Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts
SPLC Fails
I just bought around 50 amps for $200, all of which were supposedly blown. I took my 12 volt battery charger and clamped the positive and negative ends to the ground, power, and remote wires (remote and power ran to positive), and went to test them all out. First amp to work was an Infinity 102a, then a Kenwood KAC-742, then a Hifonics Thor VIII, then...a Hifonics Warrior Taurus X.
Noticing it had a lowpass filter, I hooked up my Phoenix Gold Octane R to it, set the gain to like 15% and the Sub Boost to max, and turned the volume on my ipod down to 5%. The PG sub was only running off one 4 ohm coil, of which it has two of.
After I hooked it up, I was amazed to hear it overpower the sub at 75% gain (the gain seems to never distort, probably because it can't match the input sensitivity of the iPod)! Then I read it was 1 ohm stable, and quickly ran the coils in parallel to the amp bridged. It hit so hard! Still overpowered at 75% gain. I couldn't believe what I was hearing...Mind you, this was off of just the front channels, there are still the other 2 waiting for another sub //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Plus, I have 16 gauge power, ground, and speaker wire running to it, so it definitely could perform better with a bigger power and ground.
They definitely underrated this amp at 50x4 watts lol. The PG sub is rated at 350 watts RMS, and it was being overpowered at 75% of the gain, so it must push over 800 watts RMS total, or 400wRMSx2@2ohms. This amazes me, given it only has a 40amp fuse, which would lead me to believe it would only push around 400-500 watts RMS. It must be very efficient...
The sound was pretty clean, too. The LPF couldn't quite dismiss all the mids and highs, but the subs hit pretty crisp. Hooked up to my Wharfedale Valdus 400's (home speakers), they presented nice bass and above average mids and highs. Hooked up to my Kenwood KL-888x speakers (home speakers again), they excelled in the lower range as usual, but had some very sharp highs when pushed. I would attribute this to the speakers themselves, as Kabuki style speakers (a combo of many drivers, in this case 6) tend to clash amongst all the drivers, and it had a horn tweeter.
Overall, I am extremely surprised to have found this gem. I think they discarded it as blown because it didn't work when it was first plugged in...then, after touching the fuse, it turned on and stayed on. Lucky me!
I am mostly writing this thread not because the amp was underrated (as most old-school amps by Hifonics, Orion, RF, etc. were), but because there is next to no information on it online. Hopefully someone can benefit from this "review"!
-Dylan
Noticing it had a lowpass filter, I hooked up my Phoenix Gold Octane R to it, set the gain to like 15% and the Sub Boost to max, and turned the volume on my ipod down to 5%. The PG sub was only running off one 4 ohm coil, of which it has two of.
After I hooked it up, I was amazed to hear it overpower the sub at 75% gain (the gain seems to never distort, probably because it can't match the input sensitivity of the iPod)! Then I read it was 1 ohm stable, and quickly ran the coils in parallel to the amp bridged. It hit so hard! Still overpowered at 75% gain. I couldn't believe what I was hearing...Mind you, this was off of just the front channels, there are still the other 2 waiting for another sub //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Plus, I have 16 gauge power, ground, and speaker wire running to it, so it definitely could perform better with a bigger power and ground.
They definitely underrated this amp at 50x4 watts lol. The PG sub is rated at 350 watts RMS, and it was being overpowered at 75% of the gain, so it must push over 800 watts RMS total, or 400wRMSx2@2ohms. This amazes me, given it only has a 40amp fuse, which would lead me to believe it would only push around 400-500 watts RMS. It must be very efficient...
The sound was pretty clean, too. The LPF couldn't quite dismiss all the mids and highs, but the subs hit pretty crisp. Hooked up to my Wharfedale Valdus 400's (home speakers), they presented nice bass and above average mids and highs. Hooked up to my Kenwood KL-888x speakers (home speakers again), they excelled in the lower range as usual, but had some very sharp highs when pushed. I would attribute this to the speakers themselves, as Kabuki style speakers (a combo of many drivers, in this case 6) tend to clash amongst all the drivers, and it had a horn tweeter.
Overall, I am extremely surprised to have found this gem. I think they discarded it as blown because it didn't work when it was first plugged in...then, after touching the fuse, it turned on and stayed on. Lucky me!
I am mostly writing this thread not because the amp was underrated (as most old-school amps by Hifonics, Orion, RF, etc. were), but because there is next to no information on it online. Hopefully someone can benefit from this "review"!
-Dylan
