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Well after finally deciding to go with two lvl4XL 18s (received them also ....... .7s) i'm in a debate on which amp to go with to power these things, don't really have a lot of money to blow and i was considering the AQ3500.1. now i'm thinking about two Audiopipe 3ks seeing i can run each amp at 1.4 and of course there will me imp rise. i'm not a big fan of the AP amps, but i wont knock them til i try them. if i can at least see 2500rms out of each amp i'll be happy. Let me know what you guys think.

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I ran my AP3k at 1.4ohm bridged, it was fine.. its when you get lower they dont like

then again Bigpimpin ran 2 of his at 1 ohm bridged daily and never had a protection issue.

I say 2 AP3ks only because you will get more power out of both of them than you would 1 AQ3500, in my opinion

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You could just go with the Aq 3500.1D and run it at .7 ohms. After reading reviews people are getting 4500+ out of theres on a good electrical system.

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well... if we guess 3x imp rise (talking burps here) the AQ will rise to 2.1ohm and the AP will rise to 4.2ohm. both doubles the resistance from where each amp was rated so they should, in theory, do half power. so from the two APs you would see 3000w (1500each) and the AQ would do 1750w, maybe up to 2000w.

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Actually that AQ amp will do closer to 3k if can keep the voltage up at 2 ohms.

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I ran my AP3k at 1.4ohm bridged, it was fine.. its when you get lower they dont like

then again Bigpimpin ran 2 of his at 1 ohm bridged daily and never had a protection issue.

I say 2 AP3ks only because you will get more power out of both of them than you would 1 AQ3500, in my opinion

still is running daily 1 ohm on each!

i ran mine 1 ohm no problem

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starting at 1 ohm

rose to 2.1 ohm made 2500rms with under 12v so keep the power up and they make rated power!

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You could just go with the Aq 3500.1D and run it at .7 ohms. After reading reviews people are getting 4500+ out of theres on a good electrical system.

well i got the D.7 subs and my 1st plan was to wire the AQ3500.1D to .7 ohms seeing i'd see an Imp rise. but of course with 4300rms @ 14.4 volts each sub will see 2150rms each and i'm not concerned about voltage seeing i have a DC power 260 amp alt with two batteries and two runs of 1/0, also i'll be looking for a dual bracket to install my other DC power 260 amp alt so voltage isn't a problem and i sit at 15.3 all day with my MLA. my idea with running both AP3ks was more power for the price ofone AQ3500.1. after talking with one of the audiopipe tells on their 1-877 number, the AP3k(s) can't be bridged and i hate to run two amps not be bridged to two subs that'll be sharing the same chamber. so i gotta figure this thing out .......... i might have to build a two chamber box and risk running each AP3k at 1.4 ohms, i'd really like to give each sub close to 3k is possible vs only 2200. thanks fellas.

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1-DC 5K amp

(1) XS Power D6500(UNDERHOOD) and (1) XS3000(REAR)

3 runs 1/0ga for power and 2 runs of 1/0ga for negative.

(2)-RFT165s components, ...... 4 separate 1 inch tweetersRF T600-2(fronts) Punch 450.4(rear)

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DC power 260amp alternator w/MLA Module

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Why not run two aq2200's??? They will do 3k with what you are wanting to do.

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the AP3k can be bridged.. who ever told you that they cant is wrong, its bridged for 3k at 2 ohms... lol, you can bridge them down to 1 ohm, which is what my post was stating, bigpimpin runs his bridged at 1 ohm

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