this amp is 1600x1 at 1 ohm, but have seen both 1100x1 at 2 ohm and 800x1 at 2 ohm quoted on ebay... it just shows 1 ohm on their website so which is it for 2 ohm, i think its more like 1100x1... anyone?
but how overrated is it? someone said the 2006 models arent overrated very much,and that they arent as overated as the '05 models, but thats just what i heard
well... im gonna fight the manual because mathmatically its impossible to not half your out put if you double your ohms, impossible, its just math, and dont say some JL amps can do it cuz there made to do that
equation for watts off the top of my head
V^2 / ohms
so lets say 4 volts at 1 ohm then switch it to 2 ohms
@ 1 ohm you have 16 watts @2 ohms you have 8 not 11
when i see a rating like that it shows me that that amp is probably made to run at like 1.5 ohms at the least but they say 1 ohm because it can do it, but they tested it at 1.5 ohms, thats why i always question hifonics, wierd as$ ratings, and btw, i checked the 12 volt and thats the right equation
actually...it is more likely that you will output will NOT be cut in half by doubling resistance.
no amp is 100% efficient...if they were every time you cut resistance in half, power would double. This does not happen in real life! its just theory...Ohms Law only works in a perfect world.
ex: the kicker kx1200.1 is rated by kicker to do 300w @4ohm, 600w @2ohm, and 1200w @1ohm...in reality it actually produces ~450w @4ohm and around 1400w @1ohm.
as for the bxi1606d...1100w @2ohm and 1600w @1ohm is a much more realistic rating than 800w @2ohm and 1600w @1ohm
are you kidding me? marshall i thought you were better then that if anything the it would be 1600 and 750 or something, not being 100% efficient would not make it put out more power.
of course it only works in a perfect world but if the amp does 1600 @ 1 its not gonna do 3/5s of that at twice the ohms, maybe at .5 ohms more, thats why i think this amp is rated at 1.5 ohms
You are looking at this in reverse. Think about starting at 4ohms and halfing the resistance...power will increase, but it will not double. (in the real word)
Just think about any amp that is rated correctly...EX: CEA2006 ratings dont double as resistance is cut in half.
so at 2 ohms you only get half the power, 800 watts? and maybe not even that, maybe i need the 2000 watt brutus so i get at least close to 1000 watts at 2 ohms...
That bxi1606d would actually been way more than enough for 2 BMF's. (may actually be alil too much power for them @ 2ohm...so watch your subs) And you would have enough power at 1ohm to run 4 BMF's if you deside to upgrade in the future.
thanks man, ill prolly get that one then, its only around 250 ebay... 4 of them would be sweet, i played 1 in a 2.25 ported box and it banged, i reccomend them for cheap bumps, i just dont know how well they will hold up in the long run...
yeah... that would be nice and marshall is right... all amps aren't 100% efficient and ohms law has some lil things that should be changed hehe cuz when you lower the resistance... the heat factor is there so you see that the THD increases... it increases for "some reason"....
