I bought a 1500 watt amp thinking it was a 500 amp.

Now incoming in the mail is the 750 watt @ 4ohm amp that was originally supposed to be used for a small 200 watt @ 4 ohm sub.

:| what to do.
think I can get away with turning the gain all the way down so I dont blow the sub lol?

I should have waited till I was up for at least an hour before I bought something

This post was edited by xXDreamAlongXx on Jun 30 2016 09:45pm

You usually have a certain amount of time to cancel the order before they ship it out.

I have Amazon prime, they shipped it a few hours after I ordered. Didn't realize it was a 1500 watt until I got the email saying t was shipped

what did you get?


i started building a portable boom box type thing the other day

i got some cheepie 6.5" speakers, my buddy gave me a 12" sub thats ok, and i got this 1200 watt 4 channel amp http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00HLSU6PI

should be decent

This post was edited by KoJ on Jul 1 2016 08:55am

Send it back. Call Amazon Customer Service and explain you ordered the wrong thing. Try Googling AMAZON PRIME RETURN POLICY


Hope this helps.

I use amazon prime. Return the product. They don't care. Customer service #1.

This. They won't question it or give you any problems at all.
I ordered everything off amazon for this reason, no hassle I something is incorrect

Model of AMP?
I'd bet that you bought a pos "1500" watt amp that would struggle to even put out a true 500rms, esp at 4 ohms.

Yes, obviously you can turn the gain down though to prevent damage to the sub. Just remember the gain isn't a volume knob.

This post was edited by R0B3RT on Jul 4 2016 09:25pm

keep it. you dont want to push that amp that you were going to buy to its full potential. thats where dirty wattage comes nto play. if you have a sub that has a rms of 500 watts and you get a amp to pair it up to 500 watts.. you will not get 500 watts. clean at least. youll get 500 watts at full potential of the amp but it will be dirty wattage. youll most likely blow your sub.

always go overhead of your amp . that way there is enough room for you to adjust your gains correctly and get your wattage you want and stil not be maxing out the amps potential.