'pop' ...kikcer's amp
 

so, I got in my car yesterday after a long day at work, start the engine, and being listening to the radio while the Z warms up...within 1 minute of starting the engine, I hear a 'pop' from somewhere behind me, the speakers go silent for a few seconds and then come back on (but the radio was still on)...I open the compartment behind my seat and see smoke coming from my Kicker 700.5 amp!

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I'm contacting Kicker today...I bought all the stuff in September, so I hope they'll just replace it quickly - sucks to drive home in traffic w/ no radio!

any suggestions to make this process go faster?

-Peter


spec:
Kicker ZX700.5 (5 channel, 700 watts)
85 watts X 4
420 watts @ 2ohms

sub: Kicker's 10L5
wired at 2ohms, 450 RMS watts
speakers: kicker's components

**the gain for all speakers and sub are around 60%, and I rarely blast the system...

is it the fuse?

not sure what it is...but it's internal to the amp. (the way it sounded, I thought it was a blown capacitor)

just talked with Kicker...since I bought the amp from Circuit city less than a year ago, I can just take it back to Circuit City and get a new amp the same day! (sometimes it's nice to buy from a well known store, and not online...plus Circuit city runs some pretty good sale prices on their car audio)

I removed the amp and took it to Circuit City...they tried to say that I had to send it to Kicker, but I told them that Kicker said they had to take it and give me a new one...they did, and I'm back up and running!

-peter

an installer i work with used to work at circuit for 3 years

i try to stay away from kicker amps

i like l7's or solo x

but would leave the rest of the line alone

i have 2 L7 and they hit really hard....

I KNOW

i put 3, 12" L7's in a ported 11 cubic feet

expedition

it was quite loud

do Kicker amps have lots of problems? when I was researching my system, i read that Kicker was a fairly good brand. (plus, I wanted a 5ch amp to run all my stuff)

-Peter

i do not find kicker to be sq as far as amps or subs

i do find l7 and solox to be spl subs and good for that


typically kicker amps are not know for problems , though in my experince that have their share


try power series RF amps $ for $ always more power than rated
clean power even with high gains
priced well


you will be hard pressed to find a better amp than power series RF

kicker
JL
alpine
kenwood
mtx
pioneer

if find RF better than all these i mentioned