Identify this US Amp *PICS*

[Farmacist 10+ year member]

that is one ****n long amp ...woow

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

I wouldn't.

And I am not be-littleing someones choice of amp... it really is old junk, just stating a fact, that's not an opinion....

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

Old Skool Rules! I mean come on who wouldn't want 40" of purpley amp?

The VLX-400 I have here is about 45.5" long and I told the guy to never send one of these things here ever again. I hate working on them.... Such a pain in the *** to take apart and put back together.... yuck... purplely old junk....

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't.
And I am not be-littleing someones choice of amp... it really is old junk, just stating a fact, that's not an opinion....

Proof they are junk?

The 12 us amps I have owned have all been bulletproof.

Edit: And yes i have owned a 2 vlxs.

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

VLX 200 old school

Def possible! Just a little different in there!

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

Proof they are junk?
The 12 us amps I have owned have all been bulletproof.

Edit: And yes i have owned a 2 vlxs.

I suppose if they were run within their proper limitations they would be okay, but I have had enough of them come through here that I have drawn my conclusion. This particular guy with the VLX-400 has 4 of them. He's not hitting the numbers in the comps that he wants too.... he has never heard of most of the stuff that his competitors are running, proof that he didn't do his homework. Living in the past. Way more bang for the buck with the newer amps, and if you ever have to work on an old US Amps better be careful, like the old Orions, the PCB tears up really easily. Total PITA all the way around if you ask me. Just not interested.

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

Def possible! Just a little different in there!

Same heatsink, different boards. The one he is looking at his probably an older model than the one you posted and is probably rated for less power, doesn't look like it has the caps in it to be rated like the VLX-200. It has to be some other weird older model US Amps.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

I suppose if they were run within their proper limitations they would be okay, but I have had enough of them come through here that I have drawn my conclusion. This particular guy with the VLX-400 has 4 of them. He's not hitting the numbers in the comps that he wants too.... he has never heard of most of the stuff that his competitors are running, proof that he didn't do his homework. Living in the past. Way more bang for the buck with the newer amps, and if you ever have to work on an old US Amps better be careful, like the old Orions, the PCB tears up really easily. Total PITA all the way around if you ask me. Just not interested.

That I can understand. Thank you for clarifying.

I agree there are more powerful amps for the money and if you are trying to compete SPL I would not go old school at all, but for daily there is nothing wrong with a little nostalgia. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, I was over 100 amps as of jan 15th of last year I am down to 15 or so left and that is not counting the ones I have picked up here and there recently.
spendy addiction.

I still have over 100 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

If you can grab that at a reasonable price you should do it. I'm sure you won't regret it.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Seems to be really rare...maybe one of a kind custom amp?

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

That I can understand. Thank you for clarifying.
I agree there are more powerful amps for the money and if you are trying to compete SPL I would not go old school at all, but for daily there is nothing wrong with a little nostalgia. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Nah nothing wrong with that, I thought about running my Colossus in my Caprice daily... LOL.. imagine what some people who knew what it was would say?

 

[vellocet 10+ year member]

Well I doubt asking at us amps would do any good with the current ownership. Anyone know who designed these boards? Maybe that could help you track it down. Like if it was a zed build, you could go ask zed.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Nah nothing wrong with that, I thought about running my Colossus in my Caprice daily... LOL.. imagine what some people who knew what it was would say?

If I ever find a series viii colossus I will run it daily on two 12s instead of the zeus I am running now on one 12.

 

[Vwbuskid 10+ year member]

That I can understand. Thank you for clarifying.
I agree there are more powerful amps for the money and if you are trying to compete SPL I would not go old school at all, but for daily there is nothing wrong with a little nostalgia. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Especially because this amp would be going into a 60's purple VW Bus //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

If you can grab that at a reasonable price you should do it. I'm sure you won't regret it.

What would you guys consider a reasonable price?

Seems to be really rare...maybe one of a kind custom amp?

That'd be sweet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif