American Bass

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

I just bought a 120.1 a few weeks ago because I needed a decent amp before a show. So far I'm extremely impressed with it. I've been running a HD12 for a few months and I really like it.

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

Eh the results i was given when i bought the amp said 11v 1800W at almost 2 ohms. I figure its good for atleast 2000w at 14.4V and 2 ohms. Tryin to figure what its good for at .5 ohms...

Not sure who went out on a limb and told you that kind of numbers from that amp, but I wouldn't beleive that at all... Are you sure they didn't mean 1200 watts @ 14 volts? I don't think the 100.1 is stable at .5 ohm... only the 150 and bigger. 100.1 is kinda entry level...

I haven't seen the inside of the 120.1 but I would suspect the same innerds as the 100.1 maybe a few more parts.

Anyway, most of the American Bass amps do very well.

 

[mazda6i07 10+ year member]

I love my 400.1 it's a beast. And a friend has the 110.1 and 80.1 and they both do very well.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

People claim 3000 watts @ 1 ohm from a VFL 150.1... Probably so with a higher than normal input voltage (16V and up) but not at 12V....
The VFL 100.1 is probably more like 1200 RMS, sorry. Maybe a really dirty nasty 1500rms, but usuable I would say 1200 rms. There are several different boards that went in the 100.1's too if I recall correctly, so that may vary some depending on which board your 100.1 uses.... worked on a few.

yes the 100.1 rated for 1200rms. but i would imagine at a higher voltage its capable of close to 1500. i agree on 1200 usable on a 12-14v system.

i will add that most competition amps are grossly underrated at 4ohms for power class reasons. thats why back in the day everyone used hc amps. push out 2k+ rms and be in the 101-250w class. they should go back to having more power classes like they used to. maybe not as many but maybe just a couple more classes would be cool. im talking usaci, 1-300, 301-600, 601-1k, 1001-2k, 2k and up. that would be nice. sorry to babble on lol.

 

[andrewmoore13 10+ year member]

Not sure who went out on a limb and told you that kind of numbers from that amp, but I wouldn't beleive that at all... Are you sure they didn't mean 1200 watts @ 14 volts? I don't think the 100.1 is stable at .5 ohm... only the 150 and bigger. 100.1 is kinda entry level...
I haven't seen the inside of the 120.1 but I would suspect the same innerds as the 100.1 maybe a few more parts.

Anyway, most of the American Bass amps do very well.

I'm talking about the 150.1 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Eh the results i was given when i bought the amp said 11v 1800W at almost 2 ohms. I figure its good for atleast 2000w at 14.4V and 2 ohms. Tryin to figure what its good for at .5 ohms...

youre still probably not getting that from a 150.1

 

[incognito 10+ year member]

I heard service was mediocre but unfortunately that seems to be common for a lot of companies these days. Atleast you know that DB-r can fix it if something goes wrong.

 

[pawn man 10+ year member]

I heard service was mediocre but unfortunately that seems to be common for a lot of companies these days. Atleast you know that DB-r can fix it if something goes wrong.

if you want outstanding customer service, talk to jacob. i have never delt with sundown(jacob) personally but, i have heard great things about the customer service & the performance of the product.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

Thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

Or you could buy the 1000.1 from jacob lol Then you'll get to deal with jacob and have your american bass