Sony XM 3001SXD

Price Paid:  $400.00 from Best Buy

Year / Model Reviewed:
 XM-3001sxd

Strengths:
Plenty of power. I believe this amp is under-rated. Plenty of power and durable.

Weaknesses:
None.

Summary:
I do not know the fuss. I bought one when they first came out. I had it running 2 punch power 15's @ a 1ohm load. Not once did it kick off. I had 3 punch HE2's runnin on this amp @ a .05 ohm load. Ran that for almost a year. I ran this amp for 4 years before selling my entire system. I recently bought another on 10/09. I have it runnin 2 memphis mojo 15's. This amp is great. Some of you get a rotten seed I guess not me.

Similar Products Used:
XM-6001sxd

Price Paid:  $550.00 from Future Shop(canadian

Strengths:
I was skeptical about Sony at first but this amp really puts out. Perfect for entry levelers. 1000watts rms X 1@1ohm--I have yet to test that.

Weaknesses:
Too expensive, but thats Canada for you, nothings cheap.

Summary:
Thats 550$CND, about 420$ american. Well I dont know how everyone else gets this stuff sooo cheap, I feel like i got ripped off. But its been my first amp and its still pushing hard. everyone talks about it shutting off, it hasnt shut off on me once, and i've beaten this thing for over a year now. I'm pushing two Pioneer 12"(TS-W304C) in the back of my Buick and it makes the trunk rattle like he11. http://www.sounddomain.com/id/91sabre Check it out the custom trunk.

Price Paid:  $125.00 from Ebay

Strengths:
Value, Power

Weaknesses:
NoneYet

Summary:
I installed this amp last summer. I am currently pushing two JL12W0 subs. I have not problems at all with this amp. I am upgrading to hx2 12's next week.

Price Paid:  $150.00 from sony store in grove

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2002

Strengths:
it was cheap... the warranty was easy

Weaknesses:
thermal overload kicks in at WAY TO LOW OF A LEVEL, sq is not great and it draws quite a bit of power now that i think of it...

Summary:
I had this amp for about 3 months before it got fried. It doesn't sound too bad WHEN IT ACUALLY STAYS ON!! but the thermal overload is nuts!!! The amp turns off uncontrolably! You'll be cruising around bumpin and all of a sudden it will hit a hard low and shut off..not good and I'm sorry but NOT ANY HIGH POWERED AMP WILL SHUT OFF!!! A truly low ohm stable amp will stay on. and these amps don't shut off because they are overheated they shut off because there is being to much current being drawn from them. this is not good at all..YOU WANT MORE CURRENT FROM AN AMP... this amp is truly for the ghetto trunk lid rattlers that don't give a shat about spl or high sq... nuff said

Similar Products Used:
mmats d100hc (A TRUE AMP THAT NEVER SHUTS OFF) rockford fosgate he 12", soundstorm 800 watt(even this pos didn't shut off and sq was better than sony)audiobahn ax1200q(these bad boys hit fairly well)

Price Paid:  $220.00 from Future Shop (canadia

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001

Strengths:
1,000 watts of power for only $160 0.05% at 1 ohm for only $160 Speaker cable inputs for the poor Nice silver & red colour scheme

Weaknesses:
It's... a Sony. Weak brand name.

Summary:
Great for the low, low price of only $160. It actually does the wattage its rated for (the MOSFET power helps with that no other Sonys had it at this time) and its not peak wattage either (like the 760 watt)... it also has extremely low THD (<0.05%) and a capable low-pass filter (variable from 50Hz-300). Tremendous amp for the cost... it really wants to save itself though if you subs clip for more then 5-10 seconds straight it will go into thermal shutdown, just restart your car and it goes back to normal. Used driving two Rockford Punch Z 10's (silver cone 200w RMS each) at 2 ohms for 600 watts between the two subs. They blow... all the time. It is a budget amp after all.

Similar Products Used:
Rockford 200M (too expensive for worse SQ and bad current draw), JBL 200 (crap), JL 500x1 & W6's (stolen!)