as for it heating up, mine never heats up. even when i run it at 1ohm in the summer (in louisiana...lol)
9 times out of ten, the dash of my truck is hotter than the bp1200.1.
i can't figure out why alot of people say they heat up...i hear that about the amp quite a bit. all i can figure is that the people that claim their bp1200.1's heat up are clipping their amps.
that amp is a solid amp. mine hammers on my brahma 10.