The amount of power you get from this for the price is a steal. I have 2 amps from Planet Audio ..this one and the 2500 monoblock.
I read a lot of reviews slamming this amp and when questioned why they either don’t respond or turns out they have it hooked up to the wrong speakers ( ohm’s) This is 2015…you have unlimited knowledge at your fingertips. When you are buying an amp or speakers just look it up and if you cant find the answer..ask in a forum. Make sure you get the right amp for your speakers and vise versa.
If this amp is hooked up correctly it produces a very clean bass. It does not overheat. People buy these and crank the gain and bass boost and then complain about it being crappy sounding..Well thats because you are clipping the heck out of it. You can set the gain by ear with a test tone you can find on youtube. It takes 5 minutes..literally.
The functions on the side of the amp are pretty basic. Sensitivity, Level (GAIN) , Bass Boost, HP, Mode and LP. If you don’t know how to set those..once again ..plenty of videos on youtube.
It does come with a remote subwoofer level control so you can adjust the amount of bass on the fly which is nice. This one is 0 to 18 db and works great.
This amp is bridgeable. This is where you need to pay attention. You should have selected the right ohm speaker for this amp in stereo mode ( 2 channel) but if you are running 2,3,4 speakers in series then you need to make sure this amp can handle the final ohm load that your speakers are asking for.
Specs from PA website
2000 Watts at 2ohm x 1 (Bridged)
1000 Watts at 4ohm x 1 (Bridged)
500 Watts at 2ohm x 2
250 Watts at 4ohm x 2
It is only 2 ohm stable as you can see from the specs….