ive spent the last year trying to find a desktop amp to replace my kenwood 209(150watts) that i have powering my 600watt 12inch sub all i can find are stereo power amps with a bridged mono mode that i dont trust can do its claimed 150watts at one point i found an amp that claims 230watts but cant find it for the life of me 🙁 and i hate the idea of getting one of those plate amps come on i dont want to put a hole in the side of my box i want something pretty on my huge desk and not cost me more then $250 for a measly 200 watts why cant these manufactures produce such a product when car audio easily beats it at 12 volts cone on we have 120/240 volts to farts around with take advantage of that fact already
The trouble with buying lower powered amps is the competition drives down prices but often the quality of the amp too.
I bough a 200 watt amp off ebay. I had a look inside and no way its 200 watts, the transformer was tiny !
I built my own for a mobile disco.
Nothing special or complicated just a class AB 400 watt amp.
I added DC protection to the pcb to keep things compact.
I bough a 200 watt amp off ebay. I had a look inside and no way its 200 watts, the transformer was tiny !
I built my own for a mobile disco.
Nothing special or complicated just a class AB 400 watt amp.
I added DC protection to the pcb to keep things compact.
interesting idea but good luck finding a prebuilt enclosure for 2 of them and a PSU that can fit into the same enclosure and stay within budget
in sorry but that falls under the too expensive and fuggly to be displayed on a desk and probably break my desk
Thanks, what do you think of Rotel class D amplifiers?
These look fine, and 2nd hand might not be that expensive.
There is one RB-1572 on auction at ebay, seller from UK.
Expiration in 1d 15h, current bid $ 122.93
edit: appears to be a unit not fully functional.
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looks pretty but it lacks volume control and im in the usa well i got my eye on a crown XLS 1002 since its a 2ohm stable amp i wont have to worry about my sub killing the amp while its just sitting there powered on