orion cobalt

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Topic: orion cobalt

Posted By: furflier
Subject: orion cobalt
Date Posted: February 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM

I just recently aquired this amp and I am looking for the specs on it (rms power, bridgeable, 2 ohm satble). I googled it with no luck. Hopefully someone can give me some info on it. All I know about this amp is that it is a four channel amp & on the front shows 240 rms (don't know if that is accurate or not). Any help would be great.

edit: Forgot to state the model is 430

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 27, 2008 at 8:26 PM

Orion, at least in that era numbered their amps with the first digit being the number of channels and the remaining numbers being what the amp was rated, into 4 ohms. The 430 is a 4 channel 30 watts per channel. The amp is 2 Ohm STEREO stable. This amp will do double the 4 ohm rating into a 2 ohm load. Hence the 240 watts Rms on the amp.

Posted By: furflier
Date Posted: February 28, 2008 at 9:54 AM

Thanks for the reposnse. That is what I needed.

Posted By: greenbroncoguy
Date Posted: February 28, 2008 at 3:07 PM

I just wanted to add to this; that I have been VERY impressed with these amps since I got my first one about 6 years ago. I had an Orion Cobal CS800.4, but I (stupidly) sold it and now I have a CS.100.2 that is currently pushing my Focal TN-52 tweeters. They are stout little amps; especially for the money, and mine have always been noise free.

IMHO you've got a good amp.

-Matt

Posted By: furflier
Date Posted: February 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Considering I only paid $40 for it, I would have to agree. I don't know what these amps sell for. I just could not pass up the deal.

Posted By: greenbroncoguy
Date Posted: February 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM

I paid $15 shipped for my CS100.2, and it will do every bit of the rated 50 x 2. IIRC I got my 800.4 for ~$50...

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