{"id":230009,"date":"2010-01-26T04:50:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T09:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/ask-gurus\/74297-amp-kicker-l5-2-choices-rockford-fosgate-prime-r500-1-kicker-zx-500-1-a.html"},"modified":"2010-01-26T04:50:04","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T09:50:04","slug":"which-amp-for-kicker-l52-choices-rockford-fosgate-prime-r500-1-or-kicker-zx-500-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/230009","title":{"rendered":"Which amp for Kicker L5,2 choices Rockford Fosgate PRIME R500-1 or Kicker ZX 500.1"},"content":{"rendered":"
I need to choose between these two amps to power a single kicker L5.the RF seems to be on sale on sonicelectronix,which of the two would be better the Rf seems to need only 8 awg power cable vs the kicker needing 4 awg.can i save on power cable using the Rf<\/p>\n

i am still buying parts of my ice slowly over the year<\/p>\n

Kicker 08S12L54 Solo-Baric L5<\/b> 12-Inch 300mm 4-Ohm DVC Subwoofer
\n12-inch Solo-Baric L5 subwoofer
\nVacuum-formed
\nultra-rigid design with vented 360-degree back bracing
\n600 Watts RMS (1200 Watts peak) power handling
\n4-ohm impedance
\n20-100 Hz frequency response<\/p>\n

\nRockford Fosgate PRIME R500-1<\/b> 500W Max, PRIME Series Monoblock Amplifier<\/p>\n

Amplifier Specifications
\nAmplifier Class<\/a>AB
\n Number of Channels<\/a>1 – Mono
\nRMS Power (4 ohms)<\/a>320 watts x 1 channel
\nRMS Power (2 ohms)<\/a>500 watts x 1 channel
\n Total RMS Power Output<\/a>500 watts Peak Power <\/a>
\nMinimum Impedance Unbridged<\/a>2 ohms
\nMinimum Impedance Bridged<\/a>Not Bridgeable
\nMaximum Input Gauge Size<\/a> 8awg<\/b>
\nTHD at Rated RMS Power<\/a>1%
\nSpeaker Level Inputs<\/a>No
\nPreamp Outputs<\/a>1 pair
\nBuilt-in Crossover<\/a>Low-pass (LP)
\nHigh-Pass Crossover Frequency<\/a>N\/A
\nLow-Pass Crossover Frequency<\/a>40 – 130 Hz
\n Subsonic Filter<\/a>N\/A
\nSignal-to-Noise Ratio<\/a>80 dB
\nChannel Separation<\/a>N\/A
\n Bass Boost<\/a>0 – 12 dB
\nBass\/Gain Remote<\/a>Yes
\n Fan Cooled<\/a>No
\n Fuse Rating<\/a>30A x 2
\n CEA-2006 Compliant<\/a>Yes<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Kicker 08ZX500.1 500W<\/b> RMS, Class D Monoblock ZX Series Amplifier (ZX500.1, 08ZX5001, ZX5001)<\/p>\n

Amplifier Specifications
\nAmplifier Class<\/a>D
\n Number of Channels<\/a>1 – Mono
\n RMS Power (4 ohms)<\/a>250 watts x 1 channel
\n RMS Power (2 ohms)<\/a>500 watts x 1 channel
\nRMS Power (1 ohm)<\/a>Not Stable
\nBridged RMS Power<\/a>Not Bridgeable
\n Total RMS Power Output<\/a>500 watts
\n Peak Power Output<\/a>N\/A
\nTotal Peak Power Output<\/a>N\/A
\n Maximum Input Gauge Size<\/a> 4 awg<\/b>
\nMinimum Impedance Unbridged<\/a>2 ohms
\nMinimum Impedance Bridged<\/a>N\/A
\n THD at Rated RMS Power<\/a><1%
\nSpeaker Level Inputs<\/a>Yes
\nPreamp Outputs<\/a>1 pair
\nBuilt-in Crossover<\/a>Low-pass (LP)
\n High-Pass Crossover Frequency<\/a>N\/A
\n Low-Pass Crossover Frequency<\/a>50 – 200 Hz
\nSubsonic Filter<\/a>25 Hz
\nSignal-to-Noise Ratio<\/a>95 dB
\n Channel Separation<\/a>N\/A
\n Bass Boost<\/a>0 – 18 dB
\n Bass\/Gain Remote<\/a>Yes
\n Fan Cooled<\/a>No
\n Fuse Rating<\/a>60A x 1
\n CEA-2006 Compliant<\/a>Yes<\/p>\n

\ngetting the amp from US via KMD<\/p>\n

Already bought the sub from the us a few months ago.so i need an amp tp power it ,between the two the kicker is almost twice as expensive compared to Rf. almost fixed on the Rockford prime. would it be a good amp to power the Single Kicker L5<\/p>\n

any opinions\/suggestions:thumbs up\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I need to choose between these two amps to power a single kicker L5.the RF seems to be on sale on sonicelectronix,which of the two would be better the Rf seems to need only 8 awg power cable vs the kicker needing 4 awg.can i save on power cable using the Rf i am still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}