why are old school amps worth so much? - Page 84

damage · 19th March 2010, 05:39 PM

There is an auction on ePay for a pair of these amps.

spooney · 19th March 2010, 05:45 PM

They are tomtom's amps...well until they sell anyways. They kinda remind me of oldschool orion/ppi inside.

jol50 · 19th March 2010, 07:51 PM

I've been checking for a couple so-so sought after amps, and I sure have not seen the prices go down. Some of the broken have gone up, or shill bidding maybe. At least I get a laugh when some beat broken amp sells for what I bought a working one for less than two years ago. Some normal amps have fallen a little, but spring is getting closer.

Blaupunkts appear to have gone all over the map, being made by all different places. I have some that are STK IC amps much like the ADS plates (some of them). There is some that are Zed made? Some are junky. As opposed to say Kenwood who seemed to make near the same amps for the longest time in the ones I have seen.

One time in the early 90s they gave me a 'cube amp' they called it, I never could find out/remember what it was. It was a little cube that sat behind the HU. At the time it seemed to put out way more power than a HU, but HU were low power then. I don't think they could have put a PS in this little thing, maybe it was an IC based amp. They talked like it was class D or something special. Well it worked great until you started the car and had wicked ignition/alternator noise. Tried caps and noise suppression and could not make it work.

BP1Fanatic · 20th March 2010, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugi00

Marathon M12V105FT -> Pioneer DEX-P9r -> Monster Z2 RCA (Nakamitchi plug) -> Audio Art 100HC ->
Load 2,7Ohm -> 50Hz -> 45,8V -> 17A -> 778W (RMS)

You have a 1 ohm mono test???

damage · 20th March 2010, 05:30 AM

I find it interesting how similar the Audio Arts and SoundStreams are.

BP1Fanatic · 20th March 2010, 06:45 AM

They were both BEASTS "back n da day!"

Robcrx · 20th March 2010, 07:00 AM

tomtomjr is selling alot of his collection...

hugi00 · 20th March 2010, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BP1Fanatic

You have a 1 ohm mono test???

Yes.
- another time, because the battery was empty.

Marathon battery ca.: 11,2V -> (system) -> 778W

May see 35-37V and 29-30A circle the measurement will be (ca.: 1000-1100W).

jol50 · 2nd April 2010, 08:39 PM

Wow I missed this one: 180486377202

Can't think of anything I would use it for these days, but what a nice instant system they made back in the day.

hugi00 · 2nd April 2010, 08:56 PM

Now repair:
MRV-1507 .1
MRV-1507 .2

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19th March 2010, 05:45 PM	#832
spooney diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2006	They are tomtom's amps...well until they sell anyways. They kinda remind me of oldschool orion/ppi inside.

19th March 2010, 07:51 PM	#833
jol50 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007	I've been checking for a couple so-so sought after amps, and I sure have not seen the prices go down. Some of the broken have gone up, or shill bidding maybe. At least I get a laugh when some beat broken amp sells for what I bought a working one for less than two years ago. Some normal amps have fallen a little, but spring is getting closer. Blaupunkts appear to have gone all over the map, being made by all different places. I have some that are STK IC amps much like the ADS plates (some of them). There is some that are Zed made? Some are junky. As opposed to say Kenwood who seemed to make near the same amps for the longest time in the ones I have seen. One time in the early 90s they gave me a 'cube amp' they called it, I never could find out/remember what it was. It was a little cube that sat behind the HU. At the time it seemed to put out way more power than a HU, but HU were low power then. I don't think they could have put a PS in this little thing, maybe it was an IC based amp. They talked like it was class D or something special. Well it worked great until you started the car and had wicked ignition/alternator noise. Tried caps and noise suppression and could not make it work.

20th March 2010, 05:30 AM	#835
damage diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	I find it interesting how similar the Audio Arts and SoundStreams are.

20th March 2010, 06:45 AM	#836
BP1Fanatic diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio	They were both BEASTS "back n da day!"

20th March 2010, 07:00 AM	#837
Robcrx diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto Canada	tomtomjr is selling alot of his collection...

2nd April 2010, 08:39 PM	#839
jol50 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007	Wow I missed this one: 180486377202 Can't think of anything I would use it for these days, but what a nice instant system they made back in the day.

2nd April 2010, 08:56 PM	#840
hugi00 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009	Now repair: MRV-1507 .1 MRV-1507 .2

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