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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 4983229" data-attributes="member: 540940">The fact that you lump Atek and Legacy together...not good.I consider PA to be one of the semi-respectable &quot;cheap&quot; brands.&nbsp; Similar to Profile - for some reason PA just chooses to over-rate some of their stuff WAY too much.Yep - layout looks solid.&nbsp; I think if a company like RF or kicker put that in an amp and called it 800w for $200 everyone would think it&#039;s great.&nbsp; It certainly looks good on the inside.It&#039;s really not that black and white.&nbsp; For one - you haven&#039;t accounted for efficiency.&nbsp; For another - fuses aren&#039;t light switches - 30A fuse doesn&#039;t just blow the instant 30.1A tries to flow through it.&nbsp; With a dynamic current demand such as an audio amplifier a fuse that size could pass 40, 50, even 60A on bursts w/o blowing.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say the amp is accurately rated, just that using fuses to determine absolute optimal power output is a LONG way from accurate.I&#039;ve owned one PA amp.&nbsp; An older ov4-800, actually that&#039;s my amp on ampguts.&nbsp; It was well worth the price.&nbsp; Probably slightly over-rated, but perfectly effective.&nbsp; That&#039;s my impression PA as a whole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 4983229, member: 540940"] The fact that you lump Atek and Legacy together...not good. I consider PA to be one of the semi-respectable "cheap" brands. Similar to Profile - for some reason PA just chooses to over-rate some of their stuff WAY too much. Yep - layout looks solid. I think if a company like RF or kicker put that in an amp and called it 800w for $200 everyone would think it's great. It certainly looks good on the inside. It's really not that black and white. For one - you haven't accounted for efficiency. For another - fuses aren't light switches - 30A fuse doesn't just blow the instant 30.1A tries to flow through it. With a dynamic current demand such as an audio amplifier a fuse that size could pass 40, 50, even 60A on bursts w/o blowing. That's not to say the amp is accurately rated, just that using fuses to determine absolute optimal power output is a LONG way from accurate. I've owned one PA amp. An older ov4-800, actually that's my amp on ampguts. It was well worth the price. Probably slightly over-rated, but perfectly effective. That's my impression PA as a whole. [/QUOTE]

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