Oh, and yes, I know that Audiobahn is a bit overrated when it comes to their
higher output amps, but I sitll believe I get a good 2000w out of the amp.

And it sounds great, even pushed to it's max. I also have no heat issues
whatsoever. It's inside the non ventilated trunk of my 99 mustang GT, and
sitting out here in 105 degree Louisiana weather, and I still have no
problems running it at max output.




"Erik Hovind" wrote in message
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I got it off ebay for $300 shipped, I ordered the 2150HCT, which was a
1200w
RMS amp, but they messe dup and sent me the 2400w 2300HCT for the same
price.

MSRP on this amp is $999


"Chad Wahls" wrote in message
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"Erik Hovind" wrote in message
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Yeah, $1 per watt is definately off. I just picked up a 2400w RMS
Audiobahn
AW2300HCT for less than $300



I wanna see a pic and component count of a $300 2400 watt power amp. Do
you
realize that this will draw 200A in a perfect world, more like 250A if
it's
class D. I want to shake the hand of the engineer that could design
even
a
$300 2400 watt switching power supply that has a decent SOA.

Chad

"MZ" wrote in message
news kinda expensive.

well that all depends on if you want quality or junk

if you buy a product like JL, your going to be getting a TRUE 500
WATTS, not some trumped up max wattage, max distortion, poor
quality,
child labor manufactured B.S.,

Yeah, but then it's not really 500 watts, is it? I mean, Boss can
put
"500
watts" on their amps but it doesn't make it a 500 watt amp. The
dollar
per
watt thing doesn't really apply anyway because it turns out to be
pretty
nonlinear. A lot of manufacturers will put out, for example, a 100
watt,
200 watt, and 500 watt version of a certain model - everything but
power
being pretty much equal. But the 500 watt amp rarely costs 5x as
much
as
the 100 watt amp.

In any case, with the advent of class D amplifiers, it's now possible
to
get
a good reliable amplifier without the exaggerated ratings for well
under
$1
per watt. Part of the reason is that high powered amps are more
commonplace
now - the other part is that they just use less metal than before
(without
any knowledge of the business practices of these companies, I'm
guessing
the
heatsinks tend to cost more than the components themselves). Look at
Directed or MTX class D amps, for example, and you're talking closer
to
30
cents per watt. And those are beefy reliable amps.

There are of course exceptions. There are several popular amplifiers
out
there - McIntosh, Brax, etc - that end up running you close to or
over
a
dollar per watt. Great amps, no doubt, but the added price is really
not
going to buy you anything. I think there's quite clearly a
price/reliability/performance asymptote, and it's well under a dollar
per
watt.