Have you heard of American Audio???

lawbadman · 9th February 2009, 09:18 PM

Hello,

Is anybody familiar with the brand "American Audio"? I saw a power amp made by them at a local store and I am tempted to buy. Its the VLP300 ( http://www.adjaudio.com/product.asp?...=1276&cat=Amps ).
Its at a nice price and its very very solid, its quite weighty for its size and power. Nicely built, doesn't feel cheap at all.
I just want to make sure im not buying something that will soon become a paper weight. This will be for just general purpose listening when i feel like cranking up the volume, not really for critical listening.

Anyone dealt with this brand before?
Any opinions/thoughts?

Thanks

Lawrence

albin · 9th February 2009, 09:22 PM

why buy something that doesn't work

albin · 9th February 2009, 09:26 PM

What I mean is whats critical listening? your friends or what.
Regards
Max

HK26147 · 9th February 2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

why buy something that doesn't work

I guess it depends on what the "something" is but because:
(a) Maybe it can be fixed.
(b) Maybe it can be used for parts.

lawbadman · 9th February 2009, 09:29 PM

Its not broken. Its brand new.

albin · 9th February 2009, 09:37 PM

Listen to it youself.I mean it's gotta be good or not.
regards
Max

kevvywevvywoo · 10th February 2009, 05:58 PM

American Audio are aimed at the mobile disco market, they used to be called American DJ but split the brand into two. As a branding company, they have their stuff made all over the place by different OEMs..for different countries markets, so it's difficult to give a general answer on their products.

bear · 10th February 2009, 08:41 PM

It's a chinese made amp with an importer's brand on the panel.

The amp is slow: 15v/usec and high in harmonic distortion, 0.1%

I was offered some chinese product - I declined because they refused to provide a schematic - but the parts count (output transistors, and the size of the power supply toroid (this was a ~500w/8ohm version) made it attactive from the point of view of dumping in a new (good design) driver board and then a new front panel and selling it as a different product. I didn't feel like reverse engineering the amp, so screw it I said.

The idea is that it will make sound, and MIGHT, depending on the internals be a useful basis for building ur own bipolar class AB power amp into this chassis.

_-_-bear

HK26147 · 10th February 2009, 08:41 PM

In light of what kevvywevvywoo just said: I would not waste my money on these entry level products.

9th February 2009, 09:18 PM	#1
lawbadman diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Catherine, Jamaica	Have you heard of American Audio??? Hello, Is anybody familiar with the brand "American Audio"? I saw a power amp made by them at a local store and I am tempted to buy. Its the VLP300 ( http://www.adjaudio.com/product.asp?...=1276&cat=Amps ). Its at a nice price and its very very solid, its quite weighty for its size and power. Nicely built, doesn't feel cheap at all. I just want to make sure im not buying something that will soon become a paper weight. This will be for just general purpose listening when i feel like cranking up the volume, not really for critical listening. Anyone dealt with this brand before? Any opinions/thoughts? Thanks Lawrence __________________ <a href="http://www.danasoft.com"><img src="http://www.danasoft.com/sig/lawbadman.jpg" border="0"></a><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p>Sign by Danasoft - <a href="http://www.danasoft.com">For Backgrounds and Layouts</a></p></div>

9th February 2009, 09:22 PM	#2
albin diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	sureley an oxymoron why buy something that doesn't work

9th February 2009, 09:26 PM	#3
albin diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	sorry What I mean is whats critical listening? your friends or what. Regards Max

9th February 2009, 09:29 PM	#5
lawbadman diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Catherine, Jamaica	Its not broken. Its brand new. __________________ <a href="http://www.danasoft.com"><img src="http://www.danasoft.com/sig/lawbadman.jpg" border="0"></a><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p>Sign by Danasoft - <a href="http://www.danasoft.com">For Backgrounds and Layouts</a></p></div>

9th February 2009, 09:37 PM	#6
albin diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	I'm sorry .again Listen to it youself.I mean it's gotta be good or not. regards Max


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10th February 2009, 05:58 PM	#7
kevvywevvywoo diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	American Audio are aimed at the mobile disco market, they used to be called American DJ but split the brand into two. As a branding company, they have their stuff made all over the place by different OEMs..for different countries markets, so it's difficult to give a general answer on their products.

10th February 2009, 08:41 PM	#8
bear diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New York State USA	It's a chinese made amp with an importer's brand on the panel. The amp is slow: 15v/usec and high in harmonic distortion, 0.1% I was offered some chinese product - I declined because they refused to provide a schematic - but the parts count (output transistors, and the size of the power supply toroid (this was a ~500w/8ohm version) made it attactive from the point of view of dumping in a new (good design) driver board and then a new front panel and selling it as a different product. I didn't feel like reverse engineering the amp, so screw it I said. The idea is that it will make sound, and MIGHT, depending on the internals be a useful basis for building ur own bipolar class AB power amp into this chassis. _-_-bear __________________ _-_-bear http://www.bearlabs.com ...ur feeback please - like/dislike my what I have written? PM/email tnx. --

10th February 2009, 08:41 PM	#9
HK26147 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008	In light of what kevvywevvywoo just said: I would not waste my money on these entry level products.

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