How good are Kenwood amps?

[Hartman]

I'm thinking about getting a 1,000 watt Kenwood amp, but it's not an Excelon. Here is the link to it:

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I'm going to be using this to power two 12 inch Kicker subs, will I get some deep, clear sounding bass with this amp?

 

[sideswipe]

I have a kac-849 pushing my highs and have no problems with. Its for sale btw if youre interested.

 

[TwoToneX]

I have the same exact one, I have it pushing two 12" perfect's and it works just fine...If you can find a deal on a bigger one, you might want to take that...That one only puts out 230x2...

 

[Hartman]

So are you saying that the kac-849 is better than the one I linked up there?

 

[Hartman]

OR

Should I go for this nice Alpine V12:

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[TwoToneX]

Whichever you wanna do...Looks like either would work really...

 

[sideswipe]

I always wondered which of the two amps was better, I really dont know. As for the v12, Ive heard nothing but good things about those amps.

 

[Brian's98XLT]

I do not know if you got a amp yet but I would stay away from that V12 amp. We carry both at work. The problem with the Alpine is the sub channel is only a single channel and is only able to handle a 4 Ohm load. When you load that channel below 4 Ohms they have a tendency to burn out. The Kenwood is a better choice for running subs.