Most Underrated Amp Ever?

[AAckley1 10+ year member]

just wondering what was the most grossly under rated based on actual output compared to labeled output?

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[mtlhead 10+ year member]

mine is rated at 100 rms, but puts out 2kw+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[mike dressure 10+ year member]

mine is rated at 100 rms, but puts out 2kw+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

hmmmm cheater amp:yumyum:

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

hmmmm cheater amp:yumyum:

for sale too

 

[dyabolical 10+ year member]

Oops.

 

[dyabolical 10+ year member]

Nvm.

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

lol.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

mark antony ocpm were rated at like 25 rms.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

mine is rated at 100 rms, but puts out 2kw+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

may I ask what it is?

 

[atsaubrey 10+ year member]

Orion Concept 97 rated at 2 watts but actually cranked out 800+

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

may I ask what it is?

american bass cx100.1

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Orion Concept 97 rated at 2 watts but actually cranked out 800+

Actually that was the Concept 98.1. The 97.1 became the HCCA 150 and was rated at 50x2 on channels 1 & 2 and 25x2 (.5 ohm stable) on channels 3&4.

The 98.1 was rated @ 1x2 into 4 ohms and 1600x1 bridged @ 1 ohm (and was rated into a dead short). It was the amp that singlehandedly ended the power class divisions in IASCA. Funny thing was none of the other manufacturers said anything about it being grossly underrated because all their comp amps were underrated, too, just not to that degree.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

pyramid

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

also- soundstream had the class a 5.0... i believe (and i may be wrong, been a while) that it was rated at .5w x2...

 

[frzninvt 10+ year member]

Actually that was the Concept 98.1. The 97.1 became the HCCA 150 and was rated at 50x2 on channels 1 & 2 and 25x2 (.5 ohm stable) on channels 3&4.
The 98.1 was rated @ 1x2 into 4 ohms and 1600x1 bridged @ 1 ohm (and was rated into a dead short). It was the amp that singlehandedly ended the power class divisions in IASCA. Funny thing was none of the other manufacturers said anything about it being grossly underrated because all their comp amps were underrated, too, just not to that degree.

Actually the 98.1 was Orion's premier component set and not an amplifier. The amp was the 97.3 that had the same chassis as the XTR-2250 and 2100 HCCA.

The other pieces were the 97.1 (4-channel amp high current on one side and high power on the other). The other piece was the 97.2 digital equalizer the precursor to the DEQ-30.