come on rockford.. THIS is an anniversary edition?!?

[trust fund baby]

opened up my punch 25-life punch 150 (an amp with a birthsheet regularly topping a thousand watts) and.... this is whats in it. wheres the beef?

Click to read more...

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Well these are rated 75x2 @4ohm. So I'm not really sure what you were hoping for. They do test out at more like 300x2@4

 

[trust fund baby]

Well these are rated 75x2 @4ohm. So I'm not really sure what you were hoping for. They do test out at more like 300x2@4

they regularly come with birthsheets near a thousand watts. I expect an amp that's **** near 2 ft long to have a reason to be this physically large. you open up an old rf amp capable of a thousand watts, and you see it packed full of electronics. this is just... big for the sake of big. add to it that it was a special edition "flagship" product, and its dissapointing.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Well I'm sure it will do 500x2@2 and 1000x1 bridged @4. It will definitely make its power. I'm sure this is more efficient than the old RF amps that made power but could literally fry an egg. My old 800@2 would get too hot yo even touch (at 1ohm bridged lol)

 

[trust fund baby]

I'm going to run it on some components anyhow, so its not a huge factor.. but I expected more

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

circuit design isn't as straightforward as more components = better and more stable power

there's A LOT more to it. in fact, a simpler design is ideal, it has more efficiency, less noise, and less components to fail over time. on top of that, if its a 'beefy' amplifier with a bunch of components in a small case it wont dissipate heat properly when compared to a better simple design that produces the same power with less components, there's going to be less heat.

the hardest thing to do with circuits is simplify and reduce them, anyone can go copy another board and put their **** on it. improving a design and reducing its complexity (or increasing complexity, provided the goal necessitates it) is much more realistic than simply adding more **** so people think its a beefy amp

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

edit; double post

 

[trust fund baby]

circuit design isn't as straightforward as more components = better and more stable power
there's A LOT more to it. in fact, a simpler design is ideal, it has more efficiency, less noise, and less components to fail over time. on top of that, if its a 'beefy' amplifier with a bunch of components in a small case it wont dissipate heat properly when compared to a better simple design that produces the same power with less components, there's going to be less heat.

the hardest thing to do with circuits is simplify and reduce them, anyone can go copy another board and put their **** on it. improving a design and reducing its complexity (or increasing complexity, provided the goal necessitates it) is much more realistic than simply adding more **** so people think its a beefy amp

valuable input, thank you. I just wish, with this amount of circuitry, it could have a smaller footprint.

 

[Massive spl]

Shoulda bought a $100 crunch amp instead hehe

 

[trust fund baby]

Shoulda bought a $100 crunch amp instead hehe

I still could.

 

[tymoto21 10+ year member]

I like the anology would you rather haul a tank with 10 civics or one semi...

Bigger better components suited to the job will work best every time

So they chose 5 good fets vs 25 crap ones

 

[Massive spl]

Double post shlt

 

[Massive spl]

opened up my punch 25-life punch 150 (an amp with a birthsheet regularly topping a thousand watts) and.... this is whats in it. wheres the beef?

Does that picture have all the parts on the board? It looks like it can have 4 more big caps on it. Has a outline for them to go there

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

This thing will definately **** some components

 

[trust fund baby]

Does that picture have all the parts on the board? It looks like it can have 4 more big caps on it. Has a outline for them to go there

yup, its complete and fully functional, as it left the factory.

This thing will definately **** some components

hope so //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif