Best Selling Car Audio Amp Ever? JL Audio 500/1 Amp Dyno Test

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Anyone who knows car audio, knows JL Audio. This brand has been around since the 70's and was the company put together by two high school buddies Lucio Prioni and Jim Birch. They became popular in the late 80's and early 90's "blew up" into on of the most well-known subwoofer manufacturers. Their subwoofers are legendary, from the original 8W2 to the massive 18W6 and the insanely impressive W7 series.

JL offered some "re-badged" amplifiers (by PPI) in the early 90's, but decided to engineer and manufacture their own amps starting around 2000. One of the first models was the "Slash series" 500/1, which was to become the best selling car audio amplifier in the US market over it's production between 2000-2014. Let's take a look at this amp and see what it's all about...

Search for Used JL 500/1 Amps (eBay affiliate) - https://goo.gl/tBvmRb

History of JL Audio (website)- https://goo.gl/Po6Kst
History of JL Audio (video) -    • Видео  
Manville Smith's 1984 Celica -    • Manville Smith's 1984 Celica GT at the IAS...  
Tommy Clark's Rock It Science Van -    • Tommy Clark's "Rockit Science" 1989 IASCA ...  

Big Thanks to Manville Smith for allowing me to use clips from his videos and for some additional information on the 500/1. Also thanks to Jason @QTN Auto for letting me borrow his amp for this video.

Full disclosure: Amp was provided by Jason @QTN Auto. All of the opinions in this video are my own and the content wasn't reviewed by anyone prior to posting. Affiliate links are provided for your convenience. I receive a portion of the sales from these links, which help me bring you more unbiased content for this channel.

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