Single Amp Solution? AudioControl LC-5.1300 Five Channel Amp Dyno Test and Review {4K} 

Your channel should be called (Williston BASS labs) you do nothing else. only bass and bass amplifiers !

You like living on the dangerous side 1 Ohms

This would be perfect for me but I prefer to have my Subs & Stereo not mono at my old age

Those speaker connections shouldn't be a problem. I just use wire ferreles on those types of connections. Makes for a neater and reusable connection👍

Wheelie awesome man! Love seeing new toys and old school.... New toys obviously have some cool stuff I wish we had back then, but it's also hard to beat some old school stuff. May not always be as efficient and flashy, but chances are if taken care of, it'll still work 20 years later and new stuff might too... If the app is still supported and all 🤣 (for those new fangled things that use apps to get to functions) Have a great day y'all!!

You get a high quality product for what you pay. There a company that's not out there to rip you off and want to give you a quality product for the dollar. I also feel like they will be around for a long time

Agreed, them and JL Audio are two of my top popular brands.

Allen tired of us jacking his keys

My LC6.1200 and Epicenter 1200 have semi stripped Phillips inserts. I hope these Allen heads are a direct drop in.

you mean on fire with the junk caps and no fan to control the heat !

@@craigengelman4534 there are so many flavors in this world and you always choose salt!

@@wal - Awesome video as always and really appreciate all the info you give us !!!! Still would like the info on your sub box tho !!!

Or even just some ferrules - yes!!

@@ronskopitz2360 yes furrules. However; that and the rest take it out of what most people too.

Your opinion

JL Audio is pretty much decayed due to the fact of their overpriced big-headed concept there's still a few people running their subwoofers but that's about it.. .

Got mine today , what’s your thoughts ?

AC makes excellent amps!

I'm having a similar system installed with this same amp. Have the same subwoofer. What ga power wire are you running it with? Will it be fine with 4 ga ofc power wire?

@Chandy the wire guage needed is based on the max amperage that will be required. The LC61200 is fused at 120amps, so as long as your cable run is less than 13ish feet, you should be fine. I ran 4 guage originally, but when I reinstalled in my next truck, I used 1/0 since I plan to run a dedicated monoblock from the same power source. Make sure to have a good fuse close to your battery or alternator wherever you source your power from. In regards to tuning if you're interested.. kicker provides audio test tones you can download, like 40hz, sweeps, pink noise...etc stick with the -5dB versions unless you know or want to know what all that means, Google will help! You first need to find where your head unit clips at ... Disconnect your speakers from the amp make sure the bass knob is turned all the way up for all of this... dont want to blow a speaker while tuning like I did 😶 Play the associated audio track (use headphone jack, not Bluetooth its a cleaner signal) keep turning up the volume on your head unit and look for the MILC light to start flickering, not on solid. This is the maximum you should ever turn your head unit up to. Some high quality headunits wont clip, so you may never see the MILC light come on.. Once that is figured out, play the track again and turn up levels/gains until the Maximized lights on the amp channels start to flicker but are not on solid. In my case I played the pink noise for my door speaker channels ( 1, 2, 3 and 4) and the 40hz for the bridged sub channels( 5 and 6). That should give you a safe tune where you won't blow anything up.. from there I would play the typical kind of music you listen to (with speakers connected) and do some fine adjusting. Main thing is you don't want the MILC or Maximized lights on solid, it's OK if they blink and maybe go solid for a half a second or something. Don't be afraid to call Audio Control tech support if you have questions, they have always been super helpful and spend the time with you answering whatever questions they can. There are some other more technical ways to tune using an oscilloscope or an actual RTA but that depends on how much money you have to spend tuning.. Good luck, you will be very happy, I have had my LC61200 for going on 8 years and have had no problems. High quality stuff!

@djmjr4827 Thanks for your advice! I have a 2019 Toyota Tundra. Installing the infinity kappa components with a 2" midrange makes it a 3 way in the front and coaxial in the rear. Will it be good to use factory speaker wire? Or should I run 16 ga speaker wire to the doors?

Yessir! Got mine used in 92. That’s the only reason I’m even aware of Audio Control.

I actually grew up a stones throw from their HQ/factory in Kent Wash. (I'm from Puyallup close to there) But they were a pretty small outfit back then.

I was going to say that and tiffany style is great for 2 or 1 channel amps. The nuts take up space and this is a space saving design.

Good point 👍

You can also just let solder soak into the exposed wire.

100% . I do see his point for sure tho. Could have taken that extra step .

even with ferrules 1 strand of wire and toast its in a car so you get vibration . for $800 your better off with 4 channel and sub amp . no fans ,no remote ,Yuscon Caps= pass

Needs a output rca cause 2 of those amps would make a good 3 way up front rear fill and 2 subs 😉

Yeah boi!

Agreed, they make only top quality products

Thanks for watching and commenting!

I agree, Helix would be superinteresting too see your opinion om 😁 .

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 But in a good way!

Audio Control does make Home audio amplifiers etc.

@@K-Effect what’s the fun in that?

yeah would like to see some of the new Cerwin vega Stroker and Stroker pro amps on the dyno, particularly the multichannel ones. i guess they will do very well on the tests.

Do it! Thanks 🙏

Agreed on all points!

Five years from the date of purchase, provided it is installed by an authorized AudioControl dealer

@@bryantopp174 Good catch, that is quite disappointing.

@@bryantopp174 Exactly.

Sony's new GS series subs and XM-GS amps (watch out JL) are 3 years as long as it's installed by an authorized dealer.

@@bryantopp174 that is not true. Warranty is still honored if purchased directly from any authorized online dealer. Such as crutchfield or abt

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This is the exact comparison I was wondering about. I'm been trying to decide between these 2 amps. Keep going back and forth between the 2. Did you ever choose one over the other?

@@caraudiocentral I was hoping to get some feedback on this channel but no response as you can see. I’m still debating between the two. I’ve never used AC amplifiers before but still have some of their preamp Stuff from 20 years ago that still sound awesome. Did you decide yet? If so, would you let me know which way you went and why..? Thanks.

@@kevineth100 I haven't decided 100% yet, but leaning more toward the Audio Control. I think mostly just because I want to try something new. But still wish someone would do a comparison between these 2 amps. Would like to see which one performs better.

Only the best quality all around

Factory amp output? Meaning the positive and negative on the speakers in a stock car audio system? That’s what the high level uses for input

@@greglatta1 Exactly. For instance, if you're adding this to a factory Alpine system in a Ram/Jeep it'd be nice if they made a jumper that plugged directly in to the output of the factory amp and directly in to the high level input on the AC amp. Save some time of running wires, and it'd be more plug'n'play.

CAF sent him this amp to test. This is the amp in the CAF video. He says it in the beginning of his video and put a link here in the description.

I'll try to keep it simple. Its the amount of capacitors in the power supply section for the most part. When an amplifier has a strong power supply with lots of capacitance, the amplifier can send out short bursts of power much higher than the rms rating of the amp. Take a power supply built for a 7.5k and put it on an amp meant to output 5k, and you wind up with a 6k rms amp that does 8k dynamically.

The two separate amps would be better, this one is a great all in one solution

@@wal yes it is. No distribution blocks for power needed with just one amp.

I need to check on that. Tech still has the amp 🤷‍♂️

Old school is nice. I have had many back in the day but. They are bigger, Get hotter and need more amperage to do the same job as the smaller cooler new amps. I do understand why you want to see them tested. Today's amps are more efficient by far. Try and leave the past behind. Can't go back even though I want to also. Have a blessed life. 🙈🙊🙉

@@Mr.Robert1 ah, yes. The old “carburetor vs fuel injection” argument.

I've got the 901-5 and love it! He did a test of the 801-5 a while back, but I don't think he's done the 901-5.

@@PURESOUND4 thanks.

If you really plan on doing this get a Shure Beta 52a mic or similar so you don't have a distorted recording.

@@dannyvanderheide6098 lol i rather see BIg D start doing it!!!

@@Nickword1 check out Parker Dacchille, he does exactly that starting with Kicker from Comp to Q to L7

If your head unit has a subwoofer output that's 12dB/octave, and you use this amps crossover as well, you can achieve a 24dB/octave slope.