Build a 5-channel amp out of plate amps?

Mazeroth
Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
edited November 2004 in Electronics
I have the opportunity to purchase some 100w @8ohm 150w @4ohm full-range plate amps for $32 each with shipping. They're roughly 9 inches x 9 inches. I was thinking of making a wooden box cube with a nice finish, say 12 inches x 12 inches, and mounting 5 of them on the outside, with the bottom solid wood. Put a small surge bar inside and run all the power lines to it, with only 1 power cord running out of it. Put 5 pairs of speaker binding posts on the outside for each channel. This whole project would only cost me about $175 and I would have a 5-channel 100/150w RMS amp with adjustable gains. What do you guys think? Good idea or silly?

Thanks
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,793
    edited November 2004
    Umm, are they sub amps?

    Dont sub amps have a filter to filter out the highs? :confused:
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    If they are full range, why not?

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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by Mazeroth
    I have the opportunity to purchase some 100w @8ohm 150w @4ohm full-range plate amps

    Not sure but it reads like they are not sub amps.

    It would work , but you may not like the results, plate amps are usually pretty cheap quality. But you never know, might be good enough for you and your use.
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited November 2004
    The guy I know selling them (very honest guy) says they sound great. At full volume there's no feedback and they are an honest 100w @8ohm, and near 150w @4 ohm (he's assuming).
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2004
    sign me up for 5 then lol

    good luck should be a neat project
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    I'd start with 2, see how they sound. See if he will set 3 more aside for you, for a week or so.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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