Cleanest sounding amplifiers

[lanman_aw]

I am interesting in the opinions from other forum users regarding the amplifier they would most recommend for clarity and sonic purity.

I am thinking of putting a system together and have some preferences of my own when it comes to amps. Here's what I now have.

Soundstream Reference Class A 6.0 2-Ch 50x2 RMS

Coustic Amp 268u 4-ch 50x4 RMS

Coustic Amp 360u 2-ch 70x2 RMS

Coustic Amp 162u 2-ch 35x2 RMS

Altec Lansing ALA 552 2-Ch 50x2

I am thinking of substituting the 3 Coustic Amps for a Soundstream Van Gogh 800.5 which is a 5 Channel amp.

Cosutic amps have reputations of being quite powerful but in terms of clarity I am not sure how they stack up against more expensive brands like A/D/S, Soundstream and Xtant. The Coustic amps would be driving Midranges, Mid-Bass and highs respectively as I have them listed. The Altec would be assigned the role of driving a Subwoofer in bridged mode.

Crossing over would be done by a combination of a Cosutic XM5e and a Rockford Symmetry EPX.

Does anyone have any other ideas regarding this configuration?

Thanks.

I'm open to any other ideas.

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[req 5,000+ posts]

i think i have that same 35x2rms coustic amp. is its the little silver one with red lettering?

 

[lanman_aw]

Yes. That description is quite accurate.

 

[abcheng 10+ year member]

altec lansing makes car amps?

 

[italianlifter17 10+ year member]

my hifonics sounded good until it turned off

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

There aren't clear amps. There are powerful amps, and not so powerful amps. Buy your amps for power, features and overall quality. Not how they sound.

 

[Shinobi 10+ year member]

Soundstream makes better amps then coustic IMO . Go for the soundstream

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

can amps sound clean? i thought a watt was a watt? is there a cleaner watt?

 

[Shinobi 10+ year member]

there are amps that are better designed and put out a better dampening factors and higher signal to noise ratio's and lower THD's . those amps would be classified as better for speakers and components .

 

[aphinney 10+ year member]

memphis mojo baby...or the MA audio hk4000d

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

can amps sound clean? i thought a watt was a watt? is there a cleaner watt?

A watt is a watt is the same as saying horsepower is horsepower (one horsepower is the same no matter the engine), but that doesn't mean that all engines are equal................

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

memphis mojo baby...or the MA audio hk4000d

are you a complete tard? hes wanting to push some mids, and tweets. amps that big would rip those little speakers to bits!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/waycrazy.gif.f4a380c3f94043939fd369defd9e6be2.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

A watt is a watt is the same as saying horsepower is horsepower (one horsepower is the same no matter the engine), but that doesn't mean that all engines are equal................

very good way of phrasing that...my engine outdisplaces all these small little cars, but we'd see who comes off first off the line //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=42474

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Riddle me this:

If amps don't affect SQ, then how can you explain the fact that *most* car audio class D amps aren't recommended to be played above ~500hz...............