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reeltrouble1 wrote: »

So is it your suggestion the spec only show a rating using 1 channel???


RT1

Hi RT1, No I was just speculating that it is probable that an individual channel is capable of greater output because the power supply is not under the heavy load of supplying maximum current to all 7 channels at the same time.All the current would be available for the one channel.This assumes that the unit has a common supply for all channels and not seven separate supplies/transformers etc nice but unlikely at the price.You would only encounter this extreme case of all channels driven to full output on the test bench not with program material.
But like I said previously specs don't tell you how an amp sounds.

kolyan2k

i am waiting for a new processor. with HDMI 1.3 switching

sickicw

thats a lot of money for a amp that can't even double the power into 4 ohms. And to think, i was actually excited about this amp until i read the specs....

polkatese

here is a true contender to this beast, albeit slightly less wattage, but double down:

www.gemstoneaudio.com

Monster Jam

Thats the amp (Blue Diamond) Ive got my eyes on. I've never read anything negative about the amp, which in and of itself worries me, because on another popular forum, only a handful of people claim to have the unit.

There hasn't been an appreciable change to their website in at least a year, not that thats a measure of company stability, but I like to think that Gemstone is going to be around to honor warranty issues.

For the specs, I don't think you can beat the price for a new amp.

polkatese

true. website hasn't been updated in a while. I have mine since 10/2005. Zero issue, driving a pair of SF Cremona, LSiC,9,Fx.

venomclan

polkatese wrote: »

true. website hasn't been updated in a while. I have mine since 10/2005. Zero issue, driving a pair of SF Cremona, LSiC,9,Fx.

I loved the Cremona's when I auditioned them a few years ago. Very fluid with a 125w Krell HTS amp and pre. They were just too far out of my price range at the time. Great speakers.
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polkatese

it could be my last speaker at this point. For acoustic jazz and female jazz vocalists, I haven't heard anything better.

jdhdiggs

Just to answer the dual power cord thing: The amp will pull more than 15 Amps if running at full power even assuming 100% efficiency- A double down would draw around 35 Amps. Add into the efficiency of most amps and you'd be pulling more power than your washer, dryer, oven and microwave combined.

It's serious overkill for any reasonalble setup, just like the 200W/channel.

sickicw

it is a good idea to include duel power cords (you get 30 amps not to play with), but if it doesnt double down, you are still going to have major current compression which will drop the dyamic range at certain frequencies....

My setup doubles down to 4 ohms and then doubles down again to 2 ohms. The dynamic range is very nice. But then again, the amps draw from three 20 amp circuits....

Edit: Also note that the system will pull tons of current even when not at full power. For instance a dynamic gunshot or explosion in a movie can easily pull 20 amps on its own. In the THX demo on in monsters inc, when the cows moo and stampede my capaciter light goes off, which tells me that i am drawing more than 275 amps (at 13 volts) which means my power supplies are using at well over 30 amps (120 volds) from the wall.

venomclan

My amp is rated at 2000 watts at 8 ohms, bridged mono. Is there a speaker on the planet that would need anywhere near that kind of power? Maybe only the bass guitar amp in Back To The Future....
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