I remember most 1000 watt amps looked like this size 20 yrs ago🔥

Thanks for being honest and owning up to it, and making us aware. I'll own up to mine. I pulled out my Skar rp1500.1d and assumed I knew which was the power wire vs ground 4g. I should've easily looked and double checked. Well I hooked up power and ground reverse in the amp. When I go to put the battery on, the fused connection after the battery saved my ass. Lit up and melted the 150 amp ANL fuse. I corrected it the next morning when I figured out what happened. The amp works fine, no issues. It's the Taramps Smart 3.

You are going to continue to have issues if you keep mounting your amp on your enclosure! Mount that monster in a spot with some deadener behind it. You will also need an upgraded alternator.

Next issue I can see is I noticed alot of flex on that wall, that will take out/kill any amp, Amps hate vibrations, and indeed they need a ton of support, just got my sd12k and I'm being recommended to run 3 banks of 35ah lithium and triple inputs, I own a ds18 hooligan spl 5k also and I absolutely love the look and the feel of that 5k, puts out what it claims if not alittle more, but would definitely be more careful on swapping things back and fourth on them amps and be sure to figure out a good spot where it will get little to no vibrations or be able to flex the board, Amos will last forever if you take the proper precautions

He explained everything at mark 9:00, the first amp came damaged, second and he shorted the speaker outputs, and now he's on his third amp. So for all you ragging on the MD 12000 the only problem I see was in packaging and shipping on the first amp. I've own Brazilian ams for over 5 years with not a single problem. Ds18 fr6000 Korean made amp. Prv 8000d, Taramps md8000.1. (2) taramps 1200x4 and (2)MD 1800.1. like I said I've never had a single problem out of any of them, I will never go back to those high prices Korean based amps.

Someone really needs to sponsor you man with a high end amp.. your doing a really good job with your videos.. Thanks bro

As someone who has a vehicle where a high output alternator DOESNT exists (other then power bastards but I’m not risking that after the reading I’ve done) seeing you run 12k with a stock alt is dope! I’ve been slowly learning more about what to do and how to do stuff with car audio and your channel has been my go to for learning stuff.

You need to worry about shorting leads no matter what electrical component/device you're working with. A higher quality amp will not change that.

When you shorted the terminals, you killed some output fets. They were shorted. And the amp went into protect avoiding further damage. When you power cycled, the amp has a delay built in on the protect circuit to allow it to start while its charging caps, checking systems and initializing drivers. That delay was enough to allow the amp to power on the power supply into a short(the output fet(s) that got damaged durind the short of the leads. This most likely cooked the remaining output fets on the affected bank, the power supply fets are probably done and the class d drivers. I would recommend anyone with a taramps that if you trow it into protect, at least by shorting terminals or blowing speakers, DO Not power it back up. At a minimum, put a meter on the output terminals to see if they are shorted. When the fets die, most of the time the short. Ideally i would open it and check all the fets, but that means voiding the warranty.

You've reminded me, I need to install a legit fire ext. in my Project Fire Hazard. It has that name for a reason, and my lil RZR-2500D gets hot running 1ohm. But, now that my 12v power has been strengthened, should help it. I know this from watching Taramps catch fire from running undervolted. Edit: I have installed a legit auto/RV fire ext. since this post. $14 from Wal-Mart.

You could contact Barevids and get an explanation of what might’ve happened to ur 2nd amp. He’s very knowledgeable on car amps.

Here in Brazil we really like Taramps amps, it's really cool to see it's becoming famous around the world. I give more importance to it's sound quality and real power (most times higher than the declared by the brand) than to a premium feeling, and never had so many problems with those amps. Maybe you could give more space between the subwoofers and the amp, it would prevent the amp of vibrating as much causing problems to it's components. Nice video!

I have the MD8000 and one day the fans were louder than normal, i went to check it out and i hit the amp hard with my had, fans went back to normal and the amp started playing allot louder, checked the gain setting with the DD1 and still no distortion, go figure, it likes a good spanking once in a while... i got to give it to Taramps it makes the power but very flimsy built.

Williston labs has a great explanation of the smart 3 buy tara amps and bass series ....and how the internal caps work

I had taramps for the last 4 years. I killed it by shorting the speakers leads, but it got repaired and it's still working fine. I like how small taramps are and how much power they can push out.

Mount the amp elsewhere vibration killing them or not helping

As a retired amp repair guy your # 1 issue is having the Amp on the box u will introduce alot of vibration which may make your transformer windings rub together and offset the power supply and hurt your fets or keep going into protect and u can't figure why

I can tell you that most of the failures with most of the fullbridge amplifiers like The taramps md 12k , are how the fans push air inward on the fets. If any debris contacts and shorts the fets... well it's a mini 4th of july show. Fullbridge amplifiers will get better over time. In the meantime, just use some sort of dust filter with limited air flow restrictions. This will keep them from collecting debris. I have repaired a few fullbridge amplifiers and discovered this issue to be one of the main reasons. Shout out to Barvids for his knowledge and I know he is more knowledgeable as he has taught me a lot .

I went through 4 skar amps and I'm still trying to get a good one from them. they were all brand new. some were defective others arrived damaged from skar (not shipping.) I love their subs. the amps really disappointed me. I'm going to try one more time before I switch to a different brand. skar customer service is really good. I'm thankful for that.

I own both the MD12k and the MD8k and both very solid. Say what you want but I’m Team Taramps for life...lol.

Love your videos man. A 12k amp screwed to a flexing box will never last more than 6-9 months, if that.

Wow i guess im lucky cause i have lithium in my truck and 3 times the lithium has touched ground and it was 4th of july inside my truck smh 😬 both my Taramps MD 12000 did go into protection mode but came back on and are still playing. 🤷🏽‍♂️ even on time the ground slipped out of the lithium terminal and touched power, sparks and smoke as u guessed but both amps still played sooo 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ what can i say these amps are tanks for me

Be careful buying these from SHCA (sky high car audio). I got one that came in with a fan assembly rolling around in the amp. I sent them videos and pictures. They agreed that it was damaged in shipping, but refused to pay for return shipping. Their logic was "well we paid to ship it to you, and are going to pay to ship you another one, so you can pay $30+ to send it back to us." lol

😯DAAAMN bro!!! I've had my STETSOM 8K for almost a year never had a problem with it yet! But I ordered it directly from the manufacturer NOT a dealer!!!

Shorting speaker leads , to high an input voltage , and screwing them to the sub box will fuck them up. Keep them fed and dont do the other 3 things and your brazillian amp will last. Or should i say full bridge rail voltage amp, every company is making a copy of them now.

Hey Parker,dude you are doing your thing bro,keep it up ! Awesome vid as always 👍

I seen that fire extinguisher in reaching distance for that fire maker.

Haha I done a similar thing to my pioneer amp, car was off but I decided I wanted to but a wire ferrule on my 12v + - and didn't even think to disconnect battery for the simple job, carefully done - easy then doing the + I acidently dropped it and it welded to the body of the amp and actually took a good 10 seconds of glowing until it popped the fuse, it actually popped my radio fuse as well so maybe went up RCA? Anyway a nice arc mark on my amp and it worked no problems. I just get on and off pops now from the radio, even when changing radio station :(

I had the same thing happen on an 8K accidentally shorted the remote line to the speaker with the car off apparently there was some voltage enough to pop whatever internally but it never came on again sent it back got another one cuz it was a third party warranty through SquareTrade but I've owned four or five now of the taramps MD yes they're not top quality yes the fans are loud but I honestly have no other complaints definitely best bang-for-the-buck for anyone out there looking

Man good thing to see someone be honest and say hey it was my fault i did the damage, i followed you for a really long time and you have came a very long way Parker dont stop now! Hope your new 12k makes it longer than 6 months keep it up man

Been beating my 5000.1 Taramp with (3) 950 batteries and (2) 200 Amp circuit breakers. (1) 12 D2 FI Audio 4500 watts in a 38hz tuned box sitting in my E350 Benz , mad Bass never been disappointed!

Ive always bought Korean made amps. Yes they are more expensive bought i have never had any issues with any of the 4 that ive purchased heck 2 of them i ran at half ohm for over a yr no problem only reason for getting rid of them is for upgrade reasons. I love Korean amps because at least the ones i owned was hugely underrated and did 500-1000 or more than what they was rated for.

SUP DUDE! another good vid...man your doin something alot of us didnt do a LONG time ago..

When I've seen videos of cars and sound trucks bursting into flames in the last ten years, it's always been Taramps, lol

Have one 3 years now no issues

Apocalypse 7900.1 snag one before the price doubles man. I did. 649. It replaced the 7800.1 which went up to 1199..... now the 7900 is 649 but for sure will double to 1200. Bro..... it's def bonce and soundigital together.....8000 watts at 12 volts... I have a 3800.1 too and it went from 499 to 799!!! Cannot beat that 7900.1 price!!!!!! Snag one bro!!!!

It's issues we all deal with my friend. The dos and donts we all learn from. I completely understand some of reasons to watch out for on certain amps like that Taramp. I have had many amps blow on me. There are some that just don't handle what we want them to. Thanks for sharing my friend.

Im so glad that you did this. I was about to buy one been looking at them for about a week

I'm on my second JP95. I have a 500 watt 2 ohm sub and I blew it on the JP95. The sub became 0 ohms and took out the sub channel. It should have had protection for that but it didn't work.

wow parker!! i always wonderd why you used taramps! they have so maney car amplifiers on amazon. its insane!! lucky we got you awesome u tubers that test stuff out and save us consumers the hearteach! saving both sides from the crap on the market!!

Personally, I prefer a solid Korean half bridge, even though the size and cost are both bigger. They are just more reliable and well made overall, assuming you got a good brand. Amp prices are really high right now. 9k Wolfram used to be $900-$1000 but now it's $1300-$1400 for the same amp because of tariffs and crap.

Up in smoke! Well there goes your chances (up in smoke) at Taramps sponsoring future episodes 😆 Actually, now they may feel more inclined to, to prove themselves. As they should❗btw I greatly appreciate the honesty and unbiasedness you provide. Please don't EVER allow ANYONE OR ANY COMPANY to persuade your opinion. That trait alone will ensure your channels success. Please make a video showing how many dBs more you can get by going from one sub, to two identical subs!? Does it increase by 3 dB (doubling output)? I'd think this topic ought to go viral.

And this is why I run Korean half bridge. Beat them like rented Mules daily and they just take it for car after car! Got one system all JL thats 10 years old still sounds amazing and can bang! My DC audio system has been in two delivery cars so it’s been played almost non stop for 5 years now and it’s all still going good! Did have to replace one battery and a few highs and mids but that was my fault not the equipment! Well sort of!

The reason you have to keep replacing that amp is because taramps can’t take direct vibration that well. Mounting a taramps on a subwoofer enclosure would never last and will always fail. Mount the amp somewhere else and you will not have to replace it again. And put rubber feet on it too.

I have a 650 Watt app is 25 years old and still working it was pushing for 12 kicker Solo-Baric not pushing for 12 L7 it works

I swapped out 2 smart bass 3ks for a smart 8 bass. Had the 3s in for 4 months. The 8 lasted 5 days. Strong smell n shit off. No smoke or sparks. 2.5v preouts, 15.7v charging . Not sure what happened. Put a 3 back in all good. Guess i got a dud. Now im too worried to use abother one. Can't risk my other equipment. Going back to korean. Very disappointing. Going from the 2 3ks to the 8k i gained 1.5 db on the meter too. I really like how it puts out full power from .5 ohm to 2 ohm. Helps with box rise. Hope my korean 8k is as loud. Pretty sure im going with the soundqube q1 8k.

Your install is clean. wiring looks very professional. But like mentioned below you need to change how your amp is mounted. the more you can reduce vibration the longer your amp will last you. Granted the entire vehicle vibrates so can't eliminate all the vibration but help reduce it. Glad someone can admit they made the mistake that caused second amp to die. It's easy to point a finger and post a negative review. I've been running my MD8000.1 for a year and no problems what so ever. No one has ever claimed Taramps to be top of the line but definitely best bang for your buck!

Brooo, I bought taramps 3000 amp last year in india. My bro in usa recommended it to me as it was cheap af compared to other amps. BUT when I got it I saw it’s build quality was below average. It lasted only 7 months that too on a 1000 watt sub on 2 ohms. Now I have sundown audio amp and it’s running like a champ.

Very nice review! I was gonna get a taramp 3k but got a stetsom 3k!

Make sure your output voltage coming off of the head unit is not more than 1.5 volts taramps don’t like it, you can check, and adjust it with a volt meeter

I had my skar 4500rms rp for about a year no problem

Last week i burnt up my soundigital evo 5k, it had amazing rms power! One the Moffetts burnt. I now have bought the taramps smart 5 bass, does 2 through .5 ohm, its a beast!! Hands down amazing raw rms compared to my evo 5k... the smart 5 bass has dual power inputs and is same size as my buddys soundigital evo 8k ...

I walk away from car audio and your videos brought me back. My bank amount fucking hates you but I love you.

Vibration on the board from the bass box cant make parts break on the more and short off

Whether you shorted the speaker leads or not the protection circuit should’ve prevented total amp failure. Did they warranty the amp? If not why? Did you pay for repair? Why buy a brand new third amp? Hope they gave you a discount for the free advertising & promo!

doesnt void your warrantly if you take the stickers off very carefully. Or bought it through amazon. amazon will let you return it no matter what.

Thanks for this, you are the first person show the internals of this amplifier.

Had an amp rack built at a shop, they didn’t mount it right, my amp fell the leads touched and fried my sundown salt amp, shop took full responsibility and paid me for the amp, I could have avoided that if i wasn’t to lazy to do it myself.

I haven’t killed my 12K yet in my big build vehicle I have 1000ah of reserve for both of my 12k’s with a XS Power D975 powering the mids and highs amp it’s like 100ah for my Crescendo Symphony 1k and that does amazing for that, but anyway I have 4 Mechman 370a alts plus my stock 90a alt charging the XS Power D975. And I have had everything running for about 4 years now. Note everything is on switches except my Crescendo so I can turn off my amps to avoid those problems all together.

How did you use the CT Sounds knob on the 12k. I have a 8k and would like to do that

You need to put some padding between the subs and the amp so that the amp is not taking so much vibration from the box. It's probably rattling the components to death. It will help with the shock waves

i did the same thing with my ds800x4 but had a local shop repair it

Do these amps sound good? I’m looking for some quality sounding power for a decent price. I need a lot of power like these provide but I probably am just listening at normal levels 80% of the time. Do these sound clean enough for that kind of use or are they mainly just good for getting loud?

I love your honesty with everything you do on this channel ....awesome video....

I just can’t come to buy Brazilian amps. I got JL, Soundqubed and Rockford Amps.

I bought the smart 3k and the packaging was so bad. Amp works amazing but still wuts up with the lack of bubble wrap?

I replaced the fans with noctuas and they are dead silent.

My 8k worked great no problems went thru 4 rides till the next guy wired it to .5

Great vid parker i run crescendo amps i love the quality and sound

Yeah thanks for dat input brutha shid I was thinking about getting one til I watched ur video

Can you show us how it happen when they 2 speaker wires touched make s video

Does anyone know, why amps get blown? So theres no reason to ad fuses to battery to amp? Whats the difference can someone help me please.

He said do do. 😜

Mounting the amp to your box...... I predict amp 4 in your future.

I made the same error on a SoundQubed S12250. I shorted out the pos and neg output wires and it went into protect, but it also fried most the mosfets. Anyway, I believe they should have sent me a new amp because its supposed to go into protect to keep it from frying but it did not. It did go into protect but it fried and stayed in protect. B.S! They charged me $120 to fix it and I had to pay to ship it to them. Was my fault, but like you said, " thats what the protection is supposed to be there for."

Thank you for making videos. Really learned a lot and for making rookies like me enjoy this hobby coz of your budget best bang for your buck vids.

Nice amps, too bad about the internal protection though With that said, you might want to consider adding dust filters on the intakes of those fans - I was watching another video where the reviewer was complaining about dust and debris buildup in his Taramp amp, which eventually lead to failure.

Linha MD da taramps não serve para sub wolfer, linha bass sim, taramps 12 k bass aí sim a top !🇧🇷👍

The problem is that the protection circuit in these Taramps takes a while to kick on and isn't fast enough so you can't really trust it for that. The second amp would be worth repairing though

Parker bro I love ur videos man u always have great info

I love your videos bro keep goin up 💪🏿💯

What happened to the Audiopipe amp? I have had great luck with the one I bought. It's only a 2k. Have you looked the Alphard amps, they seem nice and pretty inexpensive?

Dude. Repair that other 12k, get like 9 more SA 8s, a new alt, double your headway, and wall it. 💪

How is high pass 10-90hz? Is that subsonic filter? Can you explain please?

I have three MD12k in my build doind 160+ at 20HZ and 158 at 15HZ. I have yet to have a failure.

Hi. Thanks for the tips on the Taramps. What about, can you link me to the dual 2/0 inputs you have on there?! Those are dual 2/0 inputs on there aren’t they? I don’t want to get incorrect inputs. Thanks.

You need a ton of amperage on tap for that big amplifier.. Multiple AGM's or a 100 amp hour lithium. Even if you aren't driving it hard. Realistically, you should have two alternators as well for that size amp.

Great video Parker!

Taramps- made it 6 months.. that's great. Rockford Fosgate- 20 years later.....

Buddy been running a banda Viking 10k for 6 months no issues so far been running strong but we thought it would have the same issues these do

Thank you bro, you made the shit so simple. I hate these fake tech people who think they know it all. Just show me the setup and the rest history 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

I have a taramp md 8k hooked it up it popped and went onto protect contacted the sales people and taramp no response yet what do I do what happened the blue and red protect lights are both on???

You should try the POWERUS 10K WAY BETTER QUALITY...BUDGET GEM BUST DID A TEST DID LIKE 15 K AT 1 OHM AND HAS BETTER EVERYTHING. ITS A GOOD BRAZILIAN AMP

Taranps Brazilian full bridge amps blow so easily. Thats why I use a Chinese amp half bridge, because they are nearly indestructible. I can literally turn it up all the way and short out the speaker wires and nothing happens.

my dad is kinda old school and when i got my taramps bass 400w in the mail he said "I dont think that thing can even push a 10 watt sub" he said that because of how small the amplifier is, its like the size of a large cheese burger 😂

funny thing is when I had had a pioneer amp I upgraded to a fosgate amp and failed to realize that the power terminals were backwards so I connected it the same I turned it on but nothing happened so I went to check it and realized I had screwed up luckily I flipped them and got lucky cause the amp still works to this day it took a beating like a champ with massive voltage drop now it bangs harder after I had upgraded the alt. Maybe I got lucky the amp should have blew up but it didnt although im looking for something around the same power and is more efficient its a r1200 prime.

I will pay the shipping if you send me that amp that's burned. I have fixed a few 1k amps and would love the opportunity to repair and upgraded one like this. Either way nice setup clean powerful and not complicated. Good work.

I have a Taramps Smart3. Running stock electrical. My Sundown SA-15 was wired to 8ohms. And the amplifier still fried my sub.

Ever thought about putting your hand on the amp and seeing if it is vibrating? Because I really think that is your problem and not the cheap cardboard packaging it came in!

What subs are those are they the xfl taking that much power