On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 10:40:48 -0500, "Mark Zarella"
wrote:

What I have found with so called cheap amps such as Profile, Jensen and
Pyramid is that you have to crank the hell out of them to get deep bass.
Where
more costly amps such as Orion, Kicker, PPI and MTX seem to produce deeper
bass at lower volume levels. I also found that these cheaper amps seem to
run
a lot hotter. The only reason for this that I can think of is an
inadequate
power supply.

No, that's not a problem. Every "cheap" amp I've ever tested has a flat
frequency response down to 20 Hz (lower in fact). This is well documented
actually. What you're undoubtedly experiencing is a lack of power. Use a
bigger "cheap" amp and you won't run into this.


Yep - it's amazing how many sonic "differences" between amplifiers
disappear when they're level-matched before the comparison. Anyone
that sells amplifiers using an in-store display will tell you that a
customer will always favor the slightly louder setup, even if it's
only a dB or two.

Scott Gardner