UFO - WTF is this amp, looks familiar

[chemhaz]

Hi, All , someone is selling this this amp but he does not know what it is due to the custom "botched" paintwork. . It looks familar but I can't pick it.. the heatsink reminds me of the older Earthquake amps but the terminals are oldschool US AMPS.

Anyone out there with a sharper eye tham me know what it is. Please let me know

I cannot get a pic of the the inside

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97825893@N00/sets/72157618616701548/

 

[Nagamitsu]

Colour and style of heatsink etc.., reminds me of an Orion amp.

Tim

 

[jol50]

I have a sherwood with a top sink like that, a 4x100. But those supports on the terminal blocks look pyramid.

 

[I Am An Idiot]

It is not an orion.

 

[1moreamp]

show the insides of the amp, please thx

 

[ampjunkielikeme]

looks like a old school precision power m series heatsink, with us amps style terminals, and the rca side looks like a pyramid.....they all got together and had a bastard child....freaky...lmao

i would love to see the guts as well....

 

[tomtomjr]

Could be either an Earthquake, but most likely a Crankenstein or Crunch.

 

[ben04srt]

Looks like a bigger version of my old crankenstein M-80

 

[tsmith1315]

Does it look like a product from The Hott Setup's line?

 

[chemhaz]

Missed it, someone outbid me at the last minute. I guess it will always remain a mystery. It's definetly not a Orion- Hott-Setup as I compared the unknow amp with T-450 and images of other models on ampguts.

I've tried hard to find a visual match without seccess, even against the old PPI series and it's a no go. Let's hope the winning bidder pulls out and I get a second shot at it. The curiosity is getting the better of my. I could' tfind any images of Crankensteins .. maybe that's what it was.

Thanks

 

[ampjunkielikeme]

i think that amp is a pyramid. somebody has peeled the sticker off the top of the amp...

it looks like this one on ebay but the red one is bigger.....item number 320375732868 ..i would post a link but it wont show up....

 

[ppia600]

Pyramid or Rockwood. Probably 15" long with 7" of amp inside and extended power and speaker wires to reach the end. I would guess one of the older G&S designs (good stuff) amps if not Pyramid or Rockwood.

 

[ben04srt]

nevermind it is not a crankenstein , been a while since I saw my old one.

 

[ppia600]

/\ You know they were selling Dr Crankenstein amps at Walmart a few years back. Can you believe that? I almost bought one just to see what was inside.

 

[I Am An Idiot]

Pyramid or Rockwood. Probably 15" long with 7" of amp inside and extended power and speaker wires to reach the end. I would guess one of the older G&S designs (good stuff) amps if not Pyramid or Rockwood.

It could have been much worse than a 15 inch amp with 7 inches of amp. This one was about 20 inches and had 5 inches of amp inside.

 

[duekfx]

 

[I Am An Idiot]

Here is the case of the whopping 1600 watt amp.

 

[ben04srt]

not much in the crankensteins either

 

[tsmith1315]

chemhaz:
It's probably best that it got away, but is certainly annoying not to have a positive ID.

I would guess one of the older G&S designs (good stuff) amps if not Pyramid or Rockwood.

Early G&S had all vertical fins (tall) like their blue Crutchfield sister amps. I'll find a pic...

It could have been much worse than a 15 inch amp with 7 inches of amp. This one was about 20 inches and had 5 inches of amp inside.

That is priceless! I hope you still have it.

 

[amc32]

Smaller versions of Dr. Crank amps were'nt much to look at. But the flagship and notable proto-types were impressive. They put the name on the map in the late 80's and 90's. It was simply a tragic that the company demise came as a result of the engineer's life being cut short. He was very enlightnent.