buttkicker amp got owned

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

B & H photo sells them.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I guess most people have to buy them...

Working for a Sound & Communications company makes me forget that not everyone has connectors and cable laying around everywhere... LAWL

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

I guess most people have to buy them...
Working for a Sound & Communications company makes me forget that not everyone has connectors and cable laying around everywhere... LAWL

Lucky bastard, ship some XLR ends my way, I need some extras. Along with about 500 foot of cable be nice too. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[1loudsuv 10+ year member]

14% thd at 700 something watts @2ohms (buttkicker)

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

Even if the buttkicker kicks down 500w @ 4 ohms, 750w @ 2 ohms clean,is $250 a good price considering it has RCA input, crossovers, class D, fanless design.

Where can you buy that for $250?

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Its ~275 at Amazon.com and even ships free.

 

[thylantyr 10+ year member]

After Chucks test, people will be selling their BKA for cheap.

On the IB cult forum, one person just listed theirs for $200. lol

Scare tactics, sell sell sell.. wait for the price to drop to $150... lol

 

[1loudsuv 10+ year member]

shhh for $125 ill buy one hahahaha I dunno how or why but since I put in the box next to my towers the bass is ridiculously louder... so adding a 15" with 400 watts will do for now hahaha

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

Even if the buttkicker kicks down 500w @ 4 ohms, 750w @ 2 ohms clean,is $250 a good price considering it has RCA input, crossovers, class D, fanless design.

Bash 500w is normally $228 {in sale right now for $159} and is 500W @ 4ohms,

not rated for 2 ohms.

Dayton 500w is $298 for 500W @ 4 ohms, not rated for 2 ohms.

Dayton 1000w is $398 for 1000w @ 4 ohms, not rated for 2 ohms.

These Bash - Dayton amps, who knows what they really do vs. specs.

I usually like to play it safe and assume they do less than advertised

if you were to run a stress test like the buttkicker went through.

Behringer EP2500, $350 street price, proven workhorse in the DIY sub world.

Tested recently {same test as the buttkicker} at 2000w @ 4 ohms, but

expect 1400w - 1600w under low voltage conditions. The amp will run into

thermal protect in minutes though. $100 more than buttkicker, but you have

fans, it's full range, not just a sub amp, may need a signal booster if you use

RCA to XLR input, no low pass crossover, but has more power than the buttkicker.

I guess the moral of the story is. In the $250 price range it's 'iffy' if you want

higher power. In the $350 - 400 price range you can feel comfortable that you

can drive the typical 1kw woofer. But if you have a 2kw-3kw woofer {or array of

cheaper woofers}, you will need to get into the $500 - $800 price range for a nice

amp.. and of course you can always go higher.. heh

y is that?

 

[thylantyr 10+ year member]

The amp will run into thermal protect in minutes though.

The rms test method is used to test the amps. It's a sine wave input on

the amp {test tone} and the load is a resistor.

The amplifier is working very hard vs. playing music and it will get got

very fast. If the heatsink/fan design can't dissipate the heat well, the

protection circuit may turn off the amp.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

The amp will run into thermal protect in minutes though.
The rms test method is used to test the amps. It's a sine wave input on

the amp {test tone} and the load is a resistor.

The amplifier is working very hard vs. playing music and it will get got

very fast. If the heatsink/fan design can't dissipate the heat well, the

protection circuit may turn off the amp.

oh ok, so it won't do that with music and movies then...... i got it