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<blockquote data-quote="gunz4me2" data-source="post: 6820397" data-attributes="member: 613729">Woo, hoo, now Hifonics amplifiers are guaranteed to make rated power at 4 ohms.&nbsp; //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gifThe reason I always bashed Hifonics was because I was told that the older Brutus series made most of its rated power &quot;clipped&quot;.&nbsp; It was worse after I witnessed a bench test.&nbsp; Above 50 Hz, life wasn&#039;t so bad and the amp could produce 70 to 80% of its rated power unclipped.&nbsp; At 45 Hz and below, the BXi 1606D that a tech friend of mine bench tested clipped hard and fast at a fraction of the amplifier&#039;s rated power...&nbsp; Like 20 to 30%.&nbsp; The lower the tone, the sooner the amplifier went from a nice, pretty, ocean like wave to a hard tooth saw.Oh yeah, back to my point.&nbsp; Big whoop, Hifonics is now CEA certified which means that they should make rated power at 4 ohms with 14.4 volts of power at 1% THD.&nbsp; Too bad CEA doesn&#039;t mean jack for 1 or 2 ohm operation!&nbsp; Just look at Kenwood&#039;s 9104d that is CEA rated!&nbsp; //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gunz4me2, post: 6820397, member: 613729"] Woo, hoo, now Hifonics amplifiers are guaranteed to make rated power at 4 ohms. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif[/IMG] The reason I always bashed Hifonics was because I was told that the older Brutus series made most of its rated power "clipped". It was worse after I witnessed a bench test. Above 50 Hz, life wasn't so bad and the amp could produce 70 to 80% of its rated power unclipped. At 45 Hz and below, the BXi 1606D that a tech friend of mine bench tested clipped hard and fast at a fraction of the amplifier's rated power... Like 20 to 30%. The lower the tone, the sooner the amplifier went from a nice, pretty, ocean like wave to a hard tooth saw. Oh yeah, back to my point. Big whoop, Hifonics is now CEA certified which means that they should make rated power at 4 ohms with 14.4 volts of power at 1% THD. Too bad CEA doesn't mean jack for 1 or 2 ohm operation! Just look at Kenwood's 9104d that is CEA rated! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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