Narrowed it down to 2 amps..... I think
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From: Fort Pierce, Florida
I don't know about arc, but RF has been in the mobile audio business as long as I can remember. When I was a teenager installing car audio, we used RF a lot. Very reliable and good quality.
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From: maryland
i have been running a 2 sets of Arc speakers with the 125.2 mini for 2 years now, 6.5 in the fairing and 5.25 in the lowers and they sound great, you just need to wire the speakers in parallel , there is plenty of info on this in this forum. jd
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From: Port Neches Texas
I have the arc 125.2. Running a set of HERTZ 6x9's. I just recently added another set of 6x9's in the saddlebag lids. The amp has no problem pushing the system at 2 ohms. I have a line driver between the kenwood head unit and the amp, the gain on the amp is at zero. At full volume on the head unit I have no distortion, no hiss, crystal clear sound. I cannot speak on the RF unit as I have no experience with it.
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From: Nor-Kal
Let's not get crazy here. The RF amp is a better amp. People who have the Arc are pissed because this new RF amp came out and they spent there $ on the Arc. Most speakers today are 4ohm, and you get the extra two channels... I need more reviews of the RF amp running hot then the one guy who posted that his front speakers were hissing... just saying. 
And yes, that little RF amp can fry eggs.. It runs too hot. Sorry if you don't agree, but why don't you tea bag it with your ********* after it's been running at full volume for ten minutes and tell me you think it runs cool.
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From: Nor-Kal
RF hasn't made a good product since the mid 90's they have gone down hill big time. The first high end stereo I built was in 1989, I put a RF Power 1000 in my 1970 EL Camino, it powered four RF Punch 10's and a custom set of Morel 3 way components in the doors. It sounded INCREDIBLE. RF doesn't make anything that throws voltage like those old Power series amps anymore. It's a bunch of crap and whoever their current engineers are they should be lined up and shot.
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From: Nor-Kal
I myself have been playing with mobile audio for 24 years, competing professionally for six years with two different vehicles. I'd think I know a little bit about this subject.
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From: FT Bragg NC
RF hasn't made a good product since the mid 90's they have gone down hill big time. The first high end stereo I built was in 1989, I put a RF Power 1000 in my 1970 EL Camino, it powered four RF Punch 10's and a custom set of Morel 3 way components in the doors. It sounded INCREDIBLE. RF doesn't make anything that throws voltage like those old Power series amps anymore. It's a bunch of crap and whoever their current engineers are they should be lined up and shot.
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From: Charlotte Metro
I've had my Arc Mini KS 125.2 over 3yrs in two different bikes. It's a little beast. I run two channels through some Focal speakers and have no desire for anymore! You can run two sets of 4 ohm speakers in parallel with Arc as mentioned. I don't have any first hand experience with RF amp but many post/threads on it.