High Current amps
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Topic: High Current amps
Posted By: Split
Subject: High Current amps
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 7:44 PM
What happened to these amps?Are they obsolete pr they are just being replaced by the class-D amps?
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 8:14 PM
Zapco's competition line ALL high current. www.zapco.com -------------
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 8:16 PM
What amps are you referring to? Like capable of 1/2 ohm loading? I thought that the class D amps capable of 1 ohm loads were "high current".
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Posted By: arrow12
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 8:18 PM
I thought that too... I just didn't want to sound stupid. I thought maybe something was around before I was alive.
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Posted By: willdkartunes
Date Posted: March 11, 2006 at 1:05 AM
I believe he is talking about the 1/2 ohm amplifiers. I would consider the 1 ohm stable amplifiers to be high current too! That is true though. I use to see those 1/2 stable amplifiers all the time, and now it's just the 1 ohm... Not saying that the 1/2 ohm amplifiers don't exist anymore, but they have certainly died out considerably. It's been a while since I've seen one of these amps. By the way, those Zapco amplifiers are VERY nice. Of course, they are all 1 ohm stable... All of the mono d amplifiers nowadays are "high current". ------------- Do whatever makes you happy in life without diminishing the happiness of others
Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: March 11, 2006 at 4:46 AM
He might be talking about amps like the old Orion HCCA's that were high current (but needed lots of power). The class D's are more "efficient" and aren't as hard on the alternator. That's why they have dwindled away, or that's what I've been told.
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Posted By: willdkartunes
Date Posted: March 11, 2006 at 5:04 AM
supradude wrote:
He might be talking about amps like the old Orion HCCA's that were high current (but needed lots of power). The class D's are more "efficient" and aren't as hard on the alternator. That's why they have dwindled away, or that's what I've been told.
That is very true! I love Orion and I know quite a bit about them and their old amplifiers did suck up bunches of energy. I should be sponsored by Orion! Or working for them or something! You would think that they would keep some of those "high-power" amplifiers around just for the heck of it. These days, people are always looking for that extra edge on their competitors and they don't really seem to care about the cost in doing so. This would be a perfect way to get that edge it seems. Especially since most people go crazy on upgrading their alternator and other power sources anyway. ------------- Do whatever makes you happy in life without diminishing the happiness of others
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: March 11, 2006 at 7:26 AM
high current? like the memphis 4000d 697amp draw at 1 ohm.....................................
thats high current! but in all reality, they are phasing out, I still love them, that why I have a pile of kicker XS and ZR amplifers ready to go into our next project an SQ car!
There are not many makers out there anymore who make a soild high current a/b amp.....reasons, they are very picky on voltage....and we all know that everyone wants to run a 1,000,000,000 watt amp and not upgrade thier alternator...so they are phasing out
high current a/b amp starving for power nomally equals smoke genie!
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Posted By: Split
Date Posted: March 12, 2006 at 2:57 PM
I was talking of the old Orions HC,Crunch HC (like the 50hc),Audio Art 50 and 100HC,ETC...
Posted By: Split
Date Posted: March 12, 2006 at 2:59 PM
Thanks Jeff!,There are a lot amps in this industry,but i'm still love the old school amps
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: March 13, 2006 at 7:38 AM
You cant beat the old HC amps when it comes to the power/distortion ratio
from our birth sheets on our kicker xs100's
rated power 50x2@4ohm, 1000x1@1ohm mono
actual power 1240@ 1 ohm @ 14.4 volts @ .041%THD!!!!!
Now thats some nice power
Same with our zr amps
Rated power 150x2@4ohm 600x1@1ohm mono
actual power 846watts @ 4 ohm mono @ 14.4 @ .026% THD!!
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Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: March 13, 2006 at 11:00 AM
Where are all the high current amps? Well I know that my HCCA 425 is running my front speakers right now ;)
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Posted By: prophesybh
Date Posted: March 13, 2006 at 4:03 PM
Alphasonik has a good line of high current amps
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