Decent Amp.. Will not handle a 2 ohm load.. rating is lower than specified. Pushing a Single 500W 10in Sub Rockford Fosgate P1. Does a great job. Just Can't Parallel another Sub.

Amp it self i would rate 3 stars however As others have pointed out the Bass control knob does not work at all rendering this amp useless.

I had bought a PA amp before when adding a sub to my daughter's car and have been happy with its performance. I was replacing a dead radio in my boat (ssi196 Capaprral) with a very inexpensive 60Wx4 unit that has no CD (usually dont last long in smaller boats 😎) but it has Bluetooth and aux inputs etc. Got it in with original JVC speakers and everything sounded great but being the audio nut that I am, I decided it definitely needed bass! Dug out an old 8" Bazooka that had a blown driver, actually found an excellent replacement driver in a thrift store for $8.00!! 4"VC and 4ohm load. So after seeing how much clean power this unit promised with a 4 ohm load I snatched it up. New radio had line outs for front and rear so I just fed the rear outs into the amp and set the LP filter. Mounted the amp under the helm in basically the dryest spot in the boat. Ran some old 6 gauge stranded copper I had lying around to insure no unwanted voltage drop and have the remote just under the steering wheel. In front of the passengers feet is a storage shelf which opens out of the back into the inner hull space which I found acts as a big acoustic chamber carrying the bass all through the boat. After tweaking the levels to prevent ever destroying the 8" driver ;-), I connected my iPhone, powered this thing up and just about fell overboard!! This little amp kicks it hard and I actually have to keep the remote level all the way down so the bass won't totally overpower the regular speakers.
I haven't even felt any need to explore adding a CAP for the power. I do have the entire radio on a separate switch. I have also been happy to find that I can use the system for reasonable periods of time (30 min to an hour so far) without killing my battery which is a concern with a single start/aux battery setup. I was concerned about the current draw of the amp, but so far it has not even shown signs of pulling the battery down and with the engine running the standard 65Amp alternator has no problems keeping everything happy. (note, I have replaced all incandescent lamps in the dash, gauges and switches along with running lights so cranking and playing the radio are the only two real loads for the system)
So far I have been very happy with the Planet Audio products I have purchased. As with all of the manufacturers, read the fine print and don't even consider power numbers with anything greater than 1% distortion for your mobile audio. 1500W@10% distortion is of no value to me, but over 500W@less than 1% the into a 4ohm load (I think this amp was closer to 700W )
I was never much for having a radio in the boat, but if it's there it needs to work. With the addition of this amp and one lowly 8" sub, I am always up for riding and listening! In fact it beats what's in the house now (until I get my Klipsch corner horns moved in ;-). For now my boat with Planet Audio is my music studio at the lake. (I just have to keep a good distance from others because that kicking bass really travels across water ;-)
If the specs meet your needs, buy with confidence. I don't think the human ear is going to easily detect any difference between this and the other more expensive amps!
Now we'll just have to wait and see how well it tolerates the high moisture and pounding of marine use 😎

I am running high quality 4 guage wires, and a 1200W, 350RMS 12" Sony Xplod subwoofer and it works great!!!!

Read the instructions and get quality equipment to go with it, in order to judge this amplifier properly!
Very happy with it, it has been a month, does not over heat!
Thank you!

Do yourself a favor and check the dyno bench test of these products before purchasing. RMS and Peak are NO WHERE NEAR to the advertised amount. I mean NO WHERE NEAR. Seriously, 1500.1 = 150.1 (at BEST).