Power acoustik 5500 series vs ma audio 4000?

Question

the quality difference between these two are? and whats better between the two. is the power acoustic 3200rms true power? and is the ma audio 3600rms true power? i have two 15in kickercvx's in a sealed box in a suv also i have a kintik battery 2400 and a 250amp alternator so power isnt a problem. i dont wanna get the kicker 2500.1 to much money. so im thinking about the ma audio 4000 or the poweracoustic 5500. i need some aggestions of these two amps which one is better and the true power it delievers.

Answer 1

i have to say the power acoustik 5500 i have this amp hooked up to 4 15 inch spl 2 ohm subwoofers.i have them all at a 1 ch chain.i have never heard anything in my city hit so hard.so ya go with the power acoustik 5500

Answer 2

with both of those amps you would be lucky to get a third of the advertised RMS wattage (they are far from CEA-compliant)-- its not just about the quanity of watts but the quality of watts, you dont want distorted wattagecausef you hook up those amps you would just be doing damanecessaryur subs-- distortion is the main casue of speaker damage-- when your amp does not have the nessacery RMS wattage it starts clipping (cuts off the top and bottom of the sound wave which sends out a lot of distortion

If you send too much power to your sub, you risk damaging it. The cone of the speaker and the mechanical parts that make it move may break under the stress. Surprisingly, too little power can also damage your subwoofer — in fact, it's actually more common than damage caused by overpowering.

Even the toughest sub, however, can be damaged by excessive distortion from a clipped signal.

When the volume is turned up and the amp doesn't have enough power, the signal becomes distorted, or "clipped." This distorted signal can cause parts of the speaker to overheat, warp and melt. Not good!

You don't have to match speaker and amp wattages exactly. An amp with a higher output than the speaker's rating won't necessarily damage the speaker — just turn the amp down a bit if you hear distortion from the sub and don't run the speaker at extremely loud volumes for lengthy periods. Likewise, you'll be OK with a lower powered amp if you keep the volume down and don't feed a distorted signal to the sub.

so you need to stick with CEA-compliant brands because they have been tested and produce or exceed the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion

here are the CEA-compliant brands

Alpine

Bazooka

Blaupunkt

Clarion

Eclipse

Infinity

JBL

JL Audio

JVC

Kenwood

Kicker

Memphis

MTX

Orion

Pioneer

Polk Audio

PPI

Rockford Fosgate

Sony

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