Small, very powerful amp. Perfect, except for one thing.
This amp (I thought would be) perfect for my aftermarket fairing for my Harley Road King. There is not much room inside the fairing, and I needed a lot of power to drive the Polk DB692 speakers I chose. Small sized, and this amp has been bench tested and proved to be under-rated by the manufacturer. Powerful and clean sound. The complaint I have is it overheats big time. I hooked everything up and let it play for an hour at high volume, which would simulate my use on the interstate at 75 mph. The amp gets so hot that you cannot leave your hand on top of it. Amps are supposed to get warm and some get hot, but THIS amp can fry eggs, no kidding. Cannot leave your hand on it for longer than 3 seconds, or you will blister. This is a great amp, but it gets too hot to install in a fairing or saddle bags. I left mine in there and I know it will do what it is supposed to do- it just won't do it for a very long time. Heat destroys electronics, just as much as moisture does. But moisture is pretty much covered by the engineers at Kenwood. Special provisions have been adequately made to guard against moisture damage, but nothing regarding the excessive heat. P.S. I bought two of these and they both heat up the same.
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