Hey guys, ive been looking for a series of amplifiers out a few years ago, called Blade Technologies, I THINK. They, at the time, made the smallest mono subwoofer amplifier with the most amount of wattage (this amplifier was like 5"x8"x3" in size). I tried looking up this company, but it seems to have been gobbled up by one of its competitors or something, so they arent sold anymore, but does anyone know of this company and its products, or know of any other amplifier series that is extremely small, and very high wattage/stabality down to .5 ohm? This company claimed their amps could, and they also carried a hefty price tag. Im talkin about a wattage amp of over 500, of course.

thanks guys


snoopdan

 

I remember Blade. They did indeed make small modular amps that came in sets of 2, 4, 6, or even 8. Each mod was rated at 50 watts @ 4ohms.
Gee, you are asking a lot. 1/2 ohm, 500 watts, small chassis. There is only one true solution. In the old days, we used to call these type of amps, "cheater amps". I use them in my award winning white Talon. I run 3 US Amps in that car, 2 are rated at 12.5 wattsX2 and the other 25 wattsX2.
That is at 4 ohms. The 12.5x2 wattage amps are approx 2"X12"X 24" in size, the biggest 25 watt amp ever. In reality, I'm getting 400 watts into a mono 1/2 ohm load or 800 into a 1/4 ohm depending how the system is set up. (different progams on what speakers run, etc.) The 25X2 is "only" stable down to a 1/2 ohm When I saw these amps demostrated, the rep used the speaker leads to weld/cut pop cans in half
These are the amps you need to get a 1/2 ohm load. Orion is famous for their HCCA amps also. There are NOT cheap though.
Xtant make a really small mono amp rated at 100 watts but it will not get down to a 1/2 ohm.
Your best compromise is the newer class D amps. They are smaller, draw less current, and cost less than a typical class AB amp. Most are stable down to 1 ohm and can put out well over a 1000 watts. The drawback, use only as a sub amp, no mids or highs.
Many manufacturers make these amps, I personally use JBL class Ds.

 

Do you remember the older Autotek amps that were stable to 1/4 or 1/2!? Can't remember exactly... It was 22x2 and pretty small. I had it pushing my JL 12w5. It pounded! The 50 watt and below class was huge back in the early 90's.

 

The low watt power classes were always the most competitive. Besides a few big dogs usually all the top guys were in the low watt classes. I remember Blade also...don't know what happened to them though. Also Autotek..they are still around. As for the monkey's at US Amp..who knows what is going on there....lol. Giving you a hard time Jay. US Amp is actually about 2 hours from me...last I knew. We built a truck for them back in the day using the first US 200....the big surf board. The truck also had the first US xovers and batteries. The owner of US Amps is a trip....dude can put away some liquer.

 

This is what I was thinking about also. Car Audio and Electronics magazine did a review of this amp a few months ago.

http://www.xtant.com/html/products/xtant1.1i.cfm

 

Well my whole idea is to find an amp with an outragous amount of output wattage and stability with the smallest actual physical footprint in the vehicle. I have a 86 C4 Coupe, so Im hurtn for space as it is. I REALLY want to have enough cumalative bass output from my car as so I can possibly stop my hearbeat. Ive been sick of not having enough space in vehicles Ive owned, to do this. (ok, maybe i shouldnt keep buying sportscars, right?) My only next option is just to put a mid sized respectable system in my 86 C4 and just buy a minivan and fill it with fifteen 15" drivers.


Or, ive just been considering filling up the back of my vette with one big box with a 15" sub. But someday id like to at least pack a lunch and be able to fit it in my car


snoopdan

 

I know what you mean

I forgot about autotek :o Back in 1991 I had the privledge of messing with the "Hollywood Sound Labs" truck. It had nine of their new tube subwoofers in it powered by autotek amps. Awesome S-10, espically in that time. Too funny that ParkRat had a W5 subwoofer, I thought I was one of very few that had the W5 series.
Mr. Randy,
Ask that drinking buddy if he remembers the Screamin' Eagle since two of the US Amps were custom made by them just for this car.

 

Harrison Labs makes an "Audio Engine" in that size, at about that power into a 1 ohm load if that helps...

www.hlabs.com

 

Jay....I will ask Jack next time I see him. I talked to him for a few minutes at Daytona last year and will proably see him again this year.

 

Memphis had a small 500 watt class D that I beleive to be 1 ohm stable. Haven't sold them in a while so I might be wrong....

 

Those Harrison Labs amps are exactly what im looking for, if they wernt so damn ugly

They kinda look like a heathkit for a car. Not to mention, they are pricey. I saw that they make amps up to 3000 watts + at 1 ohm or 2 ohm....thats insane, and around 2k$...way out of this vette owners' budget.

snoopdan

 

Yep...the Memphis M Class 500 D is about 10.8"x6.5"x2"...It's rated at 500 watts at 2 ohms and (from the articles I've read) it's suppose to run cool and make rated power...they also have a bridging module that can take two MC500D's and bridge to 1000 watts at 4 ohms...some pretty good prices on them can be found on ebay but I'm not sure if a warranty would be included...

Hey Vetterlatethannever...sounds like you have some hands on experience with Memphis products...how did you like them?