Taramps Amps Catching Fire 🔥| My Thoughts & Opinions| Is It Worth The Money??

[@peteypeedi973]

9 times out of 10 its ALWAYS user error when things go left. Most don't upgrade their electrical like they should. Its a 50/50 chance you MAY get a defective amp from factory. Like you said we as bassheads gotta take accountability for our errors

[@AJD-LsUp]

Took the words right out of my mouth ur not a real Bass head until you have had a few electrical 🔥

[@stevofla239]

So it's only user error with Taramps?

[@BassAddict91]

No

[@EarlPickle]

Been abusing my smart bass 3k for 2 years or so daily with no problems at 1ohm. Still loving the hell out of it.

[@BassAddict91]

💪🏾💪🏾

[@Pittsburgh-412]

I think the big problem is that so many people just wire up the subs and really don't even know what ohms it at. They literally dont know how to calculate it or dont care enough to. It takes 1 minute of online to look it up. Just do it right

[@justinboone8700]

I wired all my subs in series parallel, I hope I’m at 1 ohm

[@AidanWhiteaker]

@@justinboone8700look at skar wiring diagrams imo thats the easiest way to learn

[@georgebailey6307]

My neighbor was ranting about how his system sucked and my work truck sounded so clean with just one DeafBonce sa-302 and four 6x9s in the doors. Said I'm running 1500.1 at 1ohm on the sub and he looked at me like he saw a ghost, "how da hell you at 1ohm!?"... Do your homework bassheads or ask someone, we can help each other.

[@BassAddict91]

Facts

[@alanstant9356]

That's very good to know for the ones that haven't used those amps, my brother. Thanks for 411 on them.

[@Thomasisthekey]

Installed quite a few jp's varying models and I have heard no complaints. I will not install an amp for anyone that will be underpowered though. Like you said, accountable and that would fail on me. My surge 4k has been at half ohm maybe a year or so with zero issues never really getting over 100°. I have a smart 3k with the plastic still on it,previous owner was using 2 Jack's feeding an output signal from the radio to the output on the amp 🙄 Thanks for sharing the talk 🤞

[@undernature2799]

Surge 4k here at half ohm,agree it definitely runs cool for what it does

[@scottmiller3025]

Feel same way ,as long as u do what the manufacturer recommends it should perform,but if it doesn’t then there should be some manufacturer responsibility.

[@Randy_G]

I have had a 4 taramps without issues. Currently, I preordered the SMART8 and have had it running in my trunk ever since it came out. Been running it at 1ohm with 2 Sundown U15’s and now 3 Kicker Solo x12 at 1.3 ohms. No Issues and looking to get 2 more SMART8’s or Bass15k.

[@maplesgamer378]

After going to the car audio show “wake the dead” I was shocked by the number people running taramps. A lot of them have been running taramps for years. It all comes down to user error. Sometimes it is the manufacturers fault, I bought a deaf bonce aab-2900. Dead on arrival. But I got some good photos I wish I could share of some peoples builds

[@MonteCarloLS1911]

I went to a car show that was really a car audio show and saw so many people running Taramps. That kinda swayed my decision to try them out plus I did research.

[@rayshaffers1488]

Good thoughts and message🤔. I have smart 3 and 800x4 for 2yr and never had a problem. 💯

[@brockmarquis8511]

I have 2 Taramp big boss 3k and they have been great ❤

[@soldjahboy]

You got the LTO power... these things are literal black magic for car audio. The fact you have LTO power means that if you DID want to run under impedance on your amp, you'd have the best chance of it not blowing up with such strong/stable power. Not a huge fan of running amps under impedance but it can be done, and some people really get away with it big time. I'm never game enough to set and forget it like that, lol.

[@caughtafaygo]

D4s had great communication and the amp is doing great on my highs

[@CrystalClearSQL]

It's also people trying to run cca 8g to an 8k with a drywall screw as a ground... and a 90a alt thinking the amplifier is why they have issues. Lack of knowledge of what's needed to safely run the equipment. Most manufactures will have manuals on how to properly set everything up... but 90% of consumers aren't going to read it.

[@BassAddict91]

Agreed bro

[@Ntegritty]

Absolutely THIS. I've melted a few cca 4 gauge wires. Never had that happen with OFC copper wire. I'll only use cca on door speakers, over time it just can't hold up

[@z71_vee21]

Those amps are only good for mid bass if it’s not the big boss bass 8K they just came out with it gonna shit on you every time I stop using those for bass

[@Contact_Info]

I go korean, ds18 Hooligan K03

[@Chuk454SS]

I think it's a bandwagon thing too. Some people think it's cool to hate on something that everyone is already hating on without doing any research, or like you said, user error and not being accountable for their own actions. Not only sub wiring, but power wires being ran through doors or too small, not grounded properly, improper fusing, wiring remote up so the amp stays on 24/7, the list goes on

[@BassAddict91]

Facts bro I totally agree 💪🏾💪🏾

[@AJD-LsUp]

Just found this channel exactly the conversation we need U got a new sub today keep doing good work Gods work lol

[@BassAddict91]

Thanks for the support bro 💪🏾

[@robrichards3146]

Taramps best bang for the buck. I ran 2 smart 5ks and now 2 bigboss 8k and nvr had a problem i have the right electrical upgrades and a 90ah sodium bank. It takes power to make power

[@BassAddict91]

Facts

[@1ohmwrecker]

I've got all the smart series amps, and all still work flawlessly 🤷‍♂️

[@ticojason8868]

I've had 2 Taramps amps. A HD 3k and a Bass 5k. I've had both for several years in several different cars on several different setups and I've never had a single issue. Not 1. They don't even get hot. I've always had at minimum good 0 gauge wire with Big 3 and Deep Cycle Batteries but other than that I haven't done much and they have been working flawlessly

[@BassAddict91]

Same experience I’ve had bro besides the last smart 3k I had but I knew it was abused when I got it. I just couldn’t beat the deal 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@svtnick5412]

I’ve had two Smart Bass 5ks wired down to .5 ohms for two years and never had issues. and now I’m running two Smart Bass 8ks. These amps just don’t like shitty installs. All connections gotta be tight. And has to be mounted solidly to something and electrical has to be on point.

[@BassAddict91]

Facts

[@brockmarquis8511]

Yeah I just took my second Taramp big boss 3k out the box and hooked it up at .5 but it calls for it so I expect it to be so. Though I would never wire one of the other ones down below whatever it's recommended ohm load is.

[@michaelvita8]

I’m glad to hear ur not doing 0.5 I had people tell me to it can be done but I felt I didn’t have enough electrical even with what I got now I still won’t do I wired my 15s that are d2 s to 2ohm to be on safe side just got the big boss 8 I’ll rewire subs to .5 I had a Smart Bass 3 caught on fire because I clipped it to deaf on 30 hz test tones back to back with no battery reserve it was my fault 100 percent man keep us posted on ur build

[@michaelvita8]

And the bass 8 is badass amp power hungry I’ve pushed mine on a 6 hour drive never had it get hot or shut down

[@junyah1976]

4th year with my hd3k no issues at all

[@SG-Cichlids]

Most amp failures are user errors. I've had more amps than i care to remember over the last 30 years and not one has any one of them failed. Even the radio Shack amps from the 90's never failed. Don't run your equipment improperly.

[@CarAudioEnthusiasts]

bro, run it at 1ohm, get some trunk thunder, so your voltage will stay solid. make sure your wires are big enough between the battery and the amp, at MINIMUM run 2 1/0 grounds, and 2 1/0 powers for that 8k. you WILL slam like a monster

[@BassAddict91]

That’s the plan bro that’s why I got the battery terminals and dual inputs for the amp. Gonna run sky high oversized ofc 0 gauge dual runs of power and plenty grounds

[@CarAudioEnthusiasts]

@@BassAddict91 MAINLY get a battery close to the amp, prefered a lithium battery, and big wires between that battery and the amp, you can run singles from the alt, but after the back battery to the amp double runs.

[@BassAddict91]

@@CarAudioEnthusiasts ok bet bro

[@MonteCarloLS1911]

I'm doing a rebuild right now using the Taramps smart 3k and Taramps 400x4 on american bass elite 10s in a ported box.

[@BassAddict91]

Nice

[@jsaw1988]

Man them Jp Amos are work horses. I’ve had the Jp8 and jp23v2 both do great work. I’m only running the. MD 8k because it make sense due to making its power on12.6- 12.8 volts versus 14.4 when I’m running headway. I stay above 13 volt even on stock alt and a super cap. The jp53 cost more and you need 14.4 to make power. Was a no brainer🤷🏾‍♂️

[@BassAddict91]

True bro

[@robertmontalvo597]

The old Taramps would catch fire it was pretty common. The newer ones are a lot better and those days are behind Taramps now.

[@BassAddict91]

True but a lot of guys still think it’s all the same for some reason

[@AgentRMars]

Stetsom Flex are rated for .5 ohm. I got an 8k flex going to run 2 platinum v2 Resilient sounds 18s. Going wire them at .5 ohm. Should beat hard.

[@BassAddict91]

Facts

[@JacobyWalker-om9pu]

Facts bro real ish people use have to understand after about a 1000 watts stock electrical will not be enough then the clipping the gains bass boost that we kno people are not setting the right way using undersize wire sloppy installs so many things people do wrong bt don't hold themselves accountable great vid bro

[@BassAddict91]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@bassmansl9596]

U buy what u like and budget is way to go bro

[@dondadaherb4412]

U totally right stay in the specified range per manufacturer n you should be good to go its really simple

[@BassAddict91]

Facts

[@justinboone8700]

If it doesn’t say .5 don’t wire amp to .5.. also keep head unit at a volume where you get 2v out your rca.. that amp is capable of doing around 800 amps gonna need to feed that hunger with some batteries n high output alt. Love the channel been watching for years we cool

[@BassAddict91]

Thanks for the support bro 💪🏾💪🏾

[@justinboone8700]

@@BassAddict91 yessir next year I’ll have two Stetsom bass flex 8ks @ .5 per two resilient sounds platinum 15s. Am running a soundigital evox 12000.1 at 1 ohm atm I got some videos posted

[@ThatsMrMark]

Accountability 💯💯 Preach! Feel free to hit me up if you need any advice on the amplifier what to do and what not to do. You're definitely on the right track though! I've been telling customers this for years and years. If you put your equipment in a less than optimum situation it's going to respond the same way. Electrical is going to be the key to the sauce every time in every setup.

[@BassAddict91]

Facts bro 💪🏾

[@undernature2799]

I seen a video from JP talking about amplifier wiring 😂 running jumpers from one power input to another line it's a dmn remote wire or something trying to claim defective amplifier 30 years ago that 💩 didn't exist. I don't get it man. Hope you have a fabulous weekend mane 🤞

[@BassAddict91]

🤣 thanks bro you too 💪🏾

[@undernature2799]

@@BassAddict91 ty sir

[@joshholden8561]

Been running 2 smart 3k amps wired to 1 ohm each on a single sub pushing them to absolutely max clippin and pimpin they ain't broke a sweat other than the loud ass fans these amps going hard in the paint not a single issue been running them since release.

[@BassAddict91]

Facts

[@largepizza3341]

Man it's all about user error and abuse those amps are pretty solid bro

[@sibusisomasina753]

sup beeg homie, real talk right there, keep it up and keep the bass culture alive

[@BassAddict91]

💪🏾💪🏾

[@JonesCoWoodworks]

I just installed a T 12000 Chipeo to replace my Smart Bass 5 and it isn’t nearly as loud as the SB5 so I don’t know what is going on with that but I’m talking to the company about returning it and getting a SB8 to replace the T12. Do you have an opinion about this particular model and if so what is it ?

[@jinkariya2127]

Yup user error most commonly my opinion is just has you said If it doesn't say 0.5 you shouldn't do it Personally , I don't even try amplifiers like that 2 ohms is the limit for me And if you're not going to a competition , you should not be riding around everyday listening at 0.5 or 1 ohm just my thoughts been hooking amps since 92" point this stuff expensive one the most expensive hobbies to have Get you some nice quipment put it in right.Set it right and try to enjoy for at least 2 to 3 years This should be your goal if you're not doing competition.😏

[@LeroyColeJr]

I've had a taramp to go up in smoke

[@MrGetYouLoud]

Man, man check it out! I’ve never heard more true words in my entire life… I swear I was saying shit just like that almost 30 years ago now when I was standing in my local Car Audio shop waiting to buy a $350 Pioneer CD player that had the OEL display with the Dolphins animated on it for one of the backgrounds!! (where’s all my old-school peeps at? if you’ve been doing Sounds for a minute I know you remember the Pioneer with the Dolphins… And what about the Pioneer with the big knob that was after it?☺️☺️😎😎ahhhh the good old days), and I was getting treated like shit they were acting like all of the questions that I was asking had secret answers that they couldn’t tell me and they were super rude and condescending.. I just remember being so excited about everything in the shop and wanting to ask them about all of it and literally feeling like intimidated almost to even ask a question about a sub or a speaker… 🔻 ⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️🔻 … and then it happened… It’s like that point in a movie where you can trace everything that you’ve done in your whole life pretty much back to one single point …I remember saying to myself ‘one day I’m going to open my own car audio shop and help anybody that needs help, answer every single question that I can, and I’m going to do whatever I can to help and be respectful to everyone and make sure that they feel welcome!’ Man, I swear I literally based the next 25 years of my life on that shit, real talk! But anyways, that being said! I’ve probably done close to 5000 vehicles, a little over 600 custom enclosures, I’ve shipped my enclosures to 37 out of the 50 states, everything from 6-15s, 4-15s, 9-12s, 4th and 6th orders with bulletproof plexiglass, 415 and 615 single cab F150 blow through set ups! Maybe even ‘secret’ ways to get your mids almost sounding like little subs and sounding way better inside your door panel! Literally anything you can think of! It’s so crazy how far the industry has come… even in the last 10 to 15 years… 10 to 15 years ago there wasn’t much information online and actually nobody was even online looking for information not for Car Audio at least, tips tricks and hints were almost impossible to come by… I had a subscription to Car Audio and electronics magazine for over 10 years and that was where we got most of our info besides working on vehiclesl! I learned so much Through trial and error and years and years of trying different things and ways to put Deadener on! (Also a couple other materials that not many people talk about nowadays that make such a massive difference. I’m surprised people aren’t talking more about it.) Anyways man, I’m sorry to write all of this on your comments… It was one of those moments where I pretty much got chills because in the first 10 seconds of the video, you were literally saying something I’ve said in the past, it was almost like déjà vu !😎💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼😎 🔊 🔊 I kind of have an idea too. I was wondering if you would be down to try it being that you have a way larger subscriber reach than I do… I was thinking about setting up a couple times per week and let people jump in a live and ask questions … And we can just talk about things going on with Car Audio and New stuff coming up, etc. Almost like what Dean and hi-fi Vito except literally doesn’t know his ass from a speaker honestly… I actually talked to them about coming on there and being a guest and I started listening to all of the podcasts and I figured out that he’s probably installed two speakers in his whole life which there’s nothing wrong with that but he talks like he really knows his shit and he really doesn’t honestly! Again, I’m not hating but he shouldn’t be out there trying to help people more or less lol I’m glad that he is trying to help but I guess what I’m trying to say is if he can do it man we should too! I would just do it on my own channel, but it’s so much smaller. I only have about 400 subscribers… I really think we could help some people too no joke that’s what it’s all about right seriously!! I’m not even tripping about giving my cell number out either. Text me when you see this please let’s get something Poppin bro for real! Or at least have a Convo and see if we think we can make something happen😎😎🔊🔊 586-713-4868 PS.. I have over 110,000 pictures and 7000 videos in my phone… At least going back to 2016 at this point so I can pretty much show improve everything I’m talking about also💪🏼💪🏼 looking forward to talking to you, bro!

[@BassAddict91]

I definitely remember the pioneer with the dolphins in the back ground thing is still a beast of your lucky enough to find one.

[@kmaxx24]

My smart 5 says 5000 @ 1 or 2 ohms so I'm going to run mine at 2 ohms because in my mind running it at 2 ohms is less stress on the amp than running it at 1 ohm. (I could be wrong though.)

[@BassAddict91]

That’s about right bro running at 2ohm should be less stress on the electrical system as well.

[@cameronbuley4563]

I got a Smart Bass 3k on 2 vxf skar 15s slapping I love mine it’s also wired at 1 ohm

[@BASHFILE]

what about the 400x4? you still recommend that? or jp284

[@BassAddict91]

Honestly bro if you have the cash me personally I would get the Jp amp. Not saying taramps is bad but the build quality would definitely be better with the Jp. If you have the electrical to support whatever you’re looking at it’ll work just fine either way bro.

[@caughtafaygo]

My jp on my highs is screamin. Love it

[@OgTripleOGFunkEE]

I wish more bass head thought like you. To much gatekeeping and a whole bunch of hating ass mfer hiding behind there second Facebook accounts talking s$&t

[@BassAddict91]

True

[@youngchance21]

Quick question. I have a 2006 Toyota Camry and I have 2 skar VXF 12’s and a Taramps smart 3k , and I want to run 0 gauge but idk if my stock alternator will take all that power. I think my alternator puts out 100 amps. How do I go about doing that cause my set up sounds horrible. I wired everything myself and I have my subs wired to 1 ohm but as I stated my setup sounds horrible.

[@Contact_Info]

Get lto 6.0 from down4sound. Get 2 of them

[@Ntegritty]

I'm not an expert at all but you probably want 200 - 250 ish amp alternator that 3k needs juice. Have you done a big 3 wiring upgrade on your stock setup?

[@youngchance21]

@@Ntegritty yes I did the big 3 with 4 gauge wire but I want to switch that out and run 0 gauge wire but I’m certainly sure that my alternator will not be able to handle all that power. I’ve seen a lot of videos to where people do the big 3 upgrade on stock alternators running 0 gauge wire. I had tried it with the 0 gauge wire but had to take everything back out because the amp kept shutting off and I think I was putting too much of a strain on my stock alternator.

[@Ntegritty]

@@youngchance21 sounds like your on the right track. The basics I always do is a big three with OFC copper wire not CCA. Also replace the battery with at least a AGM battery, usually a platinum die hard. After that yeah the alternator would definitely be the weakest link

[@youngchance21]

@@Ntegritty will do. Thanks

[@kennethmarshall1319]

I thought the 8k bass could be ran at .5 ohm

[@BassAddict91]

I’ve seen them tan at 0.5 but I don’t think it’s recommended for the bass line. It’s the Smart Bass that is 0.5 stable

[@BassAddict91]

Or the big boss line. But like I say I’ve seen it done with all of them. But you’ll honestly be rolling the dice

[@scamchan]

They call people that do that EASY CUSTOMERS they are always burning up subs and amps looking for more and more.

[@BassAddict91]

Facts bro

[@nvx8k]

Realist story ever told like share and subscribe we’re out