.5ohm stable
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Gold Member Username: Snarl2004Audioque 12 SD2.5s, Earthquake P... Post Number: 1150 Registered: Dec-06 | does anyone no of any amps that go down to .5 easily with the correct electrical upgrades in ur car...? |
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Silver Member Username: SkiesCourtenay, British Colu... Canada Post Number: 642 Registered: Aug-05 | Sundown SAZ-1500D Sundown SAE-1000D Not sure if its 100% stable, but Orion 2500D IA 20.1 |
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Silver Member Username: OneracistguyTWO EGG, FL USA Post Number: 653 Registered: Sep-06 | 2500d is .5 ohm stable man but u need an electrical system to back it up |
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Gold Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 1276 Registered: Mar-04 | Lanzar Opti 2000d ~1900 rms @ 1/2 Those amps are actually designed for it. |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 2349 Registered: Mar-06 | US Amps Stable down to 1/4 ohm. http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-U-S-AMPS-US-AMPS-VLX-400-FLORIDA-SPLASH-AMP_W0QQitemZ20 0103707944QQihZ010QQcategoryZ39732QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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Silver Member Username: Freezeman_7Lindsay, Oklahoma U.S.A Post Number: 978 Registered: May-06 | i was gonna say us amps.. they are have fine build quality too |
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Silver Member Username: 04redmach1Columbus, GA USA Post Number: 625 Registered: Mar-06 | Sundown SAZ is stable, RD amps are stable, Orion is stable, and few others. All depends on your budget and what you want. Kevin |
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Silver Member Username: Sinful_systems7015 INCH WANG... Post Number: 842 Registered: Nov-06 | ED NINe.1 |
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Silver Member Username: SkiesCourtenay, British Colu... Canada Post Number: 649 Registered: Aug-05 | Wow, the Nine.1 is stable at .5? Any threads on this? |
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Gold Member Username: OlegSanta Monica, CA USA Post Number: 1221 Registered: Nov-04 | Don't forget MMATS D2100.05 and D3500.05 |
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Silver Member Username: Freezeman_7Lindsay, Oklahoma U.S.A Post Number: 996 Registered: May-06 | yeah thats new for me about the nine.1 i didnt know it would do that??? |
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Gold Member Username: JuliobSanto DomingoDominican Re... Post Number: 4559 Registered: Dec-05 | optidrive x2. |
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Gold Member Username: JakeyplaysbassSt. Louis, MO Post Number: 1714 Registered: Jul-05 | Almost all MMats amps have a .5ohm verson. Just get a bigger amp and run it at a higher ohm...its safer and has a cleaner signal. |
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Gold Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 1279 Registered: Mar-04 | "...at a higher ohm...its safer and has a cleaner signal." Disagree. If an amp is designed to be capable of running a 1/2 ohm load it is no more dangerous than running an amp designed to run at any other minimal impedance. Cleaner signal? When a sub amp's rated or tested it's almost always done at "<1% THD". Most quality amps will do rated power at much less than 1%, and I think everything mentioned in this thread qualifies as "quality". |
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Gold Member Username: OlegSanta Monica, CA USA Post Number: 1241 Registered: Nov-04 | Opti is right. Here's some more clarification though on what running an amp at a higher impedance DOES do. More often that not, the damping factor goes up as impedance goes up giving amp great control over the driver making it "punchier" and less distorted. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Southeast PA Post Number: 2114 Registered: Jul-06 | On most amplifiers, efficiency also increases at higher impedances. |
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Silver Member Username: JkidderSpring hill, Florida Usa Post Number: 516 Registered: Nov-05 | good info^^ we need more threads like this. quality info |
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Silver Member Username: 04redmach1Columbus, GA USA Post Number: 633 Registered: Mar-06 | Yepers, I was going to say efficiency is decreased when going to .5 ohm if only rated 1 ohm. Either way, as long as you can't cook eggs on the amp, you are good  Kevin |
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Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3rPost Number:... Post Number: 2381 Registered: Jul-06 | "Don't forget MMATS D2100.05 and D3500.05" Those amps are too nice for you!!!Stay away from them Oleg! |
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Silver Member Username: Joebruce15 Inch Wang... Post Number: 763 Registered: May-04 | Orion G4s FTW!! |
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Gold Member Username: CarguyPost Number: 6197 Registered: Nov-04 | "...at a higher ohm...its safer and has a cleaner signal." Opti, I think he meant that the lower number ohms exert higher load on the amplifier, meaning it has to work harder. This usually means it will run hotter, distort more, be less efficient etc. |
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Gold Member Username: OlegSanta Monica, CA USA Post Number: 1251 Registered: Nov-04 | Yeah, Rob, those amps are too nice for me right now. I won't be getting any of the high end stuff in my car until I get my teaching gig together. In this car, I'm only going to swap some woofers and maybe some boxes. |
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Gold Member Username: JakeyplaysbassSt. Louis, MO Post Number: 1715 Registered: Jul-05 | opti your right. i was saying what isaac said, running a sub at .5ohm when it should be at 1ohm or higher only leads to problems. with the way they are making amps today noone should really need to run at .5ohm for everyday driving. they have amps that put out just as much power at 1 2 or even 4ohm. |
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Gold Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 1281 Registered: Mar-04 | "running a sub at .5ohm when it should be at 1ohm or higher only leads to problems." I see. I definitely agree with that. But running an amp at min rated impedance, whether it be 4 ohms or 1/2 ohm shouldn't have any negative (at least not audible) effects on the performance of the amp. DF decreases? Sure, but the issue is - does it make an "audible" difference? At several hundred watts or more -- I seriously doubt it.} |
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Silver Member Username: Skibum12189Cleveland Post Number: 536 Registered: Mar-06 | go back up to that us amps and look at it, its crazy ahah its like 5 feet lnog, or it looks like it |
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Gold Member Username: OlegSanta Monica, CA USA Post Number: 1257 Registered: Nov-04 | It's about 3ft long, pretty huge. |
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Bronze Member Username: MesodummDewey, Az Usa Post Number: 34 Registered: Apr-07 | Orion HCCA might put them on EBAY if anyone interested. 225hcca, 425hcca & 250hcca |
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