Recent content by Wolfie62

Well, going to show my age here. I have a huge collection of vinyl LPs; I started digitizing them in 2007. (over 900 LPs) So, mostly what I listen to is from 1953 to 1967, with commercial CDs of every sort thrown in. What's amazing to hear is a pristine recording made in the very early days of...

And by the way, what I described is a 4 channel amp, not 2. You sir, never read the question at the top of the thread, which was moronic to start with. And yes, I know he is running small 18" subs. 250 clean watts per channel is plenty, for me. And, for most normal people. Instead of using 3500...

No, you can't. ^^^^^

So, we just disagree. I don't believe that thousands of watts are necessary, for starters. I have a different paradigm than many, I suppose. The amp I mentioned is very low budget, but is built well. My personal belief, from my experience, is that I get better control of heavy voice coils from a...

....To C1500Martin..........

Read the thread, you moron. This thread is supposed to be for reviews, not questions. I gave a review for a budget amp, yes low budget. I'm not into wattage wars. So what part of the thread did I get wrong? Nothing. What part did you get wrong? Everything. As for wattage wars: I like the sound...

Depends on what you mean by "budget". Ok, here is a review of a real "budget" amp. Rockwood Combat AK50 amp. 250 w/ch x 4, 0.1 % THD at 250 watts into 2 ohms. +/- 1 dB 20Hz - 50 kHz. Bought it in 1997 for $65.00, never used until I installed it last weekend. Powering 4 - 6.5" Dynaudio midbass...

Yes, there are impedences all over the board, available I'm sure. But the "run of the mill" standard is 4 ohms for car audio components.

I am new to this site, but not new to car stereo. I am a mechanical engineer and have been interested in audio since my teen years. In 1982 I built my first car amps, 8 100 w/ch amps, for an 8 speaker system, using Dynaudio drivers. Built my own 12 bit D/A and A/D converters, to adjust the time...

You'll blow out your tweeter without protection from a crossover, whether passive or active. A mute question to say that if the impedences don't match, the passive crossover won't be at the right frequency. Car speaker components are standardized to 4 ohm nominal impedences. With frequency...

Volt Amps (VA) is commonly used in rating power transformers. There is a reason for that. But that is typically at 60 hz, so one variable is made non-variable. VA is not a suitable power rating for a power amplifier, since that is not the job of an amp. Unless, of course, you want to use your...