MTX Audio Thunder 302

Price Paid:  $249.00 from circuit city

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 olds alero

Strengths:
it was underrated accuatly it pushed out 425w @4 ohms

Weaknesses:
the amp got hot but never cut off

Summary:
This amp is what's up. I had this little monster on two 12" bazooza in a custom slot ported box and it was the cleanest and loudest for it's size. But unfortunatlly someone stole it from my car and it was a tragedy because i could not replace is. How uncool is that.

Similar Products Used:
JL audio 500x1v2

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $199.00 from Circuit Cuty

Year / Model Reviewed:
 MTX Thunder 302

Strengths:
Excellent signal to noise ratio, adjustable 0- 18 db bass boost at 40hz, plenty of power in a small design. Sturdy design, I have used and abused my Thunder 302 since I got it (I think it was August 2001) and it sounds as good as the day I installed it.

Weaknesses:
It isn't an extremely powerful amp when hooked up to two 4 ohm speakers, I recommend this amp for bridged use or with 2 efficient subs. Also the amp being stable down to only two ohms can limit your wiring options. The amp also runs very hot, although I have never had it shut off from overheating, or for any other reason (including under the seat in a Black on Black hatch back), but as others have said it gets hot enough to literally burn you. And it certainly isn’t the flashiest looking amp, but amps are for music not looking at.

Summary:
Awesome, clean power in a small amp. I had this amp in my '93 Buick Regal with one 12" Thunder 8000 sub in a medium flared ported box and the entire trunk dyna-matted and it slammed amazingly hard and low. People would actually make me open the trunk because they didn't believe it was just one 12" sub. Then after almost 4 years the voice coil fried in the sub so I replaced the sub with an Infinity Kappa Perfect 12 VQ in the same 2 cubic foot flared ported box and it hits just about as hard at 40 hz and considerably harder at 75 hz. And now, just recently the amp (and Infinity sub) have been moved in to my '02 Mercedes C230 where the amp fits nicely under the passenger seat and I had to actually turn the gain and bass boost down on the amp because it was too loud for the small cabin of the hatch back. And stereo systems aren’t usually too loud for me.

Similar Products Used:
Pioneer GMX 922, MTX Pro 75 X 2, Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 400S, Kicker KX400.1, Sony XM-752EQX

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
solo quiero saber el sustituto de el fets 75339p por que se me quemo mi ampli y en mexico no lo ahi con ese numero

Price Paid:  $40.00 from on tha' streets

Year / Model Reviewed:
 ?

Strengths:
has quite a bit of power for how small it is. it is not over rated like many cheap amps. never overheats (people that claim to have such problems are probably trying to bridge two 2 ohm subs, which draws one ohm from the amp, thus exceeding the limit of two ohms mono). two ohms stereo it can handle, and it gets hot enough to sizzle bacon, (or your hand if your dumb enough to touch it) but if you follow the specs, it will not shut off even after hours at high volume, with external temp of 90 plus, and in the trunk.

Weaknesses:
not one ohm stable mono, even the top of the line mtx is only two ohm stable mono. would be nice to have recieving inserts for cable connection, instead of the clamp posts

Summary:
I have this amp running to two audiobahn 12's running at two ohms a piece. not going to win any spl comps, but definitly enough to terrorize people without systems when they ride in the car. Beats the $hit out of my old legacy series 4 1000 watts amp. still need more so im getting a memphis 16-1000d (1100 watts RMS at 1 ohm)

Similar Products Used:
legacy amps (crap) pioneer, jensen, power akoustic, kicker

Price Paid:  $250.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 MTX 8302 amp

Strengths:
Strong A$$ little amp. Reall put outs a lot more watts then it says it does.

Weaknesses:
Only one I can think of is it gets hot sometimes. I keep my windows down and my back window down so my amps do cool off.(they hang off my back seats)

Summary:
I have a 97 runner SR5 on KMC clocker 18s dropped 3 inchs in the front and back.(haha had to say it) I bought one MTX 302 about a year ago. It pushed my low-level JBL subs to the subs max. Finally, i went and got a bigger box and 2 JLw3 12s. WOW! My sub were hittin good! and my subs were 4ohms. Later about a week ago, i bought aother one to give 425 to each sub. D.A.M.N! My system sounds better then most 15s ive heard and 4 12s at once. Im soon going to get 2 more JLw3 12s and power from the 2 amps. I recommend this for people looking for a great deal. For only 250? you just cant beat the power it gives off!

Similar Products Used:
Kicker, Fasgate