soundstream reference

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

Hey, anyone know what kind of ACTUAL power i can expect from the reference 200s? It is rated at 200x1 at 2ohms, and 12v i am pretty sure. So just the 14.4 should jump it to nearly 300 or more, and i have heard these were quite underrated. Any info??

thanks,

brian

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[BLD 25 10+ year member]

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[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

Reference and Rubicon are good amps. They'll do a good bit over rated power.

 

[ScottWatkins 10+ year member]

I just bought a new 200, not the S, it's 45RMS per channel @ 14.4 volts.

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

so could i expect near 400rms at 14.4??

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

200/12*14.4=240

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

yeah, but what percentage are they underrated?

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

11%...

hook it up, take an o-scope to it, and figure it out.

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

um...i don't have it, i am interested in one and making sure it will give enough power before i buy it. so 11% is just a guess? I don't need it, it just seems cool to be that powerful and that strong.

 

[3onDubs 10+ year member]

How much are you getting the amp for? I'm selling my soundstream xstream 720.4 and my xstream 180.2 on a different forum....100 for the first, 50 for the second. I think the Xstream line is higher up than the mentioned.

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

i just called soundstream, and i am not sure if the guy knew what he was talking about. He said that the ratings in the manual online were done in 14.4 volts and that the amps were not underrated. I have heard nothing about these amps that agrees with that.

In the online manual(p.8), it even shows the standard rating of 25x2 at 12 volts, and how the power increases vastly to 45 x2 at 14.4. That is 1.8 times the amount of power. So if 200x1 is the 12 volt power at 2ohms, then at 14.4 by the same formula, it would be 360X1@14.4 and 2ohms. So if it were not underrated at all, then it would be 360X1 @14.4.

Am i doing this right? it seems logical. Here is the manual:

http://www.soundstream.com/sub/owner_manual/r160_200.pdf

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

How much are you getting the amp for? I'm selling my soundstream xstream 720.4 and my xstream 180.2 on a different forum....100 for the first, 50 for the second. I think the Xstream line is higher up than the mentioned.

hmm... i couldn't even find the specs on the soundstream website. ARe these newer? I think the reference line was about as high as soundstreams got.

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

LOL....if by higher you mean newer, then yes. But the xtream line is inferior to the older reference series. I used to have a reference 700s....loved it and it was definitely underated. There is really noway to give you the actually output unless someone had one bench tested or if soundstream gives birthsheets, which I don't think they do.

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

LOL....if by higher you mean newer, then yes. But the xtream line is inferior to the older reference series. I used to have a reference 700s....loved it and it was definitely underated. There is really noway to give you the actually output unless someone had one bench tested or if soundstream gives birthsheets, which I don't think they do.

so do you think 350-400w is expectable?

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

I don't know if they are that underated but I would be suprised if my 700s did 800 to 900 watts.