lol

 

hlabs is damn expensive though, no? i'd say in realms of consumer (not competition) phoenix gold is one of the best. best quality/price at that level.

 

HLabs also makes some of the noisest, ugliest sounding amps in the business. They make a LOT of raw power, but not a lot of pretty noise (AKA Music) I would never ever suggest them to anyone who was looking for an amp to daily drive. Wherein I would suggest PG to people.

 

Higgity is right but .....

HLabs amps are built for raw power usually for subwoofers where distortion is not apparent (to the ear) as an amp running mids or highs.....

The amps are serious though, lets not forget that.

 

we were talking about caps before. if you want some serious capacitance:

http://alumapro.com/cap.html

 

My last car was a Jeep Cherokee and I had 8 ALpine Type R 12's running off of 4 MTX 1000D's and I had 2 Phoenix Gold 15' farad caps and I had some dimming but it never went out had it for about 8 months before I sold it for a real car.

 

dude, caps ain't gonna cut it, if you had 50,000,000 farad caps, your alternator can still only supply a certain amount of amperage. you wasted lots of money on those 2 15 farad caps, should have gotten a 200+ amp alternator.

 

No offense Cup but unless we knew "exactly" how much draw both amps pull that is an unfair statement. Just because they have two 30Amp fuses does not say much.

Leaving headroom also, usually companies will leave a 5-10 Amp gap to short, so you don't keep blowing it.

 

What doyou need, to know how much I takes?

 

Best bet to save time and money is to inquire with the amp manufacturer. They should have spec's on amp idle and amp max (draw).

Or you could go nuts and buy a trace meter and perform your own tests, but.........

Option one is easier .02

 

no i was replying to 03YellowOZ. 30 farads of capacitance....if he did not change his alternator it is a complete waste. and even a 10 farad cap would be overkill. i've seen systems push 5000 watts with 2 farad cap and everything was fine, cause they had a 200 amp alternator.

 

What? What did you say? I can't hear you! Eh? Turn what down?

“If the noise pollution increases in the next 25 years, the way it has in the last 25 years, 50% of Americans will be totally deaf.”

- Dr. Tom Mullin
- Head of the Department of Communicative Disorders, UCF
- The University of Central Florida is home to the largest Communicative Disorders program in the world

I know a few of you compete. Most of you just play your music too damn loud, and it sounds terrible. Turn it down, or go deaf.
And yes, I am bitter and directing this at you bassheads who drive by my apartment all night long and keep me up. I hope you like the look of hearing aids, you egocentric neanderthals.

D

 

Move out of the ghetto..... Or was that mean?

 

hehe i love bass what can i say. i'd rather have my car vibrating like crazy then some high pitched scream in my ear. but sounding terrible? no sorry, nothing but quality comes out of my car, no matter what volume.

 

Word Z.

As long as you are respecting time (ie not bumping @ 1AM on a Wednesday night) you gotta do what you gotta do.

People fuss to much, serious. Worry about the war or somethin, we may not be here too much longer to enjoy anything....