Autotek XS-1500.1 Amplifiers

Autotek XS-1500.1 Amplifiers 

DESCRIPTION

Class-D Mono Block with Dual 2 Awg. Power and Ground Terminals 450 WATTS X 1 CHANNEL @ 4 OHMS 900 WATTS X 1 CHANNEL @ 2 OHMS 1500 WATTS X 1 CHANNEL @ 1 OHM

USER REVIEWS

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[Apr 25, 2004]
oldrocker
Model Reviewed: Stealth XS 1500.1

Strength:

Power -Looks -Temp cool - Great Warranty dept - Thoughfull design.

It pounds - dosent get to hot, as far as the other reviews marking it down for scratching easy? Must be used to eating off paper plates instead of china, get real boys would you rather have a RF amp that looks like a waffle iron? These folks at Autotek have only this as a problem - A powerful, nice looking, cool, thoughtfully designed product with a marketing department that never did the product line justice & ALL should have been fired a long time ago.

Similar Products Used:

Many many many

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Aug 12, 2003]
jake k
Model Reviewed: 1500.1

Strength:

even loaded down to 1ohm the output is still clear and tight. it doesnt go into protection mode even when it's getting pounded. there is no distortion or feedback or humming from the amp.

Weakness:

The face is easily scrached but if your careful theres no problem.

This amp produces tremendous power. I have it loaded down to 1 ohm with four 4ohm JL w3 12"'s in paralell, i have the gain cranked and i blew two of the jl's in under 2 months, personaly i think the jl's are crap but i got them really cheap from a friend. i prefer kicker'(vr's or L7's) im running vr's in another car. the amp however performs flawlessly,it gets fairly warm but that's understandable. with that kind of impedence things get touchy. im running 0aug welding cable to it, using a 180amp alternator, optima battery and a 130amp breaker. the amp never fades or shuts down and i run it very hard, im hitting a shade under 150db and its all because of that autotek. i took it apart once to see what it looked like inside. beautiful! nice board, thick quality traces. burley components nice pots and caps. it just looks like one hell of an amp. there was a small amount of electrolisis build up around the power imput but thats common with all electronics and with how hard i run this amp i was superised there wasn't more

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
5
[Aug 12, 2003]
jake k
Model Reviewed: 1500.1

Strength:

even loaded down to 1ohm the output is still clear and tight. it doesnt go into protection mode even when it's getting pounded. there is no distortion or feedback or humming from the amp.

Weakness:

The face is easily scrached but if your careful theres no problem.

This amp produces tremendous power. I have it loaded down to 1 ohm with four 4ohm JL w3 12"'s in paralell, i have the gain cranked and i blew two of the jl's in under 2 months, personaly i think the jl's are crap but i got them really cheap from a friend. i prefer kicker'(vr's or L7's) im running vr's in another car. the amp however performs flawlessly,it gets fairly warm but that's understandable. with that kind of impedence things get touchy. im running 0aug welding cable to it, using a 180amp alternator, optima battery and a 130amp breaker. the amp never fades or shuts down and i run it very hard, im hitting a shade under 150db and its all because of that autotek. i took it apart once to see what it looked like inside. beautiful! nice board, thick quality traces. burley components nice pots and caps. it just looks like one hell of an amp. there was a small amount of electrolisis build up around the power imput but thats common with all electronics and with how hard i run this amp i was superised there wasn't more

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
5
[Aug 12, 2003]
jake k
Model Reviewed: 1500.1

Strength:

even loaded down to 1ohm the output is still clear and tight. it doesnt go into protection mode even when it's getting pounded. there is no distortion or feedback or humming from the amp.

Weakness:

The face is easily scrached but if your careful theres no problem.

This amp produces tremendous power. I have it loaded down to 1 ohm with four 4ohm JL w3 12"'s in paralell, i have the gain cranked and i blew two of the jl's in under 2 months, personaly i think the jl's are crap but i got them really cheap from a friend. i prefer kicker'(vr's or L7's) im running vr's in another car. the amp however performs flawlessly,it gets fairly warm but that's understandable. with that kind of impedence things get touchy. im running 0aug welding cable to it, using a 180amp alternator, optima battery and a 130amp breaker. the amp never fades or shuts down and i run it very hard, im hitting a shade under 150db and its all because of that autotek. i took it apart once to see what it looked like inside. beautiful! nice board, thick quality traces. burley components nice pots and caps. it just looks like one hell of an amp. there was a small amount of electrolisis build up around the power imput but thats common with all electronics and with how hard i run this amp i was superised there wasn't more

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jan 07, 2003]
todd0218
Model Reviewed: Autotek xs-1500.1

Strength:

Good Power, good for custom installs, like base knob. I have to admit i had a lot of trouble with this amp but autoteks customers service is outstanding and they fixed my amp all 4 times with out warranty for free. The only ball buster is sending from michigan to cali paying 25-35 for shipping each time.

Weakness:

Well, I have to say the amp is powerful but i cannot count on mine! It has broke 4 times now in less then 3 months. For different reasons i blew out the crossovers. Something happened so it was aways in protection mode. I blew out something else internally 2 times also. Well made a just had the rotten apple in the basket i guess it is worth trying.

This amp is a very powerful amp and is very sleik looking. I think its cool because it flushes so easily.

Similar Products Used:

Lanzar, Kenwood, jensen

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
3
[Oct 11, 2002]
Hows-UR Momma
Model Reviewed: 2002

Strength:

Autotek knows no limits!!! Runs extremely cool at high volumes. Low power consumption. Flush mounting for competition look. Brilliant chrome finish.

Weakness:

Autotek could rate their amps at 12V instead of 14.4v Wasnt too impressed with the remote bass. The amp pushes twice as much with the remote bass unplugged.

I used to prefer Rockford amps over everything else until I discovered Autotek. This is my first Autotek amp and it proved its power from the first second I turned it on. I am running it in an 1.3ohm load and according to Autotek its pushing around 1200 watts at 14.4v. I have figured out that no matter what amp you have you can get more power out of it by using a line driver. Audiobahn and MA Audio make line drivers but what they do is boost the output of the head unit rca's and make the amp more efficient. Giving you more power at lower settings. I also have my head unit bass on -0- and have bass blockers on my highs. Now i'm pushing 3 vega 15's, which are 1500rms for all three with the gain at 1/4 the way up!!!

Similar Products Used:

bd1000.1, bd500.1, punch 250a2, punch 600a4, old school punch amps, crossfire, pyramid 1400watt, Boss 1000, American Pro 600x2.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Sep 01, 2002]
7ZEUS
Model Reviewed: 2001

Strength:

Not current hungry. One of the best looking amps. Dual speaker terminals even though it is a mono amp.

Weakness:

Easily scratched. The counter sinkable mounting is a matter of opinion, but I don't like it as much as traditional amps.

I have owned Autoteks for many years. This one is made overseas and that worried me in the beginning, but it has proven to be a good amp. Power is strong and comparable to amps in its class. Does not suck up the current of the charging system. Flexible and extremely nice looking. Shop the internet and find a bargain compared to local shops. Thumbs up for this one.

Similar Products Used:

Too many to name.

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Jul 09, 2002]
Spyder

Strength:

pushes a lot of watts, and very clean looking

Weakness:

blew it twice

pushing 2 audiobahn AW1200's rated at 700 watts a piece. amp is running 1 ohm mono.

Similar Products Used:

none

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
3
[Jan 03, 2002]
RasKarti
Model Reviewed: 1997 Toyota Landcruiser

Strength:

None

I wrote a review onthis amp earlier. But I am just writing back to say that I was powering 3 MTX8000 12''''s (4 ohm). The subs were wired down parallel to 1.3 ohm. And well this Amp blew away the 3 subs with the amp gain not even fully up.

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Oct 16, 2001]
jonnybravo26
Model Reviewed: XS-1500.1

Strength:

Lot of power, less than a buck a watt, efficient.

Weakness:

None that i can see

I let a buddy of mine use this amp at a local sound off. He has two 12" MA Audio''s and he hit around 145 DB using only 900 watts! The amp was barely even sucking any juice from his stock alternator. Very efficient. Doesnt get warm and it pounds the hell out of subs.

Similar Products Used:

Boss HCCA, Alpine, PPI, etc.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
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