Best SQ amp on budget?

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Look no further. xenon 200.2 Great price, tons of power, and going for 150 on ebay..

 

[Phiber Optik 10+ year member]

DLS A3...

http://www.dls.se/en/car/prod.html?produkt=en_6

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

The amp is the least important part of the equation. I wouldn't use a Pyle amp for reliability reasons and the fact that it won't make much power before distortion becomes audible. What I would use is the most powerful decent amp I could find. I would then detune it to keep it comfortably within its low distortion linear range. Pretty much any decent amp will be more than up to the task of powering a SQ oriented system.

You still cant say their arent any audible differences with amps Although I do agree to an extent, amp power isnt the most important factor, but still rather important to me.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Power is important. But there are a ton of amps out there that measure the same (within audible limits anyway) as these high dollar amps that continually get drooled over and produce more usable power without deviating from the needed specs that actually matter while costing significantly less. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get an amp that doesn't alter the input signal in any perceptible way. There are audible difference in amps, yes. Those differences can be quantified. If two amps do not differ by a perceptible amount in meaningful specs, you aren't going to hear a difference.

FWIW, there is nothing "SQ" about an amp that has a discernible sonic character. If some "audiophile" starts bragging about the "warm" sound of his amp, he's admitting that it's not a very good amp.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

DLS A3...
http://www.dls.se/en/car/prod.html?produkt=en_6

Nothing about that amp is budget.. They are priced high for what they are..

Power is important. But there are a ton of amps out there that measure the same (within audible limits anyway) as these high dollar amps that continually get drooled over and produce more usable power without deviating from the needed specs that actually matter while costing significantly less. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get an amp that doesn't alter the input signal in any perceptible way. There are audible difference in amps, yes. Those differences can be quantified. If two amps do not differ by a perceptible amount in meaningful specs, you aren't going to hear a difference.
FWIW, there is nothing "SQ" about an amp that has a discernible sonic character. If some "audiophile" starts bragging about the "warm" sound of his amp, he's admitting that it's not a very good amp.

I agree.. You got to love the pg triple darlington amps... I know you have a few..

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

I do. Yes.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

I do. Yes.

Same here . //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif