New Line of Linear Power Amps Available this Spring

[denim 5,000+ posts]

They look great that's for sure. And BTW the link to www.caraudio-forums.com would not work for me.
AND we need to see them GUTS!

It is Caraudio-forum.com //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[linearpower 10+ year member]

http://caraudio-forum.com/forum/uploads/1294925835/tn_gallery_409_11_772541.jpg

http://caraudio-forum.com/forum/uploads/1294925835/tn_gallery_409_11_219773.jpg

http://caraudio-forum.com/forum/uploads/1290221621/tn_gallery_409_11_315073.jpg

 

[smoothfidelity 10+ year member]

Lol, that amp looks like it was designed by a kindergartener.
Also, you still using a 50 watt PSU in your 150 watt amps like you used to?

Only if the way an amp looked could actually tell your ears how it sounded.....wouldn't that be nice.

If I remember right, the 2150's power supply can handle about 1,200 watts.

Do you want to elaborate on which amp you are referring too, and actually provide some proof of your assumed claims that LP uses inferior power supplies in their amplifiers?

I, for one, have personally benched a good 8 different models of their amps, modded and stock, and all have come close to or surpassed their claimed power ratings. Not to mention, they sounded outstanding while doing it.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

They will not be cheap, but compared to the other SQ brands such as Zapco, Audison, Focal, Tru Technology, Mosconi and the such we come in several hundred dollars cheaper. We do not have the exact prices yet, but the really near ballpark is going to be
LP2075 (75x2 RMS @ 12.8 at 100 HZ or less) 900-1000.00

LP2150 (150x2 RMS same conditions 1200-1300.00

LP2250 (250x2 RMS same conditions 1800-1900.00

One thing you have to remember is that our pwoer ratings are at 12.8 at 100 HZ or less, all the brands I listed are at 14.4 volts at 1Khz. So our power output is SIGNIFICANTLY higher if we rate them like the other brands at 14.4.

Example the LP2150 is rated for 150x2 at 12.8, at 14.4 it makes a minimum of 195 watts a channel RMS. Comparing power versus price the Zapco 150x2 is 1499.00 retail, and the BASE True Technology 110x2 (they don't make a 150x2) is 1599.00 and if you want the SQ stage 4 upgrades (almost all the parts that you get with our STANDARD production unit) the price jumps to 2699.00 for the Tru Technology piece. We are going to be well hated by these companies when word gets out about a really TRUE SQ line of amps we have.

Can you be more specific as to which models from these companies you are referring/comparing to?

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

Can you be more specific as to which models from these companies you are referring/comparing to?

We googled them ... Come on Ryan, He listed the wattage categories. We are not going to list specific model numbers, Why would you want us to ??

 

[smoothfidelity 10+ year member]

**** 2000 for amp?
i guess this is for PRO/competition set up's only

i dont know who in their right mind would spend that much on a daily

Yes, and no.

Those who can afford them also realize that they will probably never have to buy another amplifier again. The value you get from use is unparalleled, but you also get the utmost sound quality to boot.

 

[linearpower 10+ year member]

Here is you one set of prices and specs

TRU Technology

4th April 2011

Billet Series Retail

B-2110 (AD or S) 2 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 2 x 110 watts RMS @ 4 ohm $ 1,599.00

B-475 (AD or S) 4 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 4 x 75 watts RMS @ 4 ohm, $ 1,699.00

B-2200 (AD or S) 2 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 2 x 200 watts RMS @ 4 ohm $ 1,999.00

B-4100 (AD or S) 4 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 4 x 110 watts RMS @ 4 ohm $ 2,199.00

Billet Upgrades

Stage I $ 100.00

Stage II $ 500.00

Stage III $ 800.00

Stage IV $ 1,100.00

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

We googled them ... Come on Ryan, He listed the wattage categories. We are not going to list specific model numbers, Why would you want us to ??

Because you're saying "our amp compared to this company's amp", and not being specific as to which model you're referring to when said company has 3-4 of them. I'm also curious as to which Zapco 2x110 runs $1500 retail, as I don't know of one. I'm not sure if the C2K3.0 is what he was referring to, but even if the retail is that high, it can be had for under $900 from authorized dealers. I'm just saying that if your prices are THE prices you're using, then it's not really accurate to compare it to an overinflated MSRP figure from other high-end amp companies.

Now if the prices he quoted for the LP amps are also MSRP, and actual MAP would be a good bit lower, he should have mentioned that.

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

Here is you one set of prices and specs

TRU Technology

4th April 2011

Billet Series Retail

B-2110 (AD or S) 2 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 2 x 110 watts RMS @ 4 ohm $ 1,599.00

B-475 (AD or S) 4 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 4 x 75 watts RMS @ 4 ohm, $ 1,699.00

B-2200 (AD or S) 2 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 2 x 200 watts RMS @ 4 ohm $ 1,999.00

B-4100 (AD or S) 4 Channel Ultimate SQ Amplifier 4 x 110 watts RMS @ 4 ohm $ 2,199.00

Billet Upgrades

Stage I $ 100.00

Stage II $ 500.00

Stage III $ 800.00

Stage IV $ 1,100.00

Elaborate on these billet up-grades

Also, do the amps include any signal filters (hi-pass, lo-pass?)

Also, forget the hate on the design, it's simple which is nice, and the heat sink looks very old school, which I'm sure alot of people can appreciate.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Sorry if I missed it, but msrp's?

 

[T.I.K. 10+ year member]

Sorry if I missed it, but msrp's?

prices start at 1600.00 and considering upgrades, it looks like they could be over 3000.00

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Oh okay thanks, well out of any budget I would ever have for an amp anymore. Good stuff though.

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

Because you're saying "our amp compared to this company's amp", and not being specific as to which model you're referring to when said company has 3-4 of them. I'm also curious as to which Zapco 2x110 runs $1500 retail, as I don't know of one. I'm not sure if the C2K3.0 is what he was referring to, but even if the retail is that high, it can be had for under $900 from authorized dealers. I'm just saying that if your prices are THE prices you're using, then it's not really accurate to compare it to an overinflated MSRP figure from other high-end amp companies.
Now if the prices he quoted for the LP amps are also MSRP, and actual MAP would be a good bit lower, he should have mentioned that.

This is the Zapco page we were looking at when I was at Ray's that night ...

Zapco competition lineup ... Zapco - Competiton

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

We will be at Spring Break Nationals in a booth with demo vehicles to show, and product that can be held and looked at. We have also re-done the heat sink design to improve an already good design. These things are going to look great inside and out and perform like nothing on the market. The 2.2HV from our line was a well respected SQ amp but the LP2150 blows it away in every instance. I will post pics in a short while, I am working with one hand and typing with the other at the moment, it may be a hour or so but I will get pics up of the prototype and the new heat sink design. Until then anyone wanting to see them can go to Linear Power Inc. - For The Love Of Music for info and a pic, or http://www.caraudio-forums.com where we have even more internal and external pics and information from people that have got to test the prototypes.

Looking forward to it -- I had a 2.2HV in my car years ago and it was a great amp *thumbs up*

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

Elaborate on these billet up-grades

prices start at 1600.00 and considering upgrades, it looks like they could be over 3000.00

Tru Technology Billet up-grades (stage kits) ... :: TRU Technology ::

Also, do the amps include any signal filters (hi-pass, lo-pass?)

He exilained all this in this post Sir ...

Everything in these amps was done with a purpose for SQ and reliability. The amps share NOTHING between the two channels, they source their own ground from one common point in the power supply and are not combined anywhere in the signal chain. Every signal path in the amp is shrouded by a ground trace on each side of the signal line to create a 360 degree noise shield around the signal, the board is 3 OZ copper, the big big class D amps are proud of saying they use 2 OZ copper. We use 3 OZ to minimize any high current losses, increase efficiency, and to reduce heat build up in the board.
We use twin Burr Brown op-amps and neither channel is shared between the two. Every electrolytic cap in the signal path and some in the power supply use WIMA by-pass caps as a SQ improvement. Tru Technology gets several hindred dollars jsut to add these caps as one of their stage upgrade to the amps.

Even the gain pot is a 10% part where the standard for the industry is a 20% gain pot. The gain pot is the nearest point that the two signal paths come to each other.

These amps can be ordered with a DIP header and a DIP pack to set the voltage input exactly to the headunit (2,4,5 7,8 volts in) instead of using a gain control. There will be a plug in crossover card availiable and factory installed when ordering for the people that want a crossover. For those who don't the siganl path will be un-effected by the crossover since it will not be plugged in. The crossover card will also utilize a gain control or DIP packs to exactly set the crossover points and stop any chance of signal difference between the two channels. Ther is plenty more I can go over about these amps. We will post a pic of the old heat sink in a little bit and I will go over those improvements we added to the new heat sink. These amps can't be touched by anything we have done in the past and will outperform anything on the market that is true SQ.

The power filtering is handled in three stages to decrease noise to a bare minimum, the power is filtered directly at the bridge rectifiers, then again when leaving the power supply in the center of the board, and again directly at the output devices to keep the power to them as squeaky clean as possible and to storing energy directly at the output devices. All caps are high grade audio caps, that are extremely low ESR and high temp caps. 6 different protection systems protect the amp, and are non-interactiive with the signal path. This is just a few of the advantages to this amp.

Power supply efficiency is in the plus 80 percent range and over all efficiency is in the low to mid 70 percent range. The LP2150 will make rated power of 150 x 2 with 30 amps of current. An example of the 2.2HV versus the first prototype of the LP2150, the 2.2HV had an internal voltage of 97 volts and the LP2150 had an internal voltage of 84 volts, yet the power output was almost identical except at low frequency and the 2150 beat the 2.2HV, the final version of the 2150 makes tons more power than a 2.2HV and also sounds tons better, and the 2.2HV was known as one of the great SQ amps.

We also use the highest grade of audio devices currently offered by On semi (Motorola) these devices only run at 30 percent of their capability, they are also the largest plastic cased audio devices on the market (they have the EXACT electrical specs as the meatl cased TO-3 transistor, these are TO-3P devices, they are jsut derated by 25 watts of heat dissaparion from the TO-3 metal cased parts). we used these to dissapate heat effectively and quickly into the heat sink. The power supply only runs at around 27 percent of its capability at rated power. This terminates in well over 3 dB of headroom, and the damping factor is rated at the speaker terminals at 20 Hzs at greater than 375, not taken from an point on the circuit board to get a higher rating or at a higher frequency to make the figure bigger.