Good power, sound quality, easy to use.

I have yet to have any problem with this amp. Its never over heated, never quit working.

First off this is for 2160 not the 2150. When i bought this amp, i had no clue how good it would be. My previous amp just broke so i needed another one. I stopped by a pawn shop just to see what was there. I noticed the MTX amp in the back of the case for $60. i thought why not, looks fine. So they tested it and sold it to me. As soon as i got it hooked up, i fell in love with it. I have it running two Rockford P1 10". It works like a dream and puts off perfect sound. I can't even run it at its peak power because its too much for the subs. This is a great amp. I am giving it a 5 because i only paid $60 for it!

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older kenwood 280 watt amp.

Small and very powerful. Underrated.

It got hot but it never seemed to comprimise the performance. Only shut down a couple of times but was quick to reset as powerful as ever. Also kind of inneficient even though it is only 300 watts rms it would benefit from a good capacitor.

Great amp for the price. MTX always uderrates their products power outputs. Good sound quality for bass but not the best for mids and highs but that is not what the amp design is focused on. Used for two years on a set of 12 inch blue thunders then two years on a set of eclipse 12 inchers. Always amazed people that I was only running 300 watts and many times surprised myself. Now the amp is in a friend hands and is still going strong. Never had any problems other than a couple of overheats on hot days but that is to be expected when you run an amp as hard as I did. Overall I am very pleased with it's performance and durability.

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Eclipse(great) Focal(amazing)

Strong low frequency power very low T.H.D. % Built like a war tank Probably the best amp for under $500

does run kinda hot, keep it ventilated

I have 6 mtx Thunder amps in my vehicle with two of them being 2150x's each pushing a Cerwin-Vega Vega124. I have won numerous SPL AND SQ soundoffs using this combo as these amps are abundantly powered (especially in the low freq. range) and have fantastically low distortion. Although i agree that they do run hot i have NEVER had one thermally shut down or blow. They have been in 3 of my SPL vehicles and just wont die (but i have destroyed TWO of the vehicles with vibration induced damage!). An excellent amp for the money and if properly installed and calibrated (yes, I'm MECP certified) these amps will piss off your neighbors and crush your competition for years on end. A+

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Xtant, Cerwin-Vega, Phoenix Gold, Kicker

Under rated, but who cares if it keeps blowing

Blows up, more time in the shop that in your car. Don't use it on any speakers you like or don't care if it fries them

Powerful for the price and thats about it. Not really clean, overheats easy. Biggest problem is it blows really easy. I've had mine repaired twice. The second time I wasn't abusing it at all. Was running 1 10" at 4ohms in a banpass, and I wasn't even pushing it. All for a suddent for no reason, it become quite, with no base and sounds like the gain is turned way down. But actually its blown... And to add to that cost, any speakers you have hooked up to it will be blown too. After I had that problem, I tested the amp hooking it up to a pair of 6x9"s to see if it was the sub that was blown. That was a mistake, fried my 6x9. Still have the amp, but I'm not going to bother getting it repaired. Maybe they are better now, but I wouldn't touch another again. Oh yeah about their warantee, the first time it blew it was like 1 month over the warantee period. would they overlook that, and repair it for free or a discount? Nope, full price. I didn't think that was right, after all I had just bought one of their more expensive amps, some service to go along with it would have been nice. (that was at the MTX distributor in Canada, not at my local shop)

Not a bad amp for the money

very sensitive amp.. clips easily which is deadly to speakers.

had the older model 2160. This amp will work fine on a lowend set of components or most low end subs.. Don't turn the games up more than half way, this amp clips HARD and easily. I've blown about 3 subs using this amp and its not from overpowering. SQ is ok, not bad for the money.. high s/n ratio but the thd comes out at high volumes so be careful not to abuse it or it will abuse your speakers. Amp is solid though, hard to damage.

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probably comparable between the RF punch (RF's now lowend) and punch power amps.

Said it would run 75x2, but it really runs at 122x2. Very powerful and very quiet (.018% thd).

might need to add a fan, runs very hot

paid 260 and i would definitely recommend it to anyone with decent subs.

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MTX 250d, Pioneer Premier, i like the smoothness of the sound and the power it delivers

The crossover is excelent and the tri gain controls are more than needed. I've run this hard, and it has no prob playing how I want it to.

Nothing really, too inexpensive to complain about!

This particular amp is great for when the musical qualities count. But if you want an amp with a lot of thump, and extra work load, go with the Blue Series MTX with 320 watts. That puppy is great, the cleanest, even at high levels. I really wouldn't mind this amp, but, I got mine for less money, and it out performs this one. But, If you want musical bass, and tight accurate tones, this is your unit. Don't be fooled by the 200 watts or whatever it reads out to be, this packs plenty when it comes down to it.

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MTX blue series, this is what I own, my Dad actually owns this one. The Blue series out runs it in overall performance, and seems to be cleaner even at quiter volumes. I wouldn't mind this amp in my car, but I got my blue series on big sale, so I'm not complaining.

Love the blue light. Good looks, pretty good power, decent in the clean sound area.

Will get warm, run it 2 ohm, and it will get HOT.

$260 paid. Runs mids really well, gets fairly warm for running mids, but runs them well. Stats show kinda high distortion, but sounds fairly clear. No comparison to Phoenix Gold amps or anything, but for the money is a good investment.

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This is a review for the 2160 which is essentially the same amp. Very strong amp! if you have the subs that can handle the power this thing pushes out, it will more than power it! THe MTX Amps are severely underrated and in actuality put out a lot more than what they say. I have one 2160 running 2 MTX Thunder 5000 8ohm 12" subs and I've never tried cranking it as loud as they go because it starts skipping my CD changer!

severe heat problems. When I run the system for about 30 mins - 1 hour on a hot day with no A/C, the amp will shut off for about 5 mins (power protection circuitry). On a long trip during a normal day, it will go for about 2 hours. I'm glad it's shutting off to save itself but it's annoying. This amp draws a lot of current from your battery. I have a 1/2 Farad cap attached to this amp and it still draws too much from my battery on big bass hits.

great amp, low cost, clean power.

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This amp rocks. It will push two 12's easy. and they will thump.

this amp does run very warm. if you bridge your subs the right way you will have no problems.

I was pushing two 12'' mtx 6000's and after blowing them up three time i switched to some blue thunders. These subs thump with this amp. Mr brother can hear me coming about one mile from my house.

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