Kenwood KAC-X501F Channel Amplifier

Price Paid:  $599.00 from KC car stereo

Year / Model Reviewed:
 01

Strengths:
Powerful, Nice fan Great looking Awsome sound good crossover

Weaknesses:
HUGE

Summary:
This is a Awsome amp I love all the features of this amp. I have it powering Bostons Rallys in the front and Polk audios in the rear of my Grand Cherokee im paring it up w/ a BASSLINK for a great all around sound

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $530.00 from House Car Stereo

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001/ Kenwood Excelon 501F

Strengths:
This amp is very flexible with 75x2 going to a pair of Kenwood 6907''s and the rear channels bridged @ 340 watts to an Excelon 12" this amp and system performed great.The possible configurations this amp offers makes it excellent for " 1 amp systems".

Weaknesses:
The only weakness that I can think of is the size and the complexity of the crossover controls, I would recommend proffesional help on the tunning.

Summary:
This is Kenwood''s top of the line multi-channel amp. Rated at 75x4@4ohms this amp hits specs right on the number. With rear channels bridgeable to 340 watts I believe that this amp will run your whole system alone.

Similar Products Used:
-Precision Power 2600 (150x2or900x1@4ohms) -Precision Power (50x2) -MTX Road Thunder 2160 -Lanzar"Vibe" 230 ("300"x1@4ohms) -MTX Thunder250D (325x1@2ohms) -Rockford Fosgate1100D (1,500x1@2ohms)

Price Paid:  $489.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001/x501

Strengths:
Sound Looks

Weaknesses:
It''s really big and takes up a lot of room, but i can live with that

Summary:
Very clean sound, easy to adjust, nice design, very big and heavy.

Similar Products Used:
Hifonics

Price Paid:  $340.00

Strengths:
super clean power with a lot of flexibility

Weaknesses:
finding a place to mount it, its huge

Summary:
great amount of crossover adjustment available, plenty of wattage to make your system slam. What else could you possibly need?

Similar Products Used:
Rockford Fosgate 460SD

Strengths:
Very powerful amplifier that sounds good too!

Weaknesses:
nothing

Summary:
The amp cost me £285 and YES I would recommend it.However because it is a big amplifier make sure you have the space to fit it in your car.Also -to be noted is that with an amp of this calibre you must partner this with a good source and loudpeaker system (ie HQ series from Kenwood/Kicker but definitely not phoneix gold- I had some £100 loudspeakers from them for the front and they sounded bad).

Similar Products Used:
phoneix gold/kicker amplifiers tested in same price category