Has anyone experienced the 2 or 4 channel hog amps witch is better is there a big difference?
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The 4 channel will allow you to add Speaker lids and has plenty of power for Tweeter pods if you decide to add them along the way.
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Bi-amping"s benefits are negligible at best. Read up on it from a non biased source. With the L/R bi-amped, you'll have 5 channels of amplification left plus 2 line level outs. Using line level out to a high watt amp for L/R leaves you with 9 channels of amplification.
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I had this amp in a front end of a Harley driving 2 speakers bridged. (bridged means 2 channel, twice the power) It would not push the 2 speakers I had to what I like. I bought the Rockford Fosgate PBR300x4 (mainly for size) and this amp does the trick. Your better off having the power and toneing it down than pushing it and having it clip/distort.. For the $40-$50 dollars more, you cant go wrong!
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Yep, it's really 2ohm. 4ohm wired parallel whether it's 2 subs or 1 DVC sub will present a 2ohm load. So, what you're saying is your amp works well on a 2ohm load, and this sub will present that same load to your Amp.
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I have to totally disagree with those that said this amp will only power one sub, or one sub would be better. I have it connected in parallel to two 12" MTX jackhammer subs from the sub channel. I cannot push anywhere near full gain even with two 12's. I have the 4 main channels connected to two JBL gto 938 6x9's and two JBL gto 638 6.5" and this system seriously ROCKS my Chevy Silverado!
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I got two mrx240. One powers three 12 inch type r and the other mrx240 powers 3 10 inch alpine type s subs. This amp is a beast and running them in threes in really loud. Crystal clear.
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I would read the manual. I used to do this for a living and frankly I can count on one hand the number of multi channel amps that I installed that had to have all 4 inputs used. Typically there's a set that you can use as two channel inputs that will provide input to all four channels if you don't have anything plugged into those. And typically these amps that required all four channel inputs were very high end like Zapco, MacIntosh, stuff like that.
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The Mustang III is a better amp? LOL, no way! No modeling amp sounds better than tube amps, especially at louder levels. The clean channel on the X2 is beautiful and being a tube amp combined with these modeling effects makes it a great amp if you want built in effects. Personally id change the speaker out to a WGS G10C and it will be instantly louder and sound better. For what it is, this is a great amp and i like it better than the Blues Jr (price is $599) which imo for the money, it blows even with the 12" speaker. No matter what amp you buy, a good speaker is key. Just having any 12" speaker doesn't make it better and the Mustang is cheaper for a reason. The Mustang III is a better amp? LOL, no way! No modeling amp sounds better than tube amps, especially at louder levels. The clean channel on the X2 is beautiful and being a tube amp combined with these modeling effects makes it a great amp if you want built in effects. Personally id change the speaker out to a WGS G10C and it will be instantly louder and sound better. For what it is, this is a great amp and i like it better than the Blues Jr (price is $599) which imo for the money, it blows even with the 12" speaker. No matter what amp you buy, a good speaker is key. Just having any... » Read More The Mustang III is a better amp? LOL, no way! No modeling amp sounds better than tube amps, especially at louder levels. The clean channel on the X2 is beautiful and being a tube amp combined with these modeling effects makes it a great amp if you want built in effects. Personally id change the speaker out to a WGS G10C and it will be instantly louder and sound better. For what it is, this is a great amp and i like it better than the Blues Jr (price is $599) which imo for the money, it blows even with the 12" speaker. No matter what amp you buy, a good speaker is key. Just having any 12" speaker doesn't make it better and the Mustang is cheaper for a reason. « Show Less
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The advice from Henry is what I'd say and do. 4 Channel amp adjusted to your liking should sound good.
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yup, i got the 2x version on a 4000watt demon series pa amp. 1 15 rocks better than all of my friends multiples of subs, his setup was 2 12in alpine type r's not sure on the amp but it blows almost all competitionn out of the water. bought it over a year ago still bumps like the first day i got it. loud, reliable, and looks nice too
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I don't know which is better but I've had this one for almost a year now and it is powering 4 component speakers and a kicker solo r5 and have not had any problems with it. Such a solid buy. I would defiantly recommend this amp. True grit! And I live in Phoenix so heat is not a problem for it! Hope that helps.
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It is a quite impressive 5 channel amp for the size and price. It will power as many subs as you would like provided you can wire them correctly(ohms law). Although I would agree with josh below, one is probably best. I am using one dual voice coil sub at 2omhs It only has one sub channel output if that is your question. I was so impressed with this amp when I bought it for my truck, I bought two more, one for the Camaro and one for the boat. I threw away or gave away every other amp I had.
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Good idea, always better to hear from everyday user's as opposed to someone that works for the company. There may other amps the knob works for that they might not know of, long shot but it may be true lol. I have a kenwood pushing my 2 12's but I forgot which amp I have cause my cars been in the shop for a while. And I did have to purchase the knob separate though. Probably doesn't help any but I would wait and see what others reply, good luck bro ! Oh and by the way check ebay u might get it cheaper there, I only paid about 25$ for mine !
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My comment is that I agree that underpowered receivers or amps will easily damage your speakers. I learned the hard way when I was a teenager 25 years ago and the receivers I used then blew tweeters. Then I bought a Carver amp and felt the difference. At this time, I have Carver amps driving L/R/C/Sub Channels on my system. It is safer to have a 250RMS Watts per channel amp than a 40watt receiver. Of course if the Low Frequency Driver is damaged, obviously it was defective.
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Ive got mine hooked to a pioneer premier 12 in 2ohms and its really really loud I have to keep the subwoofer line way down. Im sure it would be similar for yours in 4ohms its a very strong amp. Works great ive had a few different kenwood amps and they always perform.
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Yeah 2 ohm but i like the mono blocks because they 1ohm stable anyway rather you 1ohm it are not with a 5 channel either its a mids an high amp are a all in one either way you will over heat that amp if it ant the true watts on it an blow it up
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I sold mine before any issues happened. pretty solid amp, pushed the sub i had, got hot quick.. i also had the 4 channel just like this one and it went bad on me. sold the 4 channel for parts and got rid of this one because i wanted matching amps. polk makes some good stuff but these series of amps are always online being sold for parts/ broken and need repair if that tells you anything. for the price look into mb quart.