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I used to have a pair of the OLD school HCCA Orion amps and they are insane! They were like 25Watts rms X2 but you could wire them down to 1/2 ohm but they were terribly inefficent and they got wicked hot! They are very clean and dynamic amps. Old soundstream is the same way but thier new stuff I am not sure about, they have changed hands and are a completely different design now. JL amps are awesome but they are pricey and the good ones I would suggest are way outside the price range you gave us to work with.

I dont recommend running amps below 2 ohms. They get hot and distortion goes way up and damping factor drops. Excessive heat is indicative of wasted power. I would stick to new class D technology that Alpine and JL have embraced. My 900 watt JL HD amp barely gets warm and its tiny!

I know someone recommended Pioneer but I would not recommend Pioneer. Their amps and speakers are less than stellar! Pioneer like Sony is a mainstream brand and are average at best. Most reputable car audio shop would encourage you to a better product. Like Big-A, I have had nothing but prosblems with thier head units too.

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