Sony XM 1502SX Amplifiers
Sony XM 1502SX Amplifiers
USER REVIEWS
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[Aug 06, 2003]
festivafunk
Model Reviewed:
sony xm 1502sx
Strength:
looks nice, sounds alright for the money about 100us now
Weakness:
Made by sony, not that good a car stereo company, and the defect with all of them, yes it is in all of them, call sony to find out. I bought this amp thinking i was getting 760 watts. Not true, but it sound good. I read some idiot said it couldn't run 2ohm, but he must be stupid, and have it running mono. I t can only run at 2 ohm in stereo mode. Do not try to run 2 dvc subs running at 2 ohm each to left and right, as the amp is wired in parrallell internally, so two 4 ohm subs hooked up to left and right makes the amp see a 2 ohm load. It pounds my two shi@#y jensens (175rms) 12 inch like there is no tommorrow. Not comp ready but sounds good, i'd guess about 115 to 120db. there is a flaw in these amps which makes them shut off in protection, if it under warrenty send it to sony or take it back and they will put a mod kit in it for you, since i did that, i have had no problems. i am gonna buy the p5 500RMS amp next, cause it is cheep, and i know how this one sounds, so that one should be enough to show up all my buds, and i should hit 130 or above with new subs, probally audiobahn aw121t flames. Similar Products Used: jensen, rockford, mtx, kicker, as far as i am concerned kicker is overpriced garbage, and rockford is the way to go. |
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[Jun 06, 2003]
Casey
Model Reviewed:
XM-1502SX
Strength:
Works sometimes.
Weakness:
Shuts off at high volumes. This is not a very satisfactory amp. I bought it a while back, and hooked it up to a Rockford Fosgate HE 12", and I recently purchased two new Sony Xplod P5's, the five sided subs. The amp shuts off when I turn it up to high volumes, and doesn't work well with lots of power. It's alright with small systems, I guess, but if you care at all about car audio, this is not for you. Similar Products Used: none |
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[Apr 04, 2003]
james riner
Model Reviewed:
sony xm1502xs
Strength:
cheap
Weakness:
It isn't 2 ohm stable but states that it is! Well it is supposed to be 2 ohm stable and really isn't. I have it running a Rockford HE2 12 and it is in parallel. Yeah I can only get the volume up halfway before it goes into protection... crap! Similar Products Used: punch, kenwood, etc |
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[Oct 18, 2002]
John
Model Reviewed:
Sony XM 1502SX (2001 model?)
Strength:
Bass boost is nice & low at 40Hz, not up at 60Hz (which is worse than useless if you have decent equipment). Good feature set for the money.
Weakness:
Low bass (30-35Hz) just isn't there; case is too big and flashy. I'd rate this amp just fair. It just does not have the low end power of the old Kenwood which it replaced. The bass boost helped, but too much boost makes the bass sounds really boomy. I'm put off by the bright red & chrome color, ( I just want SQ, not a Christmas decoration) and it's way bigger than some other amps with more output. The controls & hookups are under a lip which makes them really hard to reach, no matter how you install it. One the plus side, the filters and boost all seem to work, and I've have no trouble with it. It's running 2 10" "Patriot" woofers, & a set of Polk components. Mid & treble sound is clean Similar Products Used: Kenwwod (amps), Hiphonics, and an ancient Visonic. |
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[Sep 26, 2002]
danny beetnik
Model Reviewed:
2001
Strength:
nice power when running splits
Weakness:
nothing bothers me used it to run 1 12 inch cerwin vega and it pumped something nasty,now running fusion splits,i no ino your saying fusion but the sound im getting is very loud and very clear. Similar Products Used: none |
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[Jul 18, 2002]
DaCroosh
Strength:
Cant say their is any.
Weakness:
read above Terrible, just terrible. Dont buy this product. Buy from brands that only do car audio... alpine, mtx, rockford. Sony doesnt concentrate their whole business on car audio. If a car audio only brand sells a bad product, they go out of business. Think about it. Anyways, i had this amp running to two sony 10's... the subs werent as bad... but this amp has problems with powers surges and dirty power... causing subs to fry, instead of blow. Just a terrible product Similar Products Used: My new amp: MTX Thunder6500D... unreal! listed at 775 watts... my birth certificate shows 860 watts! |
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[Jun 28, 2002]
Zoeb
Model Reviewed:
2001
Strength:
Price, maybe
Weakness:
Power Terrible product, I'm very sorry to say that after much hope, Sony has disappointed me once again. Sony's 1502SX Xplode amplifier XPLODED in the back of my Camry while pushing 2 Xtant 12's at 300 watts rms. It maxed out once at 550 watts of power. Its straight up lies. |
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[Apr 28, 2002]
kstrike155
Model Reviewed:
2002
Strength:
Powerfull, price
Weakness:
Controls hard to reach This is a great product. The only complaint that I have is that to adjust the controls you must use a flathead screwdriver. But the overhang gives the install a nice clean look! Great sound. Powering a Sony L1236 12" sub at 380 watts RMS (prob more) and its AWESOME! Similar Products Used: none |
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[Apr 12, 2002]
Premier033
Model Reviewed:
1502
Strength:
The power from this amp is a good deal for the price and is a good deal for the price.
Weakness:
Can be fried if pushed too hard. This is a good amp for people who dont want to spend a lot of money but get good sounding bass. |
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[Nov 13, 2001]
Travis
Model Reviewed:
2001
Strength:
Price, name, quality.
Weakness:
controls are a little small, and hard to reach when mounted. Nice price for the power. Drives MTX thunder 8000 10" sub on bridged mode 380 x 1 rms. No complaints so far Similar Products Used: None |