Dayton Audio SA100 100W Subwoofer Plate Amplifier

I use it for an under desk music bass fill. Plenty of power for that. Lower distortion than most. It might even be big enough for a small room music sub. Not HT or special effects. It lacks variable phase that may be an issue for sum. If so, the BASH plate would be my next choice. I have two of them.

I dont usually write reviews, but I figured I would do so for these products because theyre a specialty product and I read some reviews that seemed like maybe people didnt understand what they were purchasing.First of all, the only negative thing I have to say about my whole experience, is that I was disappointed none of my purchases through Parts Express were covered under my 2-day Amazon Prime shipping. HOWEVER, I did not feel cheated because I had to pay for shipping since my purchases actually arrived sooner than items I ordered through Amazon. Yeah, I had to pay extra, but the shipping gets an A+ from me. Also, everything was always packed tight, lots of cushion, and box within a box. I work for a large brown shipping company and believe me I see poor packaging allllllll the time. These people are on top of their game.I mounted 2 Bass shakers with a steel plate to the steel frame of my couch. I wired them at 8 ohms to a Dayton Audio SA100 amp, and switched out the stock feet to my couch with the Buttkicker brand isolators. WOW! These things work magnificent! If youre on the fence about purchasing these things just do it already! You wont regret it! Im a bass junkie, I have 5 subs hooked up to my system, but with these hooked up I havent even turned on 2 of them since my install. I mainly watch movies but it seems these will work great for music as well.If you plan on using this for transducers, this is all youll need to power 2 of them. I have it set at about 85 hz and the level is at about half. I only wish there were boxes available for these without the speaker hole already cut out but Im sure it wont be hard to make one.

I purchased this to breathe life into a BIC F-12 subwoofer who’s plate amp had failedThe BIC subwoofer has a 12 inch driver.I was outside of the warranty.So I had nothing to lose and when I found this product at $109 .....it was much less than replacing the whole subwoofer; so I took the gamble.The old subwoofer used to cut out at high volumes due to heat and no heat sink on the back of it.When you’re at the pool and really cranking the tunes at high-volume you really want that bass response to stay on target....when it drops out it ruins the whole song.Installation of the new amp involved making a hole in the back of the original cabinet a little larger. A little minor surgery with a jigsaw and a fine tooth blade was all it took To make the new amp fit snugly.The new amplifier drives the 12 inch driver just fine with a lot more power And response. As suspected, the original BIC plate amp was weak, muddy in response and essentially shite. Frankly, I think it was insulting my music .I’ll keep abusing this subwoofer at high volumes for a few months and report back.If this sub woofer does not drop out after prolonged high-volume usage over the next few months, then I’ll assume the five stars I gave it from the offing are warranted.

Good output no distortion at proper settings overall nice for the money

I purchased this amp to replace the factory amp in my Polk PSW111 that had crapped out after a few years. The Dayton amp was a bit smaller in width than the Polk that it replaced but i was able to make it work by drilling some new pilot holes in the sub unclosure and just filling in the old screw holes with RTV sealant. Whole job took less than 30 minutes and i couldn't be happier. This amp is beefy and provides more than enough punch and trust me I've put it to the test with my Onkyo receiver. Some people say the auto on feature doesn't come on until higher volumes but i noticed it comes on at about 30% which is better than the Polk amp did so I'm plenty happy. It is deep so be sure to measure for that but it fit in my Polk just fine. Also, i am using the LFE input and is not a difficult setup just buy a rca Y adapter (1 female to 2 males) and connect them to the rca left and right in and turn the crossover all the way to the right and your good to go. Now I'm just looking for another used Polk with a fried amp so i can get another Dayton amp and have another sub 180 degrees out for my system. I put a video on youtube under "Polk PSW111 amp replacement" if you would like to see how i did mine.

Super disappointed and silly me bought 2.I'm using along with Dayton Audio transducers (4) for my racing sim rig. 2 transducers per power Amp.If I keep the dial at 9 o'clock.. so barely on, they will last one race, but I get very little motion out of them. If I run a second race, they will shut off before i can finish. If I set them to 10 o'clock, I can get passable motion, and really more is needed.. but they will shut off after about 15 minutes.They both run Super hot and I have a fan blowing on both, without any difference in how long they will stay on.I can't recommend these. It's money not well spent by me. The transducers seem fine. I've checked and double checked all my wiring and settings in windows.*If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I hooked my butt kicker back up today, and maybe I'll try running the transducers through that.. if I can find a 4 into 1 RCA adapter. Lol yep desperate.Thanks to anyone who offers input.

After a year and half it is starting to fail. Only working to about half the volume it originally had. Bummed out it wasn't a better quality.