who makes the biggest amps out there ?
Originally Posted by Haunz
The RF 15KW amp can only do around 3kw continuous.... 15kw is a burst rating...
The amp uses a huge amount of capacitance after the bridge in its power supply making it capable of delivering large amounts of current for short periods of time.... IIRC it also has an A/B output stage and the voltage available from the psu is modulated by the input signal essentially making it a class H design with a twist...
It seem to me that its a solid design and really makes alot of sense considering most of us listen to music and arn't necassarilly burping test tones in an SPL contest.... but RFs marketing spin still leaves a bad taste in my mouth....
As far as I am concearned JBL/Crown's monster 'class M' amp is the biggest baddest amplifer there is... 6kw continuous and 10kw burst from a single amplifier at something like 12.8 volts...
The amp uses a huge amount of capacitance after the bridge in its power supply making it capable of delivering large amounts of current for short periods of time.... IIRC it also has an A/B output stage and the voltage available from the psu is modulated by the input signal essentially making it a class H design with a twist...
It seem to me that its a solid design and really makes alot of sense considering most of us listen to music and arn't necassarilly burping test tones in an SPL contest.... but RFs marketing spin still leaves a bad taste in my mouth....
As far as I am concearned JBL/Crown's monster 'class M' amp is the biggest baddest amplifer there is... 6kw continuous and 10kw burst from a single amplifier at something like 12.8 volts...
Rated Power
continuous power 500W x 4 @ 4-Ohms RMS
1000W x 4 @ 2-Ohms RMS
2000W x 4 @ 1-Ohm RMS
3750W x 4 @ 0.5-Ohm RMS
2000W x 2 @ 4-Ohms bridged RMS
4000W x 2 @ 2-Ohms bridged RMS
7500W x 2 @ 1-Ohm bridged RMS
Last edited by veeman; May 17, 2007 at 04:16 PM.
Originally Posted by veeman
Can you explain why you say it only does 3kw continuous...it's cea2006 rated for rms power at 15kw. Isn't rms the "continuous" rating???
by compairison the GTI will do its 6kw with sine wave for minutes maybe even hours and the burst rating would be measured 'RMS power' during 1/10 second (or so) tone bursts that would be cycled on and off....
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Originally Posted by canadian123
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ya its a bad *** amp thats for sure and when you hold it its like you have all the power in the world in your hands...lol...where did you get that price? MSRP is like $5000usd according to the Rep Karem.
P.S. Future Shop can order these as well I think FS is the only certified dealer in Ontario
P.S. Future Shop can order these as well I think FS is the only certified dealer in Ontario
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Originally Posted by NTOXKTD
Karem is not the rep and Future Shop is not the only dealer. Karem is the product manager at Trends in BC.
As far as I know Future Shop is the only dealer in Ontario That I know of
