Icepower car amps for modules?

bwaslo · 30th August 2008, 03:04 AM

Has anyone looked into using the innards of one of the IcePower car amps as a base for a home system amp? They seem to go for not very much on eBay (there's one by Eclipse at the moment at quite little for 4 bridgeable 175W 4ohm channels, claims to be full range). Or are the car amp designs entirely different than the home ones?
I got a pair of the 200W AC powered modules that were being sold a while back on the Market forum, am really surprised at how good they turned out, certainly better than what I had been using before. But since B&O won't sell modules to DIYers, wondering if maybe the car amp versions might be another angle towards getting hold of them.

wimdehaan · 9th September 2008, 06:17 PM

Pioneer sells some nice car amps using B&O ICEpower technology, it uses good opamps and dedicated ICEpower ICs , it seems very well engineered.

PRS-2100T
PRS-D210
PRS-D2100T

All 3 the same model, just different codes for different countries.

Always wanted to buy one out of curiousity ..... never did so far.

dmfraser · 10th September 2008, 04:40 PM

The problem with this is the power supply. You need a honking big 12V power supply to run these amps in home well enough that they won't suck. It cost me $139.00 for a 50A supply on Ebay and it weighs about 40 pounds.

Tekko · 10th September 2008, 05:42 PM

You can bypass the 12v ps in a caramp with a linear one and some juicy caps.

Like this, its not icepower tho: http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q...caramp/modded/

30th August 2008, 03:04 AM	#1
bwaslo diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	Icepower car amps for modules? Has anyone looked into using the innards of one of the IcePower car amps as a base for a home system amp? They seem to go for not very much on eBay (there's one by Eclipse at the moment at quite little for 4 bridgeable 175W 4ohm channels, claims to be full range). Or are the car amp designs entirely different than the home ones? I got a pair of the 200W AC powered modules that were being sold a while back on the Market forum, am really surprised at how good they turned out, certainly better than what I had been using before. But since B&O won't sell modules to DIYers, wondering if maybe the car amp versions might be another angle towards getting hold of them.

10th September 2008, 04:40 PM	#3
dmfraser diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Orange County, CA	Car amps in home The problem with this is the power supply. You need a honking big 12V power supply to run these amps in home well enough that they won't suck. It cost me $139.00 for a 50A supply on Ebay and it weighs about 40 pounds. __________________ Dan Fraser

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9th September 2008, 06:17 PM	#2
wimdehaan diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: n/a	Pioneer sells some nice car amps using B&O ICEpower technology, it uses good opamps and dedicated ICEpower ICs , it seems very well engineered. PRS-2100T PRS-D210 PRS-D2100T All 3 the same model, just different codes for different countries. Always wanted to buy one out of curiousity ..... never did so far.

10th September 2008, 05:42 PM	#4
Tekko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005	You can bypass the 12v ps in a caramp with a linear one and some juicy caps. Like this, its not icepower tho: http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q...caramp/modded/

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