Diamond Audio D6 300.4 Amp Replacement?

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I have an older SOS Audiophile setup that came with the Diamond Audio D6 300.4 (300watt x 4) amplifier. I still run the Diamond Audio 6.5 in the door but swapped out the sub + box for one of Angus slim units with the Pioneer IB-Flat 10".

If I replace my older Diamond Audio amp, I would obviously opt to go with a smaller amp like the Rockford Fosgate PBR300X4. Will this little guy be able to handle the job?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[etang789]

may be look into JL HD600/4

 

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etang, thanks for the tip.

Any other pointers for a small compact amp?

 

[xrc]

Rockford Fosgate PBR is out, any opinions on the Kenwood Excelon XR900-5 or Alpine PDX 5 channel?

 

[TURBO2GO]

Alpines are good, JLs are excellent, Polk Audio makes some nice class D amps... Well they don't make it but it's still a nice amp, almost identical to the Hertz at less $. The RF amps are good but you are asking too much of that little guy. The 300X4 and their mono amp in combination would be ok.

 

[xrc]

Think I have it narrowed down to the Kenwood XR-4S.

 

[TURBO2GO]

Looks nice. What made you pick that?

 

[xrc]

Price, footprint, more RMS than what I currently have. Plus it matches the color of my NSX

 

[bngl3rt]

How do you map four channels? I guess the SoS system has passive crossovers (so there's no separate tweeter feed) and then you bi-amp the sub? Or can you bridge two channels to make a killer mono sub amp?

 

[TURBO2GO]

It's bridged to 3. Door speakers are passive xover.

 

[bngl3rt]

It's bridged to 3. Door speakers are passive xover.

So assuming you wanted active control over the crossovers (using either a head unit with that capability or a processor) you would need a 6ch amp as we've discussed previously.

 

[TURBO2GO]

Yes 6 or a 5. Or two amps.