Car amps...
My personal favorites, if you can still get them (ebay?), are the reference series from soundstream. They have a high current and high voltage mode, in high current mode it's *claimed* they can dive 1/2 ohm. They are named for their total 1 ohm output, ie the reference 200 will put 100w into 1ohm per channel. While I don't know if it can really do this, it sounds pretty darn good driving 4 ohms to about 40w. They can be bridged in which case you get approx. 150w into 4 ohms, and it still sounds good. The series ran up to a 500 I think and there were versions with 4 and 5 channel outputs, all of which share the same basic amp topology, and all the ones (200, 300, 400) I tried sounded similar and pretty good, even by home amp standards.
The other thing about them is that they are low profile (<2"), and will fit under the seats of most cars, important in my case since I don't want anyone to know I have them.
Good luck
Stuart
My personal favorites, if you can still get them (ebay?), are the reference series from soundstream. They have a high current and high voltage mode, in high current mode it's *claimed* they can dive 1/2 ohm. They are named for their total 1 ohm output, ie the reference 200 will put 100w into 1ohm per channel. While I don't know if it can really do this, it sounds pretty darn good driving 4 ohms to about 40w. They can be bridged in which case you get approx. 150w into 4 ohms, and it still sounds good. The series ran up to a 500 I think and there were versions with 4 and 5 channel outputs, all of which share the same basic amp topology, and all the ones (200, 300, 400) I tried sounded similar and pretty good, even by home amp standards.
The other thing about them is that they are low profile (<2"), and will fit under the seats of most cars, important in my case since I don't want anyone to know I have them.
Good luck
Stuart
Hi I am assuming that you have the best speakers for a reason. I would look at the following:
Celestra
Sinfoni
Brax
Tru Technology
Arc Audio
MacIntosh
Zapco
Linear Power
I have tried all of these and many others, these are all very very good amps. I have tried Dynaudio and Focal and like you guess what was a lot better? Well I hope that helps.
Celestra
Sinfoni
Brax
Tru Technology
Arc Audio
MacIntosh
Zapco
Linear Power
I have tried all of these and many others, these are all very very good amps. I have tried Dynaudio and Focal and like you guess what was a lot better? Well I hope that helps.
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