Lanzar amps and why they ****.

[ChiefontheDitty 10+ year member]

I was wondering if anyone could give me some info on why lanzar amps ****. I have noticed alot of people think they are trash so could you guys name some reasons why. Thanks, Chief

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[duece212 5,000+ posts]

I think their refurbs ****...for the opti 2000d atleast. I as well as 3 people I know got DOA or quick failing refurb amps.

I have a opti200.2 that was purchased new. Its running great and sounds great.

 

[folgrz 10+ year member]

never really liked lanzar anyways

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

cause the new shit is owned by pyramid..... nothing like the old school "real" lanzar stuff

 

[ChiefontheDitty 10+ year member]

What about brand new lanzar amps, anybody have some info on them.

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

thats what i was speaking of the new stuff is much worse than the old stuff...pyramid now...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

There's nothing that makes them inherently bad. Most of their lineup outputs rated power or very close thereto, and do it with low distortion and reliably. Yes, they are designed to be less expensive, and because of that they will have higher failure rates compared to some of the high brands. But they don't fail anymore often than other products in their relative price range......which is to say not extremely often.

And they are not owned by Pyramid, they are owned by Sound Around.

But then again.....a lot of people like to bash products they know nothing about or have never used..... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

Opti's are actually solid amps for the $$...

 

[ChiefontheDitty 10+ year member]

So really nobody has a solid reason for not liking lanzar.

 

[zfactor 10+ year member]

only reason i dont like them and this may have changed is when we tries selling them and had a number of bad ones (few years back) getting them warranties was hell took forever usually directly through them... and at that time they were changing from "old" lanzar to new lanzar and this may have been the cause i havent sold them in at least over 3 years so the new stuff may be decent but i know the early "new" stuff was junk we had way to many going bad...

 

[azazel 10+ year member]

The Lanzar amp I had once put out it's rated power and sounded great. It worked to the day I sold it.

 

[hcoronado 10+ year member]

Back in the days my friends had a few of those amps (old school) and they were ok for the money but they were not as reliable as Orion, fosgate and other well know brands.

The reason why i don’t like them is because they started showing up in flea market sales or swamp meet.

Another reason why i don’t like them is because i saw my friends go through them like underwear (due to failure, overheating and sound quality).

Cheap? yes

Good quality? mmmmmmm......that's up to discussion.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I was tossing a 2ohm bridged load to my older (but Sound Around era) Lanzar Vibe 4-channel.

Went into protection after 20 seconds like it should, and never let out the magic smoke. Had like that for a couple weeks while I was awaiting my new amp too. Worked like a charm afterwards aswell.

Pretty solid IME.

 

[deadboi77 10+ year member]

^Thats pretty impressive.

 

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

i run a 1ohm load on my opti 200.2... put's out over 1kw //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif solid amps