Old School Amps:anyone ever heard ot these or seen them???
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Silver Member Username: GrebnereonPost Number: 377 Registered: Mar-06 |   i have nice feet ....i know |
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Silver Member Username: RiskybPost Number: 307 Registered: Feb-06 | Never heard of the top one. The coustic one is pretty good though. |
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Silver Member Username: GrebnereonPost Number: 380 Registered: Mar-06 | really? well my uncle used them in his car back in the 90's and he gave then to me for free. i dont have any specs on them though. anyone else know anything about these? |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1105 Registered: Mar-06 | my collection of old school amps All Optimus.    |
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Silver Member Username: TweekerRE AUDIO Post Number: 544 Registered: May-06 | lol marc i have the same optimus as the last one you posted i somehow blew it though lol |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1107 Registered: Mar-06 | Minimun load bridged is 8 ohms, thats the most common problem ppl have/had with em. I bought all these brand new when radio hacks sold car audio. I have never had problems with em. I dont use them now, except for the 2- 25x2 ones for rear fill. But I just lack the heart to part with em.(did sell the 260, due to its high distortion, $20) And that 170 one put out close to 210watts...blew many a Jensen triax with that one... |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1139 Registered: Apr-05 | I had a coustic 380 in 1990. |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Ct Post Number: 7138 Registered: Dec-04 | those optimus amps look like the old scool alpine amps. |
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Silver Member Username: GrebnereonPost Number: 381 Registered: Mar-06 | thanks for taking over my thread marc!!!! really appreciate it. Anybody know anything about MY amps??since this is MY thread???? |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1108 Registered: Mar-06 | Well klez, I did look for your amps, but maybe it would be more helpful if you acually put in some model numbers instead of some blurry pics. And try posting it in the AMP section next time too. After all this is the Sub section.  |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1140 Registered: Apr-05 | Based on my experience with mine; I would have to say that when I had mine it was an average amp. It was nothing great. There were many other amps out there that were better built, produced cleaner results, and were more powerfull. Back then you didnt find many amps that were stable below 2 ohm, so wiring configurations were 2-8 ohms. From the pic it seems that your amp is rather small in comparison to your right foot/toes. It says 100 A on it. So it may not be that powerful. Back then there were no class D amps. So most amps were large in size if they were any good, with some exceptions (RF Punch 45 which is now a throw back because of its ingenuity) and a few others out there. If your amps were exceptional quality and were top of the line, then they would be worth something nowadays, but if they are anything less, then they would not be worth anything anymore. There are way too many amps nowadays that are better for less, so unless you plan on keeping em for collection purposes, they would not be worth using. The other amp I am not familiar with, so I hope you get some feedback from others that have experience with it. Hopefully that it will be worth more than the Coustic.  |
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Silver Member Username: GrebnereonPost Number: 382 Registered: Mar-06 | ok. thank you marc i would post in the AMPS section, but there arent near as many people there..so get over it |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1109 Registered: Mar-06 | I would suggest taking some clear pics of em, top,front, back, sides, and insides, send them over to ROE ampguts section, and see if someone can help identify them. Coustic Amp 100 is probly 50x2 at 4 ohms 1x100 at 4 ohms http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/Coustic_AMP-150/ The other one is unreadable. It just says sound something. How many channels is it?, what are the fuses? |
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