Recent content by audioslave420

There is no way the 200w sub is doing damage unless you’re cranking out distortion. Just as easily as distortion will damage speakers it will damage your hearing. Put all eq’s on 0, you shouldn’t have to mess with the EQ at all if tuned properly. If you do have to EQ try subtracting only (take...

Almost forgot, Here we go again with the hand-holding. Scroll past the first amp (which is discontinued because there is a new version) and you will see multiple amps still in production and MADE IN JAPAN…

I find it interesting that on his own website he’s referred to as Steve, yet you keep calling him Stephen (buddies?🤔). Who said anything about 20yr old amps? Is this just the part where you imply I said something I never said? Yeah, ok… They’ve been around for long enough that your lack of...

Try taking the initiative yourself. I have no idea why I should have to hold your hand here? https://www.bewith.jp/en/about-us/ http://www.phass.com/Phass_home/Power_Amplifier.html What are you talking about? Again with the Dick Clark? Where did I ever say I could hear the difference between...

Bewith, Luxman, Carrozzeria (Pioneer), Addzest (Clarion), and Phass are all still in business. Nice try though, a little research goes a long way. Yeah, noticed the date after I replied… I did say that China was capable of and does produce top tier products. That’s not what we’re talking about...

It’s also worth noting what is/isn’t gained by increasing wattage. It would take a lot more than doubling the wattage (over rms) to gain any useful increase in db. Why waste that money? Buy a better quality 400-500w amp with better S/N ratio, THD, Damping factor, & frequency response. It’ll...

Those peak ratings are just as useless as amp max wattage ratings. Do you play music for 1 second at a time? If you do there are bigger problems going on here. You are correct about what RMS stands for, but you go off script when applying that to a subwoofer. RMS is technically an amplifier...

What does the system consist of? It would really help in the diagnosis. It def sounds like some sort of intermittent connection problem. Are the wires from the crossovers to the tweets run in any tight areas or at tight angles? It’s hard to diagnose because it’s intermittent. If it’s not too...

You def shouldn’t exceed the rms power rating. That rating is basically how much the sub can take all day long without “cooking” the voice-coil. Power ratings are based on the thermal limits of the sub. The sub obviously also has mechanical limits but you’ll hear it when you reach those. I’d say...

Have you considered Sundown? Their SALT 1700.5 has more than enough power for the entire system. https://www.sundownaudio.com/index.php/products/amplifiers-2/salt-series-amplifiers/salt-1700-5

Addzest, Bewith, Carrozerria, Luxman, and Phass come to mind. There are others I just can’t think of them off the top of my head. As far as anyone else saying, “where something is manufactured doesn’t matter as long as there is QC”, is way oversimplifying the whole subject. Amps made in the...