Just bought a vibe litebox stereo 4

[Bassin Buick]

Just bought one for my uncle. I sold his kac-x40 on ebay and he wanted this to replace it.

Anybody i know on here have experience with them? I have read a few threads about them being identical to arc mini's but nobody ever came back to say how they sounded or compared to a arc.

I btw will come back and give my 2 cents on it when it gets here , but until then anybody got anything bad or good to say about them??

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[Bass911 10+ year member]

I could be wrong, but I think Arc Audio has something to do with this amp?

 

[Bassin Buick]

i have seen side by side guts comparisons and it looks to be the same design. Just hundreds cheaper. I was hoping someone had ran one so i could know what to expect when it gets here.

Its gonna be running (4) 6" seleniums and a pair of ST350 horns crossed over through dayton 4,500hz 2 way crossovers.

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

I saw these on sonic electronix the other day. They really interest me for some reason. They look to be quality built but I wish they had a closer pic of the circuit board. I'd like to see the layout up close. They have a little class d as well that is strappable . Looks like promising stuff for stealthy or small installs.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Search DIYMA , there is a thread that shows them back to back with arc mini's. They are identical as far as i can tell except the vibe is upside down with the controls.

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/amplifiers/496338-4-channel-amp-good-out-three.html

HOT!!HOT!! Weekend only. Cheep arc audio mini clone! - Page 3 - DIYMA.com

Its a very nice little amp. Again it does more like 75 x 4 but the sq from this amp is quite impressive. Your right tho the guts look very similar to the arc audio guts on page 3 there. Overall its a great amp they push my silver flutes and vifa tweets quite nice.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Same circuit design. Chances are good that the Arc either went overboard on the build components or uses significant markup for their name. Likely a combination of the two.

 

[Bassin Buick]

So , I got it in today. Great sounding amp , very powerful for such a small size but in the end it is heading back to sonicelectronix for a refund. Within 5 to 10 minutes of playing at high volume it was too hot to touch. I check all the usual suspects , voltage was at 13.5-.8 at full tilt at the amp , gains were respectably set at between minimum and 1/4th , but it was running 2 channel bridged at 4 ohms. Pushing 4 Selenium 6's and a pair of selenium horns ran thru dayton 2 way crossovers , ohms load on the crossovers with all speakers connected was 3.9 which is just fine. But we opted to send it back because it would never last in the florida heat running that hot.

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

Did you give the amp a gap to breathe when you mounted it? The fan is on the bottom of the amp and needs a small gap to ventilate air or else it becomes hot as ****. When i first flushed mount my amp on my seat it became way to hot to touch but after giving it some air room the amp barely gets warm now.

 

[ArthurIhde 10+ year member]

Hmmm,you made a good chioce.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Hmmm,you made a good chioce.

???

Do you think before you poast?

 

[Bassin Buick]

Did you give the amp a gap to breathe when you mounted it? The fan is on the bottom of the amp and needs a small gap to ventilate air or else it becomes hot as ****. When i first flushed mount my amp on my seat it became way to hot to touch but after giving it some air room the amp barely gets warm now.

Yes , it just couldn't do 4 ohm bridged without running hot as hell.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Did you give the amp a gap to breathe when you mounted it? The fan is on the bottom of the amp and needs a small gap to ventilate air or else it becomes hot as ****. When i first flushed mount my amp on my seat it became way to hot to touch but after giving it some air room the amp barely gets warm now.

Yes , it just couldn't do 4 ohm bridged without running hot as hell.

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

That's too bad :\