New Power Acoustik Series Amps

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

the 5500 has 4 40s and should be good for 1400-1600 ideally, not in real world terms however. There only good series other the the db's is the phanatik 5500, which does 2000 rms in a regular install environment clamped on 13v.

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

well i emailed Power acoustik for more info and this is what I got back the next day:
Hello,

Honestly, I do not have a test report at 13.8 volts. You are right, our amps are generously rated. If you are looking for an amplifier with the kind of power that you see advertised, this is not the product for you…

Brandon

Technical Support

Epsilon

Group of Companies

loool, now thats funny.

 

[Farmacist 10+ year member]

well what do you expect? Power Acoustik is a mainstream budget company, and when it comes to ppl that dont know anything and just go by number of watts they see on the box, PA has a better chance of selling stuff than rating it fairly.... that and because the owner of epsilon doesn't care as long as it sells... but it doesnt apply to all of the other branches they own like PPI and SS

 

[dave_damage 10+ year member]

Also, Brandon is a real cool dude. ******!!!

 

[anibal 10+ year member]

At least he was honest about it and not try beating around the bush

yes that he was, but not the answer I was looking for from a customer service department.

something more like, honestly that amp will do 100wrms not 200wrms etc etc..

 

[_AnGeL_ 10+ year member]

lol @ email.

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

I had a BAMF 5500, actually still do, it's blown in my garage

Don't run that bish at 1/2 ohm //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif it did fine at 1 tho

 

[_AnGeL_ 10+ year member]

when did the fanatik series come out? 200X???

 

[anibal 10+ year member]

I had a BAMF 5500, actually still do, it's blown in my garage

Don't run that bish at 1/2 ohm //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif it did fine at 1 tho

what did you blow on it?

whats the rated power again at 1ohm 3200watts at 16 volts?? lol

what got me on these new PA amps is that the BAMF and STAX series actually have some serious fusing on them compared to their other lines from now and before.

the STAX 2300/4 has 30x3 on it with a claimed 2300 watts peak, 200x4rms x 4.

But realistically possibly 100-125wrms (depending on the components on the board), if true not shabby for PA multi-channel.

Personally I bought a Cadence iA4, couldn't pass it up. Buddy has a DCA-4100 that I installed and that thing bumps for a 90x4 amp (40x2 fuses), its running CVL-6k components and 2 12" Powerbass subs wired for 4ohm.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

well i emailed Power acoustik for more info and this is what I got back the next day:
Hello,

Honestly, I do not have a test report at 13.8 volts. You are right, our amps are generously rated. If you are looking for an amplifier with the kind of power that you see advertised, this is not the product for you…

Brandon

Technical Support

Epsilon

Group of Companies

Perfectly respectable answer IMO. He said it like it is. I'd rather see that than some BS'er talker trying to sugar coat it.

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

what did you blow on it?

man juice

jk, listening to jon young a few weeks ago

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

Anyone want to buy a blown BAMF 5500?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

little over 14 volts at the amp, power light comes on, no protect....fuses are all good, no output from the amp

 

[Big_Nasty_Beat 10+ year member]

50 bucks

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

Power Acoustik amps are "hypothetically" rated, and even then they still slather on some generosity. They're rated at 16V while assuming 100% efficiency. At a realistic 14V in a real world scenario, you'd be lucky to see maybe half of its rated power.

My advice, beat your head against the wall until the idea of using PA products goes away.

 

[passion2]

Even with today's technology the lower brands have came a long way.