familyguy9877
Member
Review of Amplifier:
I just wanted to make a quick post about the Planet Audio AC5000.1d I purchased this amp for just over $140 USD on eBay shipped to my door just for fun with very low expectations of actual RMS output and am pleased to say it has surprised me with the amount of power it makes for the price.
This was by no means a very sophisticated or scientific test but just a quick real world clamp. The amp was on mostly stock electrical on 1 15” Fi BL wired to 1 ohm in about a 3 cube ported box tuned in the low 30 range for this test and it clamped as follows.
Planet audio rates this amp
3750x1 @ 1
1875x1 @ 2
28hz
1,842 Watts
55v 33.5a 13.8v
1.64ohms rise.
31hz
1,917.4 Watts
55.1v 34.8a 14.1v
1.58ohms rise.
33hz
1,871 Watts
56.2v 33.3v 13.8v
1.68ohms rise.
36hz
1,952 Watts
59.1v 32.7a 14.1v
1.80ohms rise.
42hz
1,475 Watts
59v 25a 14.2v
2.36ohms rise.
46hz
1,027 Watts.
58.4v 17.6a 14.1v
3.3ohms rise.
These numbers were all most likely into clipping because I don’t have any good indication set up and don’t have access to a scope.
Within this data you can clearly see where my tuning falls off and efficiency goes out the window but despite not achieving it’s ridiculous rated numbers I was genuinely impressed with the numbers this $140 budget amp put out! It has been very reliable so far too, have been beating on it for about a year now and just recently performed this clamp.
What does everyone think? Anyone else have any planet audio experience to share?
I just wanted to make a quick post about the Planet Audio AC5000.1d I purchased this amp for just over $140 USD on eBay shipped to my door just for fun with very low expectations of actual RMS output and am pleased to say it has surprised me with the amount of power it makes for the price.
This was by no means a very sophisticated or scientific test but just a quick real world clamp. The amp was on mostly stock electrical on 1 15” Fi BL wired to 1 ohm in about a 3 cube ported box tuned in the low 30 range for this test and it clamped as follows.
Planet audio rates this amp
3750x1 @ 1
1875x1 @ 2
28hz
1,842 Watts
55v 33.5a 13.8v
1.64ohms rise.
31hz
1,917.4 Watts
55.1v 34.8a 14.1v
1.58ohms rise.
33hz
1,871 Watts
56.2v 33.3v 13.8v
1.68ohms rise.
36hz
1,952 Watts
59.1v 32.7a 14.1v
1.80ohms rise.
42hz
1,475 Watts
59v 25a 14.2v
2.36ohms rise.
46hz
1,027 Watts.
58.4v 17.6a 14.1v
3.3ohms rise.
These numbers were all most likely into clipping because I don’t have any good indication set up and don’t have access to a scope.
Within this data you can clearly see where my tuning falls off and efficiency goes out the window but despite not achieving it’s ridiculous rated numbers I was genuinely impressed with the numbers this $140 budget amp put out! It has been very reliable so far too, have been beating on it for about a year now and just recently performed this clamp.
What does everyone think? Anyone else have any planet audio experience to share?