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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 4106302" data-attributes="member: 555320">The story goes that the xe.load &quot;sets&quot; the regulated outputs of the amplifier based upon the load connected to it at start up.&nbsp; So if at start up it &quot;sees&quot; no connected load, then the xe.load regulation is bypassed and the amplifier functions essentially like a &quot;normal&quot; amplifier (i.e. without regulated outputs).&nbsp; And since the regulated outputs essentially limit the power output from increasing as impedance decreases, by bypassing the xe.load regulation at lower impedance the amplifier will provide increased power output just like a &quot;normal&quot; amplifier would.&nbsp; It was claimed the x600.1 was capable of over 2kw with under 1% THD and around 3kw just before smoke rolled.&nbsp; To achieve this you supposedly use a DEI 528T timer relay wired into the outputs of the amp and the subs, so that when the amplifier turned on the relay would stay &quot;open&quot; for a certain period of time (3 seconds or so) so that the amplifier did not &quot;see&quot; the connected subs when it started up.Now, I&#039;ve not heard of anyone actually trying this other than the one person who started circulating the information.&nbsp; Second, assuming it did work, how long the amplifier lasts depends upon 1) whether the internals were designed to actually handle that level of sustained power output and 2) whether the heatsink &amp;amp; other heat dissipation features were designed to properly dissipate that level of heat.In short; IMO if you need that much power, buy an amplifier specifically designed to do so rather than jerryrigging a PG Xenon to do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 4106302, member: 555320"] The story goes that the xe.load "sets" the regulated outputs of the amplifier based upon the load connected to it at start up. So if at start up it "sees" no connected load, then the xe.load regulation is bypassed and the amplifier functions essentially like a "normal" amplifier (i.e. without regulated outputs). And since the regulated outputs essentially limit the power output from increasing as impedance decreases, by bypassing the xe.load regulation at lower impedance the amplifier will provide increased power output just like a "normal" amplifier would. It was claimed the x600.1 was capable of over 2kw with under 1% THD and around 3kw just before smoke rolled. To achieve this you supposedly use a DEI 528T timer relay wired into the outputs of the amp and the subs, so that when the amplifier turned on the relay would stay "open" for a certain period of time (3 seconds or so) so that the amplifier did not "see" the connected subs when it started up. Now, I've not heard of anyone actually trying this other than the one person who started circulating the information. Second, assuming it [I]did[/I] work, how long the amplifier lasts depends upon 1) whether the internals were designed to actually handle that level of sustained power output and 2) whether the heatsink & other heat dissipation features were designed to properly dissipate that level of heat. In short; IMO if you need that much power, buy an amplifier specifically designed to do so rather than jerryrigging a PG Xenon to do it. [/QUOTE]

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