only way to install it). I think I set the sub freq too high, but I'm not certain. Two weeks later, I got it back and pluged it in and it has been runngin strong (new settings: higher loc gains, lower amp gains, lower freq on sub) for over a month now.

Similar Products Used:
None, I was considering the sony 1805gsx, but this one seemed better. I never listened to either before buying the mtx. I'm a car audio newbie.

Price Paid:  $160.00 from Ebay (used)

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Thunder 5400

Summary:
This amp is great! i thought it wasn't going to be powerful enough to run everything, but once i got the 4 gauge power wire and 12 gauge speaker wire set up, built my own box for a single MTX 12in sub, and this amp is CRAZY! it bumps till i can't take it no more! the unit has 3 25amp fuses, meaning you gotta push 75 amps to blow it... i don't think i've gone past 50amps, if that... it has all the power i'll ever need

Strengths:
MANY features - makes setting up all speakers VERY easy, and sounds GREAT! no distortion at all!

Weaknesses:
people think 5 channel amps are too weak for anything....