DB-R's top picks for WORST amplifier design..

[Parker G 10+ year member]

Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
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lulz

That ones good. lol

 

[jrouter76 10+ year member]

Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
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lulz

not if I have a smoking gun as evidence

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

That ones good. lol

that's why i have had it in my sig for years..........

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

yes I agree I have a 4-channel classAB kx800.4 setting under my bed now with 2-channels blown, i also have a class d kx2500d that I`m using and not a problem with it I also have a class d dx350 amp that is built like a tank and no problems.....so I have to agree cheap built Korean amps are the zx and the kx class AB amps.....from now on I will stick with the older kicker stuff it was better built.

but your 02KX8004 is almost 8 years old now.

nothing is totally bullet, nor age proof.

 

[jrouter76 10+ year member]

but your 02KX8004 is almost 8 years old now.
nothing is totally bullet, nor age proof.

yes but it was brand new in box still sealed , this is not a used amp it is still new.

 

[evilkokonut 10+ year member]

lol regardless of how true this thread is, I recommended and had my room mate buy a kicker kx 250.2 and planet audio p2250d :-/

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

yes but it was brand new in box still sealed , this is not a used amp it is still new.

so it's been sitting somewhere, for almost 8 years?

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

lol regardless of how true this thread is, I recommended and had my room mate buy a kicker kx 250.2 and planet audio p2250d :-/

I don't care where you stand in this thread...thats some funny shit.

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

db-r did nothing wrong

i dont really think jumping all over him for voicing his opinion from his personal experience is very well-founded

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Exactly.
His list is highly dependent upon the total sales of the amplifiers, his specific customer base/business and customer demographics, use of the amplifiers he's repaired, when the failure occurs, etc etc.

Just because he's repair more 2500D's than he has Brand X amplifiers doesn't mean that the Brand X amplifiers don't have a higher percentage of failures compared to total units sold, for example.

He might simply have more 2500D's sent to his business than he does Brand X due to his customer base. Maybe very few people who own a Brand X amplifier have actually heard of his company, while he is more well known to those 2500D owners who've sent their amps to him.

Or maybe the Brand X's fail while still under warranty so they are repaired by the manufacturer as opposed to being sent out to an independent repair service (such as his) whereas the 2500D's fail after warranty and it's cheaper for him to repair as opposed to sending it into Orion.

There are dozens of variables that are going to affect his "list", making it highly unreliable and inaccurate.

To reiterate just a few of the reasons why his list is highly unreliable (pun intended).

 

[AudioAnonymous 10+ year member]

db-r did nothing wrongi dont really think jumping all over him for voicing his opinion from his personal experience is very well-founded

x2

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

db-r did nothing wrongi dont really think jumping all over him for voicing his opinion from his personal experience is very well-founded

In my humble opinion, the main problem here is in his presentation of his information.

Given all of the variables, he hardly has the necessary data to determine what the "worst" used amplifiers are or to rate amplifiers based solely on his invoices.

Now, if he had simply said something along the lines of "if you are having a problem with X amplifier, this is the most common reason for failure I have observed....."

But that's NOT how he labeled or presented the information. He pretends (and labeled the information) as if he has some knowledge that in reality he does not possess. And most manufacturer's, I presume, would not take kindly to being slandered against based on faulty or fallible information.

 

[jrouter76 10+ year member]

so it's been sitting somewhere, for almost 8 years?

no more like6 years of setting aroundIts been under my bed for a little over a year, I did not abuse the amp are used it incorrectly.....it was used to run my active setup and I did use a meter to set my gains so that I was not sending my front stage a clipped signal...I was playing it one at moderate listening level and it just stop playing my tweets...like I said I like kicker amps but there seems t0o be some truth what DB-r says aboth the KX AB series of amps .

 

[Macklessdaddy 10+ year member]

Regardless of how long he's been doing the work, it seems that the amps he chose have issues beyond what is in the realm of normal for standard usage, he's simply stating that fact. How about you guys get off each others coccks and let it go.

no shit

 

[PRHo 10+ year member]

It reminds me of npdangs comparison of tc2+ vs atlas.