The big green thing is coil of wire. It's the output inductor that all class D amps have. This one looks to have a steel core, is on it's side and is wrapped in heatshrink. They can get pretty hot so you don't usually see them covered. There's also a smaller inductor near the power and ground terminals. That's to filter noise from going back into your vehicles electrical system. The better quality amps always have this. (That Prime 500 has one) That's a nice looking unit. It's got the glue on top of the transformer to prevent the wires from vibrating and shorting out. Plus glue to hold it in place. I like it.
Back then to me Pioneer was top of the line. It was what everyone I knew wanted. I almost always ran them for a head unit. I had and loved the 10 inch truck subs. Sounded great and hit well to boot. Had a friend who had an astro van with eight mill 12s and it was rediculs for the time. My first real big demo to get. No one around had anything close. Those subs were great. Just like MTX I wish they were still in the game like that but unfortunately I think the game has out grown them. Haha yeah it seems all the bass knobs are that way..
This is a review of perfect timing for me, I just picked up the GM-D8701, so I was very pleasantly surprised at these dyno results! I feel it's a great amp of good quality and a keeper
What a great video, my friend. The best of the year. I was really surprised by the power response at 1 ohm from the Pioneer amp. Here in Latin America, Pioneer is a very respected brand for car stereos and subwoofer speakers, but not so well known for amps. Greetings @Stereo Mojo
🔥I ve enjoyed the video, it’s a Great, simple and concise coverage in the distinguishing details on the multitude of pioneer amps , I’ve had to pay closer attention and learn in the last few months since jumping a little back into car audio. Just missed out on an slightly older Pioneer PREMIER class D mono amp for pretty good price, I believe model PRS d1000m , if you could get your hands on one would be interesting to see how it performs and compares to this one you’ve reviewed!
That amp looks familiar! Yay!! I like the looks of that one with the gold-plated rca's! Mine doesn't have those. I absolutely love mine. Thank you for doing this video. If you wanna see mine in action, it's on my channel under "install done."
Blew one amp replaced it temporarily with this.. it stayed in the truck longer than expected. Even made me buy their 4 channel. Upgraded to Hertz since then, but for the money.. Pioneer me.
@stereomojo was there a difference between some if the internal components of the two models? I think I remember reading thar on the site or somewhere online. Regardless it's a very small difference but every test I've ever seen has them being quite underrated. I'd probably keep it if I had one to go with my nostalgic deh series head units from back in the day
Man, I love Rockford. Probably gonna upgrade my 4 channel with a RF soon . Not gonna replace my Harmony tho lol. Great vid on the Pioneer, nice amp 👍 👌
Back many moons ago; Pioneer head units included super tuner 3, fm radio tuner. It had top notch fm radio tuner and could pull out weak stations with ease. Now most all of everything is made in china
My bass knob needs to be replaced. I have it turned almost at zero & out of nowhere my subs stood up almost out the boxes 😂😂. I was "holy sheep chit" 😂
@barnes29510 Check your wire connections. If the knob gets disconnected the amp will jump to the gain setting. Maybe spray the cable contacts with electrical contact cleaner.
If you think it's the potentiometer inside the knob, take the housing off and spray the same cleaner inside the pot and turn the knob back and forth a bunch of times. The traces in the pot might get oxidized over time and when turned to that position it loses contact (you get the same result as unplugging the cable)
@@JasonWW2000 okay. Cool! I will definitely check it out. The drain hose for water that runs down the windshield runs inside the car, behind the kick panel on the 2000 Accords and over time they become hard and will come loose.... That happened a few months back and my floor board got wet.... So it's a good chance there's corrosion inside the knob... Thank you! I would have never thought about that. 🫵🏻💪🏻🇺🇸
Hey , sounds familiar , that has happened on my martin Logan home powered subwoofer level control. Typically a fouled out pot control You may want to try this electronic cleaner/ lube for control called De Ox it , we use it all the time on old vintage stereo amps and equipment
The green component is an inductor/coil, being used as a filter choke. BCAE1 is a good website that explains electronic components and common usage. There's also a really good amplifier repair tutorial, but that section might have a paywall now (likely due to stupid and lazy people asking questions where the answers are already there, they just didn't do the required reading).
Pause! Ohhh, I hope she puts out (puts out🤣).... I've been a fan of pioneer since the 80s. And I've looked at this one a couple times. (Also, I snagged a new Recoil (1640 4chan) for 80 bucks yesterday.
Put up some healthy numbers I knew what these do I had 2 of them they love .8 ohm and .66 ohm if u can get it to not protect at .66 ohm it does very solid power numbers I had 2 use 2 50 amp fuses when wired below 1 ohm I was pulling 150 amps.
I have a 2023 F-150 4 door that I ordered with the 5.0 and I have it stock, except tinted back half, and I had to do the exhaust. I went with Flow Master Super 10, and straight out back under the trailer hitch with 4 inch Chrome Tips 45 degree cut angle! No I don't race it, but I have taken down many that wanna do something stupid around me, and I know what they are going to do, and I put my foot in it, and they think twice, about squeezing in front of me 😁 So I've had it for a year and I'm 56 and I come from the days of ZAPCO and Becker Lavender Woofer's, 4 10' on the back dash and 4 10's behind the rear set, and the trunk was our box back then. Mine was in my 69 Dodge Dart ( high school days 😁 )! ZAPCO SEQ, Tweeter's on the upper door by the wing window ( I can't believe I just said, Wing Window 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 ) mid on the lower door panel and all Beckers in the back. I had so many ZAPCO Amps, Bridges, Cross Overs, wires for days, but the way it hit 🔊🔊🔊🔊 This was 1986, Junior in highschool, Twisted Sister, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, DRI, Ramones, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads ( Burning Down The House was fire on my system, didn't know what he was saying, but it bumped) and so on. I even have a tattoo of the ZAPCO symbol on my right arm. Ok now that's is done, let's fast forward, been thru 8 million divorce's 100 million girlfriends, had new Ford's all day long, and had a Awesome life, Thx to my Dad ( Love that man, Love You Dad and miss you 😘 ), but with all that life going on stuff, I never took time to put a system in any of my vehicles, nothing. I thought look, if I can't go like the 80's and everyone is telling me I need a box, I just thought that they were Crazy, cause I always said, no you don't, you just need a big trunk and a new trunk gasket and you'll BOOM 💥💥💥 the whole city. Then fast forward some more around what?, the year 2000 and I hear rattling and vibration coming from Donks, and cars with people trying to bump, and I hear no bump, until the driver door opens, and I don't know if it's just me, but I then just cringe and I'm like 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 but hey, it can't talk, I have nothing, so who I'm I to talk, and I forget about it, but I remember those 80's 😁. Fast Forward to today. About 3 weeks ago, my coworker ask me, when you gonna put a system in that coyote and I tell him, never, I have exhaust to listen to and he tells me, open the cab up, and I roll my eyes, so I do and he just starts going to town with his eyes and looks at my dash, front seats, and moved to the back and pulls the back seats up and said oh ya, you could hit hard in this. I'm like right, sure thing there MacGyver, he laughs and says no, really. I'm thinking in 2024, I'm not dumping big money like I did in high school and he said, no really and you could do it for under $1,500.00. I'm thinking $1,500.00 ain't going to fill my bed up with woofers, he said, no really I could do it and you'll be hitting hard, plus you have this truck stock looking, no one would even know. I told him, I don't want my truck broken into, cause I'm more worried about a broken window than the system gone. He laughed and said, no, I'll come off the factory unit, and I'll put it in for free ( cause don't let him fool you, he just wants to use my truck as a ginny pig and learn the routing) so I said ok, I'm single and I'll have it in 2 weeks, tell me what to order. He had me get the Skar dual enclosed 10" under the back set, but the 2 10's were on one side, and I said, that looks like 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 So I said, what about this one, Skar dual 12's loaded enclosed he said, oh SH++, the whole town is going to hear you. Now mind you, I come from 8 10" Beckers and I looks at him, like these and I point at it and say these are going to hit hard, ye right 😂🤣😂🤣 I accidentally order the dual 12's one on each side, but I thought I ordered a better box, because one was open and the other one for $250 more I thought it was a better build box, so I said screw it and bought it, well when it got to the house, I didn't know what loaded meant when I bought it, well I do now, so know need to buy the shallow mount Pioneers, because mine came loaded, plug and play. 😂🤣😂🤣 Ok rest of stuff, pioneer 6x9's and the are in the front, not in the back doors, the 6's are in the back, which shocked my coworker, and if do this, I'm running Pioneer 6x9's 5 way fronts and Pioneer 6's in the back doors 4-way. Also if you swap out your fronts, we learned that you'll need to buy the mounts for the doors, as you can not put the 6x9's in the factory holes, the magnet will hit the window and you'll not be able to raise or lower them. The bracket holes all line up bracket mount to factory door hole and then the Pioneer 6x9 holes to the bracket mount, all line up. Now I'm waiting on the two coils and 2 wiring BOSS kits. He had me buy this amp that's on this video for the box and the Pioneer 1,200 4 channel for the doors. He says it'll bump, but I just don't believe him and how he's going to turn all the new Pioneer door speakers into highs and mids only with that amp, is something I'll have to see and hear to believe. I guess times have changed and he said, amps today are digital not analog like back in the day. We'll see and I'm not showing him, but I'm kinda getting excited about the system we're putting in it. Look I'll be happy if I just get a little bump, that I can hear, nothing like the 80,s but he said, I'm in for a world of a surprise, so we'll see. I'll post back when we're done. Be about 3 to 4 weeks, as we're doing this at work, were yard spotter's, so when there's no trailers need to be moved, we'll be in the truck wiring it up. Thx and can't wait to hear it and " Black Pink In Your Area " 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
I have the GM D8601 amp and from what I can tell, it has the same specs as well. 1ohm 800rms. Whats really the difference other than it was made in 2017. It pounds 4 Skar 10s wired at 1ohm, pretty good.
@@stereomojo THANKS. just ordered mine on Amazon for $149. Gonna power two Cerwin Vega dual 4 ohm voice coil VMAX 12.4 subs with it. Rated at 500 watts a piece. Got em wired together at a 1 ohm load. Should make em sound GREAT. Use to power em with an oldschool Rockford 601s amp, throwing 600w at em. But it just wasn't enough. And that was a $460 amp!! And this little pioneer is less than half the Rockfords price. Can't wait to hear it. I'll let ya know how it turns out.
I have a loc with left and right. I plug them in to this amp and the sound/subwoofer goes way down, with no bass. I unplug either the left or right and it starts hitting with deep bass, how it should sound. This doesn't seem normal. How can I fix this?
@@stereomojoI really appreciate the response. I didn’t bother looking into it. Got a CT Sounds 1000 mono and am very happy. That paired with the Hydro 12 2ohm wired at 1ohm BANGS.
@@stereomojoalso…. Why is the “normal” gain position at 12oclock? I barely had mine at the 3oclock point and it would distort like crazy clipping the sub with the bass turned all the way down on the head unit.
I dont know what kind of secret sauce Rockford puts into their subwoofer amplifiers, but I sure do like their punchy, dynamic tonal characteristics. I've tested out a few other brands and they just didn't match up. They had a more mellow, softer tone to them.
@stereomojo Yeah. I've got 3 of the 1998 vintage 225.2, a 500a2, 4 of the T10001BD, a T5002, a Prime 500, 750 and 1200, and a matching R400 4D. So 13 Rockfords. I'd like to get a T2500-1bdCP with the blue meters, but it's hard to find a cheap one.
I have a 60ix that was basically used like a neighborhood ho everyone used it at some point, when something happened to their amp I let them use it until they got a new amp. It looks horrible, but It still works.
Put up some healthy numbers I knew what these do I had 2 of them they love .8 ohm and .66 ohm if u can get it to not protect at .66 ohm it does very solid power numbers I had 2 use 2 50 amp fuses when wired below 1 ohm I was pulling 150 amps.
I have been running the regular 8701 on 4 terminator 12 for 4yrs at the river all day every day 90degrees + at 12.6v ish. It has never failed me.💪👌
The big green thing is coil of wire. It's the output inductor that all class D amps have. This one looks to have a steel core, is on it's side and is wrapped in heatshrink. They can get pretty hot so you don't usually see them covered.
There's also a smaller inductor near the power and ground terminals. That's to filter noise from going back into your vehicles electrical system. The better quality amps always have this. (That Prime 500 has one)
That's a nice looking unit. It's got the glue on top of the transformer to prevent the wires from vibrating and shorting out. Plus glue to hold it in place.
I like it.
@@JasonWW2000 awesome, thanks Jason!
Back then to me Pioneer was top of the line. It was what everyone I knew wanted. I almost always ran them for a head unit. I had and loved the 10 inch truck subs. Sounded great and hit well to boot. Had a friend who had an astro van with eight mill 12s and it was rediculs for the time. My first real big demo to get. No one around had anything close. Those subs were great. Just like MTX I wish they were still in the game like that but unfortunately I think the game has out grown them. Haha yeah it seems all the bass knobs are that way..
@@brockmarquis8511 that’s cool! I wish I would’ve tried their subs back then. I had some MTX, Kicker, and JBL subs. Not at the same time though. lol
This is a review of perfect timing for me, I just picked up the GM-D8701, so I was very pleasantly surprised at these dyno results! I feel it's a great amp of good quality and a keeper
@@RavenousBitchProductions I agree! Thanks!
I miss the old school Pioneer logo
@@jimmybarrett-sw8vt I’m with you on that!
Me too. When I was 16 I had some of the pioneer gold 12s. I would love to have another set.
@@cdbennett2332 yeah, that would be cool. I worked with a guy that had 2 of those in ‘93
The ohm tuning fork.
What a great video, my friend. The best of the year. I was really surprised by the power response at 1 ohm from the Pioneer amp. Here in Latin America, Pioneer is a very respected brand for car stereos and subwoofer speakers, but not so well known for amps. Greetings @Stereo Mojo
@@diegoalta03 aw man, what a great comment! I like Pioneer as well. Thanks Diego!
Amp dynos make me happy.
@@tatialo37 me too Ruben, me too! Lol
Much better quality than the JP8
@@DavidBrown-wm7zx aw man, that’s tough! I’m a big fan of both!
Got my popcorn 🍿 ready. Thank you for all you do
@@marcovaldovinos5009 haha! Thanks Marco! You’re first almost every time!
🔥I ve enjoyed the video, it’s a Great, simple and concise coverage in the distinguishing details on the multitude of pioneer amps , I’ve had to pay closer attention and learn in the last few months since jumping a little back into car audio. Just missed out on an slightly older Pioneer PREMIER class D mono amp for pretty good price, I believe model PRS d1000m , if you could get your hands on one would be interesting to see how it performs and compares to this one you’ve reviewed!
Awesome! Thanks for the comment and suggestion!
That amp looks familiar! Yay!! I like the looks of that one with the gold-plated rca's! Mine doesn't have those. I absolutely love mine. Thank you for doing this video. If you wanna see mine in action, it's on my channel under "install done."
@@chrisnunya7171 sweet, I’ll check that out Chris!
Blew one amp replaced it temporarily with this.. it stayed in the truck longer than expected. Even made me buy their 4 channel. Upgraded to Hertz since then, but for the money.. Pioneer me.
@@Mr13allin that’s awesome! Was that 4 channel just as good?
I remember looking on the Pioneer website and seeing this limited edition model with the gold plated connectors.
@@scottw1938 that’s cool. I’m still thinking about keeping it.
@stereomojo was there a difference between some if the internal components of the two models? I think I remember reading thar on the site or somewhere online. Regardless it's a very small difference but every test I've ever seen has them being quite underrated. I'd probably keep it if I had one to go with my nostalgic deh series head units from back in the day
My Best Buy had these on sale for 100$ for the last week dang i fumbled this one big time
@@onesikm3 dang! $100 is awesome for this one! I need to pick up that 971 or 9701
These amps are super solid and run very cool I abused the crap out them wired low and gain too high and the pioneer amp took all I could throw at it.
That’s good to know that yours ran cool
The pioneer 971 is a solid performer at 1-2 ohm loads and the 9701
@@joshholden8561 yeah, I’d like to try that one too!
Man, I love Rockford. Probably gonna upgrade my 4 channel with a RF soon . Not gonna replace my Harmony tho lol. Great vid on the Pioneer, nice amp 👍 👌
@@Special.Purpose.Weapon seeet! That’ll be cool!
Back many moons ago; Pioneer head units included super tuner 3, fm radio tuner. It had top notch fm radio tuner and could pull out weak stations with ease. Now most all of everything is made in china
@@earnestmatlock9694 yes, I remember the Super Tuners!
My bass knob needs to be replaced. I have it turned almost at zero & out of nowhere my subs stood up almost out the boxes 😂😂. I was "holy sheep chit" 😂
@@barnes29510 hmmm, that’s weird!
@barnes29510 Check your wire connections. If the knob gets disconnected the amp will jump to the gain setting. Maybe spray the cable contacts with electrical contact cleaner.
If you think it's the potentiometer inside the knob, take the housing off and spray the same cleaner inside the pot and turn the knob back and forth a bunch of times. The traces in the pot might get oxidized over time and when turned to that position it loses contact (you get the same result as unplugging the cable)
@@JasonWW2000 okay. Cool! I will definitely check it out. The drain hose for water that runs down the windshield runs inside the car, behind the kick panel on the 2000 Accords and over time they become hard and will come loose.... That happened a few months back and my floor board got wet.... So it's a good chance there's corrosion inside the knob... Thank you! I would have never thought about that. 🫵🏻💪🏻🇺🇸
Hey , sounds familiar , that has happened on my martin Logan home powered subwoofer level control. Typically a fouled out pot control You may want to try this electronic cleaner/ lube for control called De Ox it , we use it all the time on old vintage stereo amps and equipment
The green component is an inductor/coil, being used as a filter choke. BCAE1 is a good website that explains electronic components and common usage. There's also a really good amplifier repair tutorial, but that section might have a paywall now (likely due to stupid and lazy people asking questions where the answers are already there, they just didn't do the required reading).
@@csj9619 cool, thanks for the info!
I agree the price is slightly high but I ike this amp for the same reason i like my kicker cxa 800.1 its a workhorse it will run and run.
@@marcovaldovinos5009 yeah, that’s true! Those kicker amps are high, but awesome too! Good comparison Marco!
Pause!
Ohhh, I hope she puts out (puts out🤣).... I've been a fan of pioneer since the 80s. And I've looked at this one a couple times. (Also, I snagged a new Recoil (1640 4chan) for 80 bucks yesterday.
@@barnes29510 nice! That’s a good deal!
I like these amps. I was going to get this and the 4 channel. I have an almost all Pioneer system. I am using Kenwood Excelon amps instead though.
@@barrysinks3104 Those amps you have should be pretty awesome as well!
@stereomojo Yes they are. Thanks for the dyno though. I didn't think it would put out that much power
@@barrysinks3104 no problem. Yeah, I agree!
Thanks for the review, how about next time you dial down the voltage to around 13.8v we see the actual results at normal stock electrical voltage.
@@enangitau7431 yeah, I know. But believe it or not, my Son’s Tahoe charges at 14.8 and my other Son’s Camaro also charges at 14.8
I would just subtract 5% or 6%. It's still going to meet it's ratings. Besides, we don't need exact numbers.
I like these simple amplifiers because I use a DSP so onboard amplifier controls are unnecessary. 😎
@@EZShop76 there you go, and a good point too!
Put up some healthy numbers I knew what these do I had 2 of them they love .8 ohm and .66 ohm if u can get it to not protect at .66 ohm it does very solid power numbers I had 2 use 2 50 amp fuses when wired below 1 ohm I was pulling 150 amps.
Nice!!
Can you connect this GM DX871 mono with a GM DX971 mono to share power as one amp?
No, I don’t believe so
I have a 2023 F-150 4 door that I ordered with the 5.0 and I have it stock, except tinted back half, and I had to do the exhaust. I went with Flow Master Super 10, and straight out back under the trailer hitch with 4 inch Chrome Tips 45 degree cut angle! No I don't race it, but I have taken down many that wanna do something stupid around me, and I know what they are going to do, and I put my foot in it, and they think twice, about squeezing in front of me 😁 So I've had it for a year and I'm 56 and I come from the days of ZAPCO and Becker Lavender Woofer's, 4 10' on the back dash and 4 10's behind the rear set, and the trunk was our box back then. Mine was in my 69 Dodge Dart ( high school days 😁 )! ZAPCO SEQ, Tweeter's on the upper door by the wing window ( I can't believe I just said, Wing Window 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 ) mid on the lower door panel and all Beckers in the back. I had so many ZAPCO Amps, Bridges, Cross Overs, wires for days, but the way it hit 🔊🔊🔊🔊 This was 1986, Junior in highschool, Twisted Sister, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, DRI, Ramones, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads ( Burning Down The House was fire on my system, didn't know what he was saying, but it bumped) and so on. I even have a tattoo of the ZAPCO symbol on my right arm. Ok now that's is done, let's fast forward, been thru 8 million divorce's 100 million girlfriends, had new Ford's all day long, and had a Awesome life, Thx to my Dad ( Love that man, Love You Dad and miss you 😘 ), but with all that life going on stuff, I never took time to put a system in any of my vehicles, nothing. I thought look, if I can't go like the 80's and everyone is telling me I need a box, I just thought that they were Crazy, cause I always said, no you don't, you just need a big trunk and a new trunk gasket and you'll BOOM 💥💥💥 the whole city. Then fast forward some more around what?, the year 2000 and I hear rattling and vibration coming from Donks, and cars with people trying to bump, and I hear no bump, until the driver door opens, and I don't know if it's just me, but I then just cringe and I'm like 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 but hey, it can't talk, I have nothing, so who I'm I to talk, and I forget about it, but I remember those 80's 😁. Fast Forward to today. About 3 weeks ago, my coworker ask me, when you gonna put a system in that coyote and I tell him, never, I have exhaust to listen to and he tells me, open the cab up, and I roll my eyes, so I do and he just starts going to town with his eyes and looks at my dash, front seats, and moved to the back and pulls the back seats up and said oh ya, you could hit hard in this. I'm like right, sure thing there MacGyver, he laughs and says no, really. I'm thinking in 2024, I'm not dumping big money like I did in high school and he said, no really and you could do it for under $1,500.00. I'm thinking $1,500.00 ain't going to fill my bed up with woofers, he said, no really I could do it and you'll be hitting hard, plus you have this truck stock looking, no one would even know. I told him, I don't want my truck broken into, cause I'm more worried about a broken window than the system gone. He laughed and said, no, I'll come off the factory unit, and I'll put it in for free ( cause don't let him fool you, he just wants to use my truck as a ginny pig and learn the routing) so I said ok, I'm single and I'll have it in 2 weeks, tell me what to order. He had me get the Skar dual enclosed 10" under the back set, but the 2 10's were on one side, and I said, that looks like 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 So I said, what about this one, Skar dual 12's loaded enclosed he said, oh SH++, the whole town is going to hear you. Now mind you, I come from 8 10" Beckers and I looks at him, like these and I point at it and say these are going to hit hard, ye right 😂🤣😂🤣 I accidentally order the dual 12's one on each side, but I thought I ordered a better box, because one was open and the other one for $250 more I thought it was a better build box, so I said screw it and bought it, well when it got to the house, I didn't know what loaded meant when I bought it, well I do now, so know need to buy the shallow mount Pioneers, because mine came loaded, plug and play. 😂🤣😂🤣 Ok rest of stuff, pioneer 6x9's and the are in the front, not in the back doors, the 6's are in the back, which shocked my coworker, and if do this, I'm running Pioneer 6x9's 5 way fronts and Pioneer 6's in the back doors 4-way. Also if you swap out your fronts, we learned that you'll need to buy the mounts for the doors, as you can not put the 6x9's in the factory holes, the magnet will hit the window and you'll not be able to raise or lower them. The bracket holes all line up bracket mount to factory door hole and then the Pioneer 6x9 holes to the bracket mount, all line up. Now I'm waiting on the two coils and 2 wiring BOSS kits. He had me buy this amp that's on this video for the box and the Pioneer 1,200 4 channel for the doors. He says it'll bump, but I just don't believe him and how he's going to turn all the new Pioneer door speakers into highs and mids only with that amp, is something I'll have to see and hear to believe. I guess times have changed and he said, amps today are digital not analog like back in the day. We'll see and I'm not showing him, but I'm kinda getting excited about the system we're putting in it. Look I'll be happy if I just get a little bump, that I can hear, nothing like the 80,s but he said, I'm in for a world of a surprise, so we'll see. I'll post back when we're done. Be about 3 to 4 weeks, as we're doing this at work, were yard spotter's, so when there's no trailers need to be moved, we'll be in the truck wiring it up. Thx and can't wait to hear it and " Black Pink In Your Area " 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
I wish pioneer would come back out with some better subs geared towards SPL and come out with pioneer premier SPL based products
I agree, that would be awesome!
It's not a terrible deal this amp ur paying for quality it will last for the next 20 years or more can't say that about other brands.
Yes, I agree! Still thinking about keeping it.
Another great upload!
Much appreciated 🫵🏻🫵🏻💪🏻🇺🇸
I have the GM D8601 amp and from what I can tell, it has the same specs as well. 1ohm 800rms. Whats really the difference other than it was made in 2017. It pounds 4 Skar 10s wired at 1ohm, pretty good.
It’s very possible that it’s only cosmetic differences, but idk for sure
Is the amp 1ohm STABLE?? I cant find that answer ANYWHERE. Or will it get hot and shut down over and over and over???
@@scrufscruff5883 yes, it is. Be sure of the model number though
@@stereomojo THANKS.
just ordered mine on Amazon for $149.
Gonna power two Cerwin Vega dual 4 ohm voice coil VMAX 12.4 subs with it. Rated at 500 watts a piece. Got em wired together at a 1 ohm load. Should make em sound GREAT. Use to power em with an oldschool Rockford 601s amp, throwing 600w at em. But it just wasn't enough. And that was a $460 amp!! And this little pioneer is less than half the Rockfords price. Can't wait to hear it. I'll let ya know how it turns out.
I have a loc with left and right. I plug them in to this amp and the sound/subwoofer goes way down, with no bass.
I unplug either the left or right and it starts hitting with deep bass, how it should sound. This doesn't seem normal. How can I fix this?
@@MrProfessional777 does the LOC have a gain on it?
@@MrProfessional777 also, make sure all of your positives and negatives are correct
@stereomojo
Yes. 0db-12db then a min-max dial.
@@stereomojo
Thank you for your response.
How many ohms is this?
@@MrProfessional777 1 ohm stable
I got very mad when i received this amp thinks its 1 channel but its 2 so i just bridged them
@@sheesssshhh this is only a 1 channel amp
@@stereomojoYup not bad 1398 at 1 ohm
I got it for a hundred buxs
isn't the bass knob for bass boost (50hz) instead of gain like most amps from what I remember??
@@edwinhoward6530 no, it’s like a volume knob
@@stereomojo I would double check that
@@edwinhoward6530 you’re talking about the remote bass knob that you run to the front right?
@@stereomojo yes
@@stereomojo yes, it says bass boost on amp
Would this be good for 1500watt sub
Mine randomly goes into protect mode.
@@keithfreeman4015 is you ohm load correct, and are you sure you’re not clipping it? Those are the 2 main reasons for an amp to protect
@@stereomojoI really appreciate the response. I didn’t bother looking into it. Got a CT Sounds 1000 mono and am very happy. That paired with the Hydro 12 2ohm wired at 1ohm BANGS.
@@stereomojoalso…. Why is the “normal” gain position at 12oclock? I barely had mine at the 3oclock point and it would distort like crazy clipping the sub with the bass turned all the way down on the head unit.
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Thanks!!
I dont know what kind of secret sauce Rockford puts into their subwoofer amplifiers, but I sure do like their punchy, dynamic tonal characteristics.
I've tested out a few other brands and they just didn't match up. They had a more mellow, softer tone to them.
@@JasonWW2000 Rockford is still my all-time favorite brand!
@stereomojo
Yeah. I've got 3 of the 1998 vintage 225.2, a 500a2, 4 of the T10001BD, a T5002, a Prime 500, 750 and 1200, and a matching R400 4D. So 13 Rockfords.
I'd like to get a T2500-1bdCP with the blue meters, but it's hard to find a cheap one.
I have a 60ix that was basically used like a neighborhood ho everyone used it at some point, when something happened to their amp I let them use it until they got a new amp. It looks horrible, but It still works.
@@michaelhollon5332Those DSM models were great! Cost a small fortune, though. Lol
Put up some healthy numbers I knew what these do I had 2 of them they love .8 ohm and .66 ohm if u can get it to not protect at .66 ohm it does very solid power numbers I had 2 use 2 50 amp fuses when wired below 1 ohm I was pulling 150 amps.
@@joshholden8561 oh wow, that’s cool! Thanks Josh