Finalizing My Upgrade List

[big scott]

i have a ppi amp and i love it. take a look at them...

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

A JL HD is not a PPI. And look how much headroom those two have, those 750 watt on each speaker amps are barely doing anything.

Scott has said himself he used the JL HD amplifiers to make a point about full range Class D. That was why I dropped his and Eldridge's names. Nowhere did I state JL HD and PPI Phantom are on par with each other.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Scott has said himself he used the JL HD amplifiers to make a point about full range Class D. That was why I dropped his and Eldridge's names. Nowhere did I state JL HD and PPI Phantom are on par with each other.

He has said that but what kind of point did he really make. He ran 750 watt full range amps on a modded bit 1 on 8 100 watt speakers.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

He has said that but what kind of point did he really make. He ran 750 watt full range amps on a modded bit 1 on 8 100 watt speakers.

Wouldn't you do everything you could possibly do to get better sound if you were going for World Champion in your class? I mentioned headroom earlier as a priority over the amplifier's toplogy. If he wanted a similar amount of power on Class AB it would have taken significantly more space as well as drawn more current. The power handling of the speakers is irrelevant. Modded Bit One, that goes back to doing everything he felt necessary to get a better score. Is this personal against Scott or do you just not like that I'm promoting budget friendly proven over and over ampliifers in the same context as more expensive amplifiers with better build quality?

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Wouldn't you do everything you could possibly do to get better sound if you were going for World Champion in your class? I mentioned headroom earlier as a priority over the amplifier's toplogy. If he wanted a similar amount of power on Class AB it would have taken significantly more space as well as drawn more current. The power handling of the speakers is irrelevant. Modded Bit One, that goes back to doing everything he felt necessary to get a better score. Is this personal against Scott or do you just not like that I'm promoting budget friendly proven over and over ampliifers in the same context as more expensive amplifiers with better build quality?

I'm just making relevant conversation. He did it to show D will work but look what he did to make it work. He could have used 600/4s but he didn't. IMO all he proved was that's what it took to make D outperform A/B

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

I'm just making relevant conversation. He did it to show D will work but look what he did to make it work. He could have used 600/4s but he didn't. IMO all he proved was that's what it took to make D outperform A/B

I don't agree with that at all. I advocate Class D over AB even at the same power level. A good Class D amplifier is not a sacrifice in sound.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I can say from MY personal experience... When I bought my first 300/2 I tried it and a 600/4 using the front channels. Both gains set with a DMM for 150 watts. The 300 was warm and full across the bandwidth, the 600 was full in the mid range but dull it the top end. It was a direct swap, EQ flat both times. They where tested within 20 minutes of each other. Even the JL salesman agreed with me even though he wanted the bigger sale. His only push with the HD was it's size and ease of install.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

I can say from MY personal experience... When I bought my first 300/2 I tried it and a 600/4 using the front channels. Both gains set with a DMM for 150 watts. The 300 was warm and full across the bandwidth, the 600 was full in the mid range but dull it the top end. It was a direct swap, EQ flat both times. They where tested within 20 minutes of each other. Even the JL salesman agreed with me even though he wanted the bigger sale. His only push with the HD was it's size and ease of install.

That is the subjective part of comparing amplifiers, which I cannot deny because I've experienced it myself.