20 Best Amp For 15 Inch Subwoofer (2022 Updated)

was originally going to get an svs 13 sealed, and then saw a sub reviewer on youtube talking about how amazing the pb400 are, and that two of them would be perfect. Two giant subs in my room was a bit much, but this unit sideways in the corner has barely passable spouse approval factor.

I debated heavily between this and two 12’s. I know that duals duals duals is all that you read, but there are some technical papers that indicate having one sub with the best performance can be a better choice in some situations.

I also shopped this against Rhytmik, but felt that their tech was a bit behind. I added some of the SVS isolation pads, but this still caused a glass shower door to go slightly loose on the other side of the wall, needing realignment.

The amount of pressure that this creates in the room is quite amazing, if you think that you need two, you probably don’t. One of these subs is truly amazingly powerful and must be experienced to be understood.

I read about subs for a year, most people getting something smaller, and then upgrading until they reached the top of the line. I decided to save myself the money and get this beast off the bat. No regrets, if you have the room, I don?t think anything compares for the price.

I honestly think that the 13 would?ve been enough, but am still glad I went big. Just be aware that you do need to pay an extra $150 for shipping, or whatever the exact amount is, if it is going to a residential home.

At least I did. Might be worth it to roll the dice and see if they forget to charge you, but the amount that Monoprice quoted was less than what fed ex billed, $130 vs $160 I think.

I have always had sealed cabinet subwoofers controlled by a servo in my home system. My background is live sound. Two very different worlds in sound with different characteristics and technologies. I decided to try a ported sub because, well, PA subs are all ported and I like the sound they produce.

Perhaps my close mindedness on sealed cabinets wasn’t necessary. Well, short version is it’s not even close to the same sound so I returned it. However, that’s not to say you won’t enjoy it. We’ll see if my review stays up or not.

It’s a bit suspect that there are only 13 reviews and you can’t buy these anywhere else. You do the math. Pros: Plenty of power and driver movement. There is no lack of bass with this sub. The driver never once “bottomed out” and the amp never clipped.

And I pushed it, a lot. I’ve heard the phrase “charge the room with bass” but never experienced until this sub. That is 100% what it does. It’s not what I like to hear from a sub but it was impressive to experience.

Also the low frequency extension is, well, my siding was rattling. The neighbor commented on hearing it and I live in a house. This thing moves air around just as efficiently as I break wind. Subjective Cons: It sounds boomy and floppy.

You don’t get to hear the individual frequencies when it is busy producing the entire <20 - 80Hz. Music with a broad range of bass notes just sound like one big sound wave moving around the room. If there is below 30Hz frequencies they take over and distract you from the beauty of the entire mix, even from the main speakers.

It’s also designed as a home theater sub, so there is some kind of a sub 30Hz boost going on. You don’t feel anything above those frequencies, meaning you miss the punch of a kick drum or the smack of a floor tom.

Again, my background is live sound so I’m probably pickier than you. Non-Subjective Cons: Customer service is, well, not great. I wouldn’t take this into consideration for a rating but since you can only purchase it through MonoPrice and they also MAKE the thing, it comes into play.

Returning it was no easy feat and customer service provided me with little to no information on how to return it. Due to it’s size and weight you have to ship it freight, which if you don’t regularly use freight, is not an easy (or cheap) task.

I emailed customer service asking for an option from them, but it took them over 5 days to reply. Also unboxing it was no easy task. Basically good luck and hopefully you don’t destroy the box.

This unit works beautifully. My preamp simultaneously drives its XLR out to the full range amp and single-ended out to the SA1000. Adjustments are very easy so, once dialed-in, it just works. I run the SA1000 full-range so my subs (RJS Acoustics MD2 B.

A. S. S. ) play up to about 200Hz. I tend to think that the class A/B topology of the SA1000 contributes to the musicality of my bass in the upper bass frequencies. I use the 12V trigger input to take the SA1000 off stand-by.

There is a pop in the subs when the amp powers up, but it isn’t especially loud so it doesn’t concern me much.

I decided to convert some classic Realistic Mach One’s for sub-woofer use only by gutting the internal crossovers, and expanding the internal box size by drilling large holes between the top horn section and bottom woofer section.

Then I connected the rear binding posts directly to the 15 inch drivers. The 15 inch drivers are 8 ohms and I’m using two converted Mach One boxes in parallel for a total load of 4 ohms at the amplifier.

When I connected the Dayton Audio SA1000 sub-woofer amplifier to the Mach One’s, the bass quality was stellar! After a little sub-woofer placement experimentation and a few adjustments to the SA1000, the low frequency energy from the Mach One 15 inch drivers is deep, clean, focused, and earth shaking! Not only does the system sound great but feels great as well.

I would highly recommend the Dayton Audio SA1000 for anyone serious about driving passive sub-woofers. The amplifier works as advertised and I had absolutely no problems with setup. The Dayton Audio SA1000 has everything you need to fine-tune your low frequencies and add a dimension to your music that makes it believable! – or should I say, unbelievable!! -John Anning.

Would like to see it on an amp dyno, hard to tell if its actually pushing 1000 watts. That being said, ive had one for about 7 years now, have sent it into protect mode countless times and roasted many a’ subwoofers with it haha; it keeps going strong though! Now have two sa1000’s running one 18” DC Audio lvl 4 sub in a 4.

2 cubic foot ported box paired with infinity classia tower speakers, sounds fantastic!.

Small compact powerful and easy to use! This amp is amazing and I have NO bad feedback for it ! It works amazing and is easy to use ! I guess the only real bad thing here is that it doesn’t come with a bass dial or remote bass line and you need to purchase it separately for another astounding $40USD when other amps come with one that is a lot nicer than this one.

But overall they both work amazing together and I love my sounds in my car currently. Hifonics let me down twice with two defective amps so this one is def a major Win!.

Couldn’t be happier with the Kicker CXA1800. 1 class D subwoofer amp. Operating at full rated power @ 1ohm it works flawlessly and barely gets warm. Feed it plenty of power and it will produce plenty of horsepower to slam your subs.

I give it a 10 out of 10.

I use this amplifier to push two 10 inch sub’s. The power is definitely strong enough to push my sub’s. The sound the sound quality that this amplifier produces is really clear, the distortion level is very minimal.

Great amplifier!!!!.

I currently have one pushing 1 10″ 1 12″ and 1 15″ Kicker and for a speaker max wattage output of almost 3000 watt, this thing pushes all simultaneously with 0 negative output

Awesome mono amp for the size deep…….deep sounding base.

Did not work well replacing it with another amp a d the old amp worked better than this one I ordered

Had read good reviews so decided to give Rockville a try. This amp is bad to the bone. It has amazed me for the sheer output of this thing. Top notch build quality and is very sharp looking especially with power supplied to it bc the logo lights up blue.

Wire connections at amp are very hefty and sturdy and sized accordingly for the better amp wiring kits out there. I bought amp and the Rockville branded wiring kit and am super pleased with everything.

Its a great amp for a low to mid range amp. True the price is a little steep, but there is value in the product. The power and speaker hook ups are all Allen keys, which they send both of the sizes with the amp.

It also can be paired with another amp and made as the slave or master. The bass EQ is the best feature, since it has the built in crossover, it eliminates 95% of the voices and hits the super low bass notes without overheating.

It should be paired with a dual sub box, because it is rather long. But running 0 gauge wires to it is a breeze. I love Rockville amps, and this is my 3rd one. Great quality and not a huge cost.

My son installed my db12 in his Audi Q7 with 12 inch subs. He is rocking hard. You can heard him coming from down the street. As he drives by you can feel the vibration from his truck. The db12 is a beast.

I would recommend this amp to anyone looking for one. Now of course I have to buy another one because my son refuses to give it back to me. His previous amp was a boss 1500 which now rests in the garage.

It works as it should. It’s very simple. It’s basic and bare bones, but gets the job done. This amp fits my needs. I give it 3/5 stars due to the higher price with less features, but mainly: The terminals for the 12v and ground cables are too small for spade and ring terminals.

I bought many different spade and ring terminals, and none of them fit in the amplifier’s small, rounded terminals. I ended up having to twist the copper wires into a round shape in order for them to fit in the terminals, which isn’t aesthetically pleasing nor as reliable as spade terminals.

4 gauge cables fit snugly into the amp without spade (crimped) terminals. Basically, there is no extra room for spade or ring terminals.

I upgraded to this 800W Kicker amp after there was a mix-up with a 600W Kicker amp that I had purchased and using for 2 years without any issues. The mix-up was related to the sub the 600W amp was paired with.

The staff at the Champaign, IL Best Buy for super gracious in resolving the problem by letting me upgrade the 600W Kicker amp to this 800W version at no charge to me. The 600W Kicker amp worked like a champ for 2 years without any problems whatsoever.

This newer 800W Kicker amp is significantly more powerful in regards to its total power AND the fact that that it’s power rating at 1 ohm is actually stable. All that and the size isn’t that much bigger than the original 600W Kicker amp that I had before.

This amp kept blowing the Kicker Comp R 12 that we had paired with it, so that’s a testament to the legitimate power this thing is putting out. It’s actually proof that it’s likely putting out even more power than what it says it is.

I’ve now got it properly paired with a more fitting match in the Kicker Comp VX 12. The amp and the sub make beautiful music together-figuratively and literally. Can’t go wrong with Kicker, and they continue to innovate and make really great products even greater.

Matthew 7:12.

This little amp kicks some serious butt. I picked up a pair of L7 solo baric 8inch subs at 4ohms. I wired them down to 1ohm to achieve the most outa this amp and WOW! Anyone not aware of how ohms work highly need to google before buying.

being my first alpine amp, this has met my expectations and more. even though the amps test card said 851 watts like several others Ive seen on the net, which leads me to believe it may be generic although hand written, it seems to pack quite a punch.

this amp has most of the features that youd find in more expensive units. although it lacks high level speaker inputs it didnt bother me as I needed a line out converter anyway. I paired this with the infinity primus 1270b loaded enclosure and it has more than enough power to push it.

my factory stereo was missing some hard hitting bass and the combo I chose definitely has me wanting to go places just to jam out. Im considering getting another set for my other vehicle as well.

Big power from a compact amp. This is my second Alpine amp I have purchased. The first one I sold with my vehicle and regretted it every since. This amp hits hard and clear and I originally had it paired with a 10 in sub.

My friend has this amp paired with two 10 inch kickers woofers and it sounds great so I’m doing the same set up in my 2001 Chevy S10. This is the best amp for you bucks.

Installed pushing a single 12” 350w JL sub. Went into power protect at the first sign of bass. Put a new Optima battery in and replaced the amp under warranty with the same amp. The new Sony had the same issue.

Replaced with a different brand and now an amp that has a 600w RMS like the Sony can actually power a single speaker that maxes at 600w. Sony is still the trash it was in the 90s.

This amp is by far the best amp Ive ever had. Ive had it since 2010 and it is still working perfectly. At the rate its going it doesnt look like Ill ever need to purchase another one. This amp has plenty of power, especially if you wire your subwoofers down to 2ohms.

I highly recommend it.

got this to replace a really old Sony amp powering 2 old Sony 12s. The old Sony still works amazingly (exactly the reason why I stuck with Sony,I know this one is gonna last just as long) I was simply wanting more power and boy does this deliver.

Still has all the sound quality of my old amp with a HEAVY dose of spl, actually gets hard to breathe while listening to bass heavy music!!!!Dont believe everything you hear on those audio forums. Sony has high Quality stuff.

theres a reason it aint the cheapest!!!.

It is very compact for the power and definately has power I have it set so its not clipping and on certain notes it can bottom out my two pioneer premier 12s rated at 3000 max watts and 1000 rms watts.

I have to adjust my low pass so it does not bottom out at deep notes. It is at just over half gain thats where I start to notice clipping on my particular setup. Amp gets extremely hot but I will be purchasing fans.

Amazing price for this amp. Update*** 4 songs later it blew from pioneer subs that werent even supposed to take that kind of power it got really hot and smoked and blew. Absolute garbage do not buy.

I purchased my first m2 as a budget build. Very impressed for the money. yes numbers are wonky but. 1st C. E. A. ratings are at 1% thc. Unless you are at low volume or have all very high end S. Q set up , is never going to be every day listening.

what your looking for is R. M. S. and if gain matched right and wired correctly they will get the rated numbers. I personally have had 1 m2 wired at 2 ohms for over a year abusing it. has never over heated , popped a fuse, nothing.

Point is. they are a budget amp that will perform. And currently have one running 1ohm on 2 12s dvc month in. still no problems other than the plastic in my poor wip getting loose.

Let me start by saying that there are good amps for the money. They are clean crisp hits of bass very very minimal distortion throw the sub woofer(s). They work great I bought two, the first one was 1500/750rms I think.

It was not quiet strong enough to push two old school mtx thunder 8000 10″. So I sold that one and got the 3000/1500. Yet to me I didn’t think that this one was quite there yet but better then the one before.

I think that they should be able too hit a lil harder. But on the bright side they did push the woofers to 97/98 dbs. Don’t get me wrong they are a hell of a amp. And if I need more amps i know what brand I’m buying.

Just in case if you wore wounding about the mtx woofers they are 800/400rms each and 4ohms, had them wired for 2ohms ( parallel ).

Amp was great at first then smoked. It couldn’t handle the steady draw from four dvc 8s but for about 40 minutes total in a day With out quitting. But it sounded great up til then. With simple svc subs thus would be a good amp but if you really need the power, pass on this one.

This amp works but it does no where even close to rated power so keep in mind it will only give you about 800-1000 rms. and the amp puts out no power unless the gain is all the way up and when you do that it sends a distorted signal.

I am returning this amp for my refund I got a 1800 watt audiopipe amp and it puts out twice the power of this amp and with the gain at only 1/4 of the way up. Don’t buy this amp if u want power get a audiopipe 1800 or 1500 they are about the same price and does rated rms power.

First off, upon arrival I noticed the box wasnt damaged at all considering a 1,000 mile shipment. When unboxing, to my surprise the actual enclosure has some light damage which tells me whatever happened to it happened at the warehouse before being shipped.

Ive uploaded an image of it and you can see it on the top left by where the picture frame is. Please note this did not affect the performance of the system. This by far the best sounding budget set of woofers in a nicely crafted insulated MDF enclosure.

Just the sound I was looking for and I couldnt be more right about it. No need for dual battery or upgraded alternator just need the big 3/4 upgrade. Hits pretty hard clean lows in my Tahoe. Definitely recommended.

Box quality and amplifier seems great! I dislike how subwoofer and amplifier kits are rated with “MAX” power handling. This is a 350w subwoofer and 400 watt amp. If you understand RMS values and set your gains properly, this is a great little 8” woofer kit! Has more output then I thought it would have for 400 watts!.

Thought I bought a good set up thumped hard for the first month after break in on speaker’s and then one morning I started the stereo and 15 min in to music they started to make noise really bad from under the dust cover.

I sold the box and scrapped the speaker. Wouldn’t buy again my 200$ set of kicker l5 solo Barrick kickers from a buy/ sell /trade page have lasted 3 times longer. Sorry but not sorry there not worth it.

Excellent replacement amp for the Polk PSW505 subwoofer. Construction of a mounting plate using basic DIY skills recommended if upgrading PSW505. Extremely happy and impressed with amp performance. Upgraded speaker to the Dayton Audio RSS315HF-4 12″ Reference Series HF Subwoofer a month later to release the full potential of the SPA300-D amp.

I was a little disappointed at first when I seen the size but once it was hooked up I was surprised. The spa300 can perform very well and after a couple hours of moderate to loud listening it stayed cool.

I use it at a 60hz cutoff and have no complaints. Parts express had it to me earlier than the expected delivery date and it was packaged extremely well.

Let me start off by saying Im a total kicker guy. I have a 10 crt 2ohm dual voice coil in a crew cab Silverado and wanted an amp to really push my speaker to its limits. I figured since the amp is 400 watts rms at 1 ohm and my speaker is 400 watts rms capable at 1 ohm, that this would be the perfect fit.

However, I was disappointed with the bass and power this amp provided. It doesnt have the punch or the deep bass that I know the speaker has. Ive had a system in my vehicle since I was 16 ( now 46) and Ive installed them all, so I know what Im doing and didnt wire anything wrong or not tune it right.

I wired it with 4 gauge, so it has plenty of juice. I should have went to the cxa 800. 1 I guess. This is the very first kicker product I have ever been disappointed in, and Ive had kickers in my vehicles for over 25 years.

Still a kicker fan, but if you are looking to push a 10 at one ohm I would go to the next amp up. I love you kicker, but not happy with this amp. Just my opinion.

The amplifier has exceeded my expectations with it’s delivery of low end frequencies and over all performance. My friends and neighbors had commented on the awesome sound of my new HD system that augments the amazing low end with this amplifier.

The ten inch sub woofer really brings out the full low end frequency response that comes from this kicker amplifier.

Used this amp to add a sub to factory Mercedes Burmester system in an S class. I chose audiocontrol because their THD power ratings are the cleanest of the popular brands at only. 05%. Bonus was that it has an LC2 and epicenter bass restoration feature built in so installation and adjustment was easy.

Extra points were great value for the price and a small footprint. Sub used was a JL 12W3 in a JL HO box and the sound is amazing. Adds really nice low end at moderate volume levels but also really gets down when turned up with no strain.

First time buyer. My new amplifier arrived on time and was the lowest price found on the net. I am very satisfy with this purchase and this is my first small for amplifier which sounds great and is a perfet match for my AUDI A3.

The amp has high inputs and also you can bring loss bass thru the controls. My previous set up was using a JL1000, this is not the same power but does put very clean puch and strong bass. Was able to hide this amp due to its small size.

Great selection of brands and products in all price ranges. Received my order quick. Audio Control LC800 can hardly wait to see how it sounds on my B2 12 sub.

Loving this AMP so far, the SKv2 is future proofed for sure. I am planning on getting another amp soon and this allows me to connect second amp etc. I got this amp to go with my ZVX 12 dual 1ohm. Have it wired in at 1.

5 ohms so is pushing just about 1400 watts making this amp perfect. Skar Audio is completely underrated. I went Skar audio throughout my entire Car all speakers amps Equalizer and a custom Enclosure that says Skar ZVX.

Even have custom printed huge Skar audio Decals on my car🦾🔊🔊🔊 Rep what you Bang right.

This one star review is solely based on not receiving the amp. SKAR has been on communication with me stating they are a medium sized company and cannot refund something remarked delivered. All I got was the subs.

Which I can’t play because there’s no amp. I’m not ordering another thing from skar unfortunately until today matter is handled. I used to like them very much. But now like 600$ just disappears and I’m supposed to eat that cost.

Sucky situation.

I installed the skv2-1500. 1d in my Silverado almost two weeks ago. I’m very happy with this amp and it’s capabilities! The pass through audio is great and currently have it sending signal to the rp2000 I installed about a year ago.

My original setup had been fun, six sealed 12”s had great fidelity, this new amp is now powering an evl-18. The amps have the twelves in the upper range for subs and the eighteen in the 20-60hz range.

No extra crossover/eq needed, and the output is phenomenal! I get the low end shudders reminiscent of festivals and strong, clean punchy bass on the upper end w/o standing waves. The setup replaced my rear seats and I can’t think of a better way to use that space! Skar for life!.

I had the planet audio and hooked up to 2 10 MTX old school. I remove the amp cuz it wasn’t putting out enough bass my friend had a 700 watt scar amp and 2/8 and I had bass boost turned up with it off but didn’t even hear it at all.

I swear this amp only has like 350 Watts at 2 ohms I had three subs hooked up at 4 ohms and my two subs hooked up to a Alpine mono 500 watt totally outperform this without the bass boost turned up.

This amp does not output 1500 watts. It is actually outputting 500 watts. Which is still a good deal. I wish they would just tell the truth about the actual wattage. Planet audio used to be a way better company.

Now they are untrustworthy and lie about the output of their amps. Still I recommend this amp for best bang for buck.

Ive had many amps in the past and this one is by far the best for the price. I tried to hook up just one planet audio bb12dvc subwoofer and it was loud but not to my personal liking so I hooked up a second one I had.

That made a huuuuuuuuuge difference as they are running in 2 ohm mode. Overall I am very impressed with the output of this amp. Doesnt draw a lot of power yet can be overbearingly loud at times if turned up.