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<blockquote data-quote="XTRProBoy" data-source="post: 2662224" data-attributes="member: 571009">It&#039;s arguable.&nbsp; I mean what it comes down to is it&#039;s a different mentality of amp design/manufacturing.&nbsp; It&#039;s basically one extreme where the other extreme is a &quot;high current&quot; amplifier which varies it&#039;s output inversely proportional to the number of ohms and directly proportional to the power input voltage.&nbsp; This is how I think of it anyway. And personally I&#039;d rather the unregulated high current amp myself.Note that JL does offer amps without the &quot;Regulated Intelligent Power Supply&quot; at lower prices (something they didn&#039;t do back when they started offering amps as I recall).To me RIPS is an interesting feature and nothing more.&nbsp; It&#039;s relatively pricey and not really necessary unless you plan on changing the load you&#039;re driving like you change your underwear, lol.&nbsp; I mean you pick your sub(s) and pick your amp so you run the lowest impedance you can for the most power and there you go.&nbsp; (Or you pick the amp and then the sub(s) but you get the idea, all the same thing.)RIPS and other such systems offer something interesting in the fact that you never have to worry about using the lowest impedance the amp is stable into, to get the most power.&nbsp; Power stays relatively the same regardless of the load impedance.&nbsp; But you pay quite a bit for that &quot;luxury&quot; and if you&#039;re gonna buy sub(s) and stick with them, you could be otherwise saving a lot of money.&nbsp; Furthermore even upon replacing sub(s) you could always easily buy for the same total impedance later on.They are nice amps, yes, but just not something I see as necessary or useful personally.In other words some people can see it as a bad thing some people can see it as a great thing.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a different way of making an amp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="XTRProBoy, post: 2662224, member: 571009"] It's arguable. I mean what it comes down to is it's a different mentality of amp design/manufacturing. It's basically one extreme where the other extreme is a "high current" amplifier which varies it's output inversely proportional to the number of ohms and directly proportional to the power input voltage. This is how I think of it anyway. And personally I'd rather the unregulated high current amp myself. Note that JL does offer amps without the "Regulated Intelligent Power Supply" at lower prices (something they didn't do back when they started offering amps as I recall). To me RIPS is an interesting feature and nothing more. It's relatively pricey and not really necessary unless you plan on changing the load you're driving like you change your underwear, lol. I mean you pick your sub(s) and pick your amp so you run the lowest impedance you can for the most power and there you go. (Or you pick the amp and then the sub(s) but you get the idea, all the same thing.) RIPS and other such systems offer something interesting in the fact that you never have to worry about using the lowest impedance the amp is stable into, to get the most power. Power stays relatively the same regardless of the load impedance. But you pay quite a bit for that "luxury" and if you're gonna buy sub(s) and stick with them, you could be otherwise saving a lot of money. Furthermore even upon replacing sub(s) you could always easily buy for the same total impedance later on. They are nice amps, yes, but just not something I see as necessary or useful personally. In other words some people can see it as a bad thing some people can see it as a great thing. It's just a different way of making an amp. [/QUOTE]

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