Yeah man. Believe me I know. I've gone through amps and loads of drivers too. But once they work, they work forever. And I never get any flack so support is great. Andrew worked the v4 amps over pretty good.

I have a 1000-8, 2x1000-3, and 1500-3. Never failed me. Even though I diss the 1000/M5 combo, that's not because the 1000 isn't meeting spec. It's because the M5 is a greedy swine. I had no issue pushing the M100 to brain-splitting levels with the 1000.

You can save yourself even more cash going with the 1000. Your M80 and 160 will be well-served with a 1000-3 particularly given you're off-loading your fronts with twin 500s.

One thing to note. The 1250 is twice as quiet as the 1000. But I can't say I ever heard hiss from my 1000 and any passive Axioms when I was sitting 10 feet or more away.

Emotiva's BasX3 competes with the 1000. It looks like the Emotiva is cheaper. Note the dynamic capability of the Emotiva is not specified but looking at the guts, it doesn't appear to have the storage capability of the 1000. I also don't know how the Emotiva reacts when it's over-driven. The Anthem and Axiom amps shut off the over-driven channel in such a graceful way, that you don't even hear it cut out. When the unit recovers, the channel comes back on.

Then there's the Outlaw 5000X. That's a contender too.

Last edited by Mojo; 10/08/22 09:33 PM.
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