Hi, thanks for posting here with your query..
Gonna give you a detailed response...
Tactile model you linked looks similar to the Reckhorn unit but if you can post the specs we can compare.
I had at one point considered looking into "Multichannel Car Amps", firstly as they use the 4ohm resistance and places like youtube are full of videos of people modifying PC Power supplies to run them. I have even helped in PM people in the past using such. To some extremes, it seems too good to be true when we see the prices for many of these car amps.
Lots of options in this field and some of the marketing with PMPO wattages are just bonkers. I would personally go for a well known branded product or one that has already good customer feedback as being suitable and working well. Don't underestimate how hard an amp has to work when you're trying to amplify multiple channels containing constant low frequencies. Simvibe can place more demands with bass frequencies than traditional sources like music or even movies. This should be taken into account as well.
I did once consider this product...
Yet the issue for me was, while these may be fine for budget tactile options right upto the ADX units. How well could this operate in powering say 4 Buttkicker Mini models that operate from very low frequencies? This is also an aspect for some old school AV amplifiers with multi-channel inputs and supporting 5-7 channels of amplification. They too were never intended to power 6 subwoofers and it is amps that are designed for the demands of subs or large woofer drivers that can perform well with all tactile including the higher end, most demanding transducers/shaker models.
1 2 4 6 8 Channels?
I think many people get excited about the desire to have 4-8 channels in seeing more is always better experience or immersion. While Chassis Mode can bring advantages.Yet what is truely better for most people? 2 or 4 channels with good amplification and better performance amps/tactile units, what about 4, 6, even 8 units with more affordable tactile models and budget amplification? It's that "Quantity Vs Quality" factor isnt it....
The amp you linked may work fine with what tactile transducers you are using but it wouldn't be my preference of choice to just find a cheap 6 channel solution but I understand the desire/ability to have 1 amp power multiple channels. Even the possibility to control these amps with a car head unit. To be honest I do not have the experience with car audio and while this or something like the Pioneer shown may be okay I will link other options I can stand over in knowing they are worth buying.
Other Options
A small tidy amplifier that many have used in tactile and seems to perform rather well.
While it has upto 10% distortion at max output you will not use it close to this with the tactile you have purchased. Therefore the amp will be well within its limits and have much less distortion being output.
I mentioned this
SMSL SA-98E 2x160W AMP in some of my other threads....
Is sold worldwide, compact and tidy, it also works really well with tactile models right up to the Mini LFE or possibly even the bigger Advance model with good placement and isolation for its installation.
The iNuke DSP 1000 and 3000 is still in my view the best amps for tactile for the money. Side-stepping a lot of their additional abilities. These amps are designed to power large woofer drivers and also many have used them for years in home cinema installations to power rather large and demanding subs with good results.
The amp is an important factor. I think as individuals we have to ask, do I want a cheap entry level solution that will be fine for the level of tactile the user owns or is purchasing. Or do they consider buying a better amplifier that will not need to be upgraded if at some point they decide to upgrade the actual tactile units they have?
With a well-known amp many others are using then you have this confidence. This would be the concern I have in the reliability of such car amps meeting the requirements that especially (bigger tactile) may require with the high demands sub harmonic / low frequencies put on such amps and that the bigger or more upmarket tactile transducers/shakers can properly deliver.
