Opinions on Ultimate T3 500D?

[volonau 10+ year member]

Congrats!

 

[c_hayhurst 10+ year member]

IT'S HERE!!!!!!!! man this thing is heavy. i'm liking it. hopefully will be able to start my install this weekend. will post pics later.

d.amnit!!

Mine hasn't arrived yet.

Now I am getting p1ssed off!

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[dilligaf241 10+ year member]

sorry hayhurst. if he didn't ship yours till the day you filed a dispute on him then it will be a few more days. it did get here though so at least you know he isn't a scam artist.

 

[dilligaf241 10+ year member]

for everyone that has used these amps, my 1000d has this on the end of it,,,

but i thought you couldn't bridge a mono amp and the booklet that came with it has the section for bridged power blank. so what's up with it? marked wrong on the amp?

 

[AAAAAAA 10+ year member]

Mono amps are internally bridged, so if you plug in your two 4 ohms subs in it in "stereo", the amp will see 2 ohms.

 

[dilligaf241 10+ year member]

not sure i'm following on this. why is there even a bridged position on these amps? i can't afford to cook this thing hooking it up so i wanna make sure that it's right and i've never seen one set up like this one. what would happen if it was hooked up in the bridged position? what would the load be then? could you take a look at this for me http://www.ultimate-sound.com/template/default/pdfs/T3/T3TechSpec1000.pdf

 

[DDeitz 10+ year member]

their has to be a catch, that much power for that price..

 

[dilligaf241 10+ year member]

talked to a few people running these on a canadian board and they seem pretty impressed with them. also seem to be some fans here too.

 

[volonau 10+ year member]

I just got finished doing extensive tests on both the T3-1000d and the T3-500d.

The T3-1000d is two 500's in one case.

A pair of 500's bridged will do 1 ohm.

A 1000 will not do 1.5ohm or below.

power at 11.8v

T3-500x4ohm=500w

T3-1000x4ohm=1000w

T3-500x2ohm=900w

T3-1000x2ohm=1800w

T3-500x1ohm=1575w

T3-1000x1ohm=3150w but goes into protection

2 bridged T3-500's into 1ohm=3150w

 

[White Ram 10+ year member]

I just got finished doing extensive tests on both the T3-1000d and the T3-500d. The T3-1000d is two 500's in one case.

A pair of 500's bridged will do 1 ohm.

A 1000 will not do 1.5ohm or below.

power at 11.8v

T3-500x4ohm=500w

T3-1000x4ohm=1000w

T3-500x2ohm=900w

T3-1000x2ohm=1800w

T3-500x1ohm=1575w

T3-1000x1ohm=3150w but goes into protection

2 bridged T3-500's into 1ohm=3150w

How efficient are these amps(current draw?) Did you notice the THD on the t3-1000? Did you test @ 14.4v? I am very interested in your reply!!

 

[volonau 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222186&highlight=t3-1000d

 

[dilligaf241 10+ year member]

volonau, thanks so much for the benchtest results.... these things are INSANE for the price! i'm so glad i got it. can see now that when i finish paying for all this stuff i'm gonna have to get some better subs. these aren't going to last long i'm afraid.

 

[c_hayhurst 10+ year member]

volonau, thanks so much for the benchtest results.... these things are INSANE for the price! i'm so glad i got it. can see now that when i finish paying for all this stuff i'm gonna have to get some better subs. these aren't going to last long i'm afraid.

Here are some 12"'s for stupid cheap. I'm going to be using one 500D to power each sub at 2 Ohms for 900W RMS per sub, for 2 subs total.

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224741

That is, if my amps ever get here.

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[volonau 10+ year member]

volonau, thanks so much for the benchtest results.... these things are INSANE for the price! i'm so glad i got it. can see now that when i finish paying for all this stuff i'm gonna have to get some better subs. these aren't going to last long i'm afraid.

A couple of Mach 5 MAW15's would be a good if you have the room. I just finished testing the 12.

It did a 138.2 in 2.5 ported with one 1000d at half/800w burp.

Working on a dual sealed this evening.

 

[dilligaf241 10+ year member]

working with a dual sealed 12" and only have 1.5 cf to deal with cause of car size.