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Old 07-09-2011, 05:24 PM
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Cadence amps any good?
i'm looking for a 4 ch. amp to run my 4 door 6.5 coaxials (Infinity 62.9's). i'm thinking of this one - good bang for the buck?


http://cgi.ebay.com/CADENCE-F400-4-1000W-4-CHANNEL-CAR-AMPLIFIER-AMP-KIT-/390320715915#ht_4984wt_1141?clk_rvr_id=24664691700 3
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Old 07-10-2011, 02:55 PM
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http://www.cadencesound.com/products/F400%252d4.html

It looks like the amp puts out 75w x 4 @ 4Ω and the Infinities power handling = 75w, perfect match? :P

I'll have to remember that one, hard to beat the price
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Old 07-10-2011, 08:21 PM
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Specs look good. Not too fond of the styling, but if you don't mind form following function, then who cares. 250x2 bridged means if u get a high end set of components in the future you've got plenty of power on tap.
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Old 07-11-2011, 02:21 PM
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Hm, I have never seen any Cadence that wasn't garbage but maybe you'll get lucky.
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Old 07-11-2011, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dukk
Hm, I have never seen any Cadence that wasn't garbage but maybe you'll get lucky.
The old original ones were Zed Audio built... Think it was the A7HC (???) it was a monster amp as was most of his stuff. Today it is just more re-branded, made in Korea junk using the name of a previous good brand.
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Old 07-11-2011, 09:14 PM
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yup I just checked... thats the one... rated for 1x50 into 4 ohm... puts out 1400 into 1ohm at 12volts maybe the all time lowest rated cheater amp
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Old 07-12-2011, 02:29 PM
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^ Close but Orion had an amp rated at 1 watt, the Concept 97.3, that would drop about 1500 @ 1ohm
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Old 07-12-2011, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Dukk
^ Close but Orion had an amp rated at 1 watt, the Concept 97.3, that would drop about 1500 @ 1ohm
Touche... I forgot about that bad boy LOL VERY limited numbers but all in all, yup, THAT one is the lowest rated cheater amp for sure. I miss the old days.
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I certainly miss the excitement and mystique as we tried all this cool stuff to see how well it worked.

I don't miss the equipment at all though. Give me a modern amp any day of the week.
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Hm, I have never seen any Cadence that wasn't garbage but maybe you'll get lucky.
Ouch, DUKK, that hurts. The Cadence Z series amps from 2002- were nicely built amps. I heard a few systems using these, and am currently running the Z6000 six channel amp and love it. The subs and components from that era were decent also. I cannot speak on the new gear, not too sure about it though.
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