Older Pioneer Premier amps - PRS-X
Looking at some of the older Pioneer Premier amps, like the PRS-X340. 
Sounds like they were fairly underrated and built pretty solidly. Anyone use these before? Any opinions on them? They seem to be rated for use from 1-8 ohms, anyone know if they will stand up to 2 ohm mono use? 37.5 watts x4 amp, and it has three 30 amp fuses.....
Sounds like they were fairly underrated and built pretty solidly. Anyone use these before? Any opinions on them? They seem to be rated for use from 1-8 ohms, anyone know if they will stand up to 2 ohm mono use? 37.5 watts x4 amp, and it has three 30 amp fuses.....
eh... seems to me my buddy still owes me $40 on one of those amps... lol...
Yea man, whatever model I had (couple 30A fuses) said '1ohm stable' on the back... and as far as I know its still kicking the **** out of two 4ohm cerwin vega subs as I type this..... [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]
Yea man, whatever model I had (couple 30A fuses) said '1ohm stable' on the back... and as far as I know its still kicking the **** out of two 4ohm cerwin vega subs as I type this..... [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]
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These amps were definitely "over-built" but Pioneer has never recommended a two ohm mono load for anything but their mono amplifiers.
I had a client with a Ferrari that installed two PRS-X720 (one running stereo to an Illusion Audio 6-1/2" component set & the other bridged to a two ohm mono load to a 10" Boston Acoustics subwoofer). The shop where I worked at that time wasn't a Pioneer dealer but the client had heard such great things about these amplifiers that he had to have them, so I sourced them from another shop I had a relationship with. See what else the system entailed here:
http://www.ralphsradio.com/general.asp?id=65
This was hands down the most impressive sounding Ferrari I had ever had the pleasure of being involved with & since a good friend of mine was the Sales Manager of Brian Jessel Ferrari for many years, I had worked with my fair share.
These amplifiers were built "overspec" & last year they did the same thing with the PRS Class-D mono amplifiers. I hope one day soon Pioneer can bring Class-AB product like this back to market.
I had a client with a Ferrari that installed two PRS-X720 (one running stereo to an Illusion Audio 6-1/2" component set & the other bridged to a two ohm mono load to a 10" Boston Acoustics subwoofer). The shop where I worked at that time wasn't a Pioneer dealer but the client had heard such great things about these amplifiers that he had to have them, so I sourced them from another shop I had a relationship with. See what else the system entailed here:
http://www.ralphsradio.com/general.asp?id=65
This was hands down the most impressive sounding Ferrari I had ever had the pleasure of being involved with & since a good friend of mine was the Sales Manager of Brian Jessel Ferrari for many years, I had worked with my fair share.
These amplifiers were built "overspec" & last year they did the same thing with the PRS Class-D mono amplifiers. I hope one day soon Pioneer can bring Class-AB product like this back to market.
Very good amps from Pioneer and well built.
You might find this usefull;
http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubb/ult...c;f=2;t=043686
(scroll about half way down to see birth certificates from most of the PRS amps)
You might find this usefull;
http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubb/ult...c;f=2;t=043686
(scroll about half way down to see birth certificates from most of the PRS amps)
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