Skars dirty little secret Skar Rp3500.1D amp dyno 

Hey bro if you like skar audio I'm fine with that I don't have nothing against their company but what I don't like is people down grading their amplifiers because they are not Sundown dc audio crescendo or crossfire? Each is to their own I'm running taramps for now and they talk about them? Buy what you like and forget about the rest of the people in this world?

I have no complaints on my skar evl18s..Never had there amps though so I can't speak on that..But Taramps I have 2 HD3000.1 a DS800x4 and just sold my old MD3000.1...Im not a huge fan of the amps personally..They do rated power but it's dirty power and have to have a shit ton of battery power and u have to be careful with rca input voltage plus the fans are loud as hell on them...I had a soundstreme XTP6000.1, a 150 dollar amp new that blew all my Taramps out the water!

Nicely said.

I just got done counting my SKAR stash.....( I have many other brands also) currently I have almost every rp series amp they offer except a 350.1 a 4500.1 and a 750.4 . subwoofers... 2# ix8"s 3# ix 12" s & 4# ix 10"s . 2# vd 8" s ,1# vd 10 " 3#sdr 8" s 3# 10" evls, 2# 15" evls 3# 12" evls 1# zvx15" Speakers 6# tx 6.5 coaxials, 4# 6x8 coaxials 4# 5 1/4 tx component sets, 4# 5 1/4 tx coaxials and 2# sets of tx 6.5 components. I've also bought wiring kits, RCA's ,& prefabbed enclosures from skar. Other than shipping tearing up a enclosure or something like that, I haven't had any problems with my purchases. When I did have a problem with the torn up enclosure, skar had a new one at my door two days later. I'm 43 years old, I've been installing and playing with car audio since the late 90's. Only one other company has impressed me with their performance and price point.... that barely known company in the 90's is JL audio. Today I can't afford to buy jl to play with...when my older amp took a crap, My friend told me about skar.. my exact words were " I'm not buying wal mart shit to replace my Rockford amp or my alpine type r" ... times got tight and I pulled the trigger on a rp-1200 and a single evl 12 enclosure.... no regrets. Everything in the list above, cost about $2k including wiring and enclosures. I'm not saying that skar is the best brand period, what I'm saying is... For the money.... Your going to be damn hard pressed to find the same level of quality and performance. That's just my story of why I'm SKARD FOR LIFE!

Now if I can find a vehicle to put all of them in at once..... I'll finally have my music right 😂😂😂

thats just a roundabout way of saying if you knew better you wouldnt have bought skar in the first place and just purchased something slightly more expensive and worth the money and you wouldve been way happier than you were

Well said. Good entry level buy, not a huge investment if have to replace amps and subs if you blow em. And it’s China. Hard to avoid financing an economy that sells what ppl want for cheap, but they turn around and own the planet. It’s politics for me. A few bucks more and you get higher quality and longevity

No Skar's Longevity is SCHITTE!!! i know many people in IASCA ditching SKAR

we hate on skar because they're cheap and the ceo copied sundown. ive been running a skar amp and subs for over a year and the amp clips any time you drop any decent amount of voltage even though it claims to be stable down to 12 volts. not to mention, who makes a 3500 watt amp that has no clipping light or anything? i just bought a 3000.1 from trinity that has its own clip light on the amp and not only that, its way smaller than this 3500, puts out 3000 at 1 AND 2 ohms, and it costs $100 less. no one in the car audio scene, new or old, should be running skar in my opinion. you cant even say its good for people just starting out because you can buy a 1200.1 from skar for cheap, but whats the point if you cant even get the full power out of the amp because it drops off early with voltage? buy a good amp and two good subs for just a little bit more and actually be happy with your purchase.

@@Stalker-lh5nk thank you. finally someone who gets it. SKAR IS TRASH i compare them to Audibahn or Sparkomatic

@chuckholmes2075 I have installed a couple of full skar systems with zero issues. If you know what your equipment is capable of and design accordingly then even sparkomatic sounds good

@@jameskyser9423 shouldnt have to have an upgraded alternator and dual batteries to maintain 14.4 for a budget amp 🥴

does that mean they wont handle power better?

I’ve been in the car audio game long enough to know when all people cared about was do amps do “rated” power. Now it’s name brand recognition. F that don’t care. I’m not spending nearly over $1k to get an sundown salt 3k when I can get a skar rp 3500 for $400. If it lasts 1-3 years instead of 5-6 fine they are cheap enough to just buy another one and swap it out. I bought two fi Audio mt 12’s for just under $1500, opposed to nearly $1k for a sundown zv6 that is “rated” 2k watts under my subs at 4500

Bingo

@buddyDurden I think CT sounds and Deaf bonce have just as great budget and quality of products if not better.

@@JMoneyBassHead we're honestly spoiled for choice nowadays. I wish we had it this good in the 90's.

There is no “best” in my opinion. There are so many great options these days. We are lucky to have so many good products to choose from no matter what budget you have.

@@HiFiVector thats true.. each application is different.

You pay more for half bridge and its a better design

Probably because you wired it incorrectly

Yep I agree

So what? Most people are grateful for having inexpensive audio equipment so they can bump shit. Period.

@@TheGodofSEO and that's fine it's my personal choice. I don't deal with skar. Lots of other brands that haven't done shady crap in the past.

Skar are angels compared to ct sounds back in the day haha if you kno you know..

@@kylevanwinkle2081 I don’t either. Gotta love freedom of choice

@@m3rk201 exactly