Old school Hifonics amps ?

[Robcrx]

Im in the process of trying to find old school amps for a semi old school build..
What do you think of this setup ? will it be clear ? and powerful ?
Do these amps have that "THUMP" when turned on ?

Hifonics Zeus VII for a sub:
Hifonics ZEUS VII 600w VARI-POWER ZEUS 7 - eBay (item 300290282152 end time Feb-08-09 16:04:17 PST)

specs:
Hifonics Zeus VII



Hifonics Vulcan for my fronts ?
HiFonics Vulcan 100Watt Amp - Toronto Car Parts For Sale - Kijiji Toronto


specs:
Hifonics Vulcan VII





Rob

[mike49504]

Thoose amps are 1 of the best amps that were made back in the day when quality meant something.

Thoose amps are uner rated IMOP.
They are very clean sounding amps and true rms power unlike the new stuff from china.

Thoose amps if i remember correctly have a soft turn on and soft turn off so no loud thump.

Ask anyone here and i bet they will agree thoose are some kick *** amps

[amc32]

Excellent choice of manufacture.
Zeus is quite capable of driving today's readily available subwoofers.
(Mostly low efficenty versus old school high efficiecy subwoofers)

The vulcan is a great sounding amp as well.But it's usage should be based on the speakers you plain on driving. Even today's front stage transducers can require some power to achieve their greatness.

For me, I would use the Zeus for my front stage and explore my options for a bass amp. Class D or maybe even another Zeus.

[Robcrx]

thanks guys

[tsmith1315]

Zeus is very healthy amp, but is back from the days when 600W meant serious current requirements.

Going in a Honda? Be sure you can supply the demands, or the amp may suffer a failure. I have a similar Autotek 7600 (Zed model), and have yet to install it primarily for this reason.

See the attached Series VII spec sheet for current draw and note the the 30 amp figure is *average*.

amc32 makes a good point about power distribution. I'd have a hard time installing an old-school Zeus on bass and not matching it with a similar amount of good quality power up front.

I'm not a classD proponent yet, but it would make sense to alternatively consider that for bass while using the Zeus to evaporate your front speakers.

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[Robcrx]

great info here