budget amp to drive my 25-31

[clearwaterms]

okay.

I am ready to order my amp to drive my SVS 25-31 subwoofer. It's rated at 350watts RMS. It's a 4 ohm load. I was thinking about going with the behringer a500 which is a 500 watt amp at 4 ohm, and just turn down the gain to accomidate the 350 max rating. However, I am not certain I need that much power. I am on a budget of $200 for this amplifier. I have a rack for equipment already installed in my basement, so rack mounting would be a plus. It's an LFE subwoofer so I don't need the amp to have any filters on it, the reciever will be set to only send below 80hz to it anyway.

any suggestions?

[Victor]

I have two A500 in my set up at the moment. They work well, although one of them started making a ‘tiny’ hissing noise when the potentiometer is turned. Those pots are real cheap and the reliability is not great as it seems. Otherwise it is a fine amp. Certainly for the SVS 25-31 sub it will do well. There is no long term data on how reliable those amps are, but at $200 a pop you really cannot go wrong.

I will be removing my A500s from my rig soon and replacing all of my amps with UcD digital modules. Certainly for your application the UcD is perfect. You can get a 400 watt module for very reasonable cost but still it will be more then A500. Look at diycable.com for pre-made and DIY kits.

[clearwaterms]

i looked at the UcD and it would be quite a bit more money then the behringer a500. The behringer is $180, shipped, while the UcD is like $1000. It looks really nice, but not for me

[clearwaterms]

I ended up with a Rythmatix 350watt plate amp. i am going to put it into a nice little box and call it a day. I decided against the A500 when i found out that it doesn't do 4 ohm bridged. which would have given me 230watts but also that they are over rated. Now in hind sight. I have the gain on my rythmatix turned down to less then half and it's still loud enough to shake the couch one floor above it.