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Thread: What makes an amp suck? |
    
Bronze Member Username: Bnh142
Post Number: 43
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 01:06 am: |
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What's the difference between say a Jensen vs. Rockford Fosgate vs. US Amps? What exactly do you get for the extra money you spend?
I hooked up a borrowed 300 watt bridged Jensen and my sub sounds better (mostly more powerful) than running on a 150 watt mono Rockford Fosgate. The RF would put out 300 watts into 2 ohms but I have a single 4 ohm sub. Duh, twice the power is gonna work better since the sub can take it, but really, why are you all so down on these cheap amps like Jensen? |
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Millencolin Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 04:16 am: |
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For me : Engineering quality, mortality rate...etc.I'm sure the pros here would be able to elaborate more. |
kittelstick Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 05:20 am: |
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S/N ratio. THD. Actual output as oppossed to claims. Stability. Quality. |
Silver Member Username: Jeremyc
Kunsan Afb
South Korea
Post Number: 265
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 06:49 am: |
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http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/4/111340.html |
Gold Member Username: Glasswolf
NorthWest,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 6522
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 05:39 pm: |
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reliability and performance.
company support.
efficiency and features
read this article if you want to learn about how amplifiers work and what to look for:
http://www.wickedcases.com/caraudio/amplifiers.html
see if that helps clarify things.
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Gold Member Username: Jonathan_f
GA
USA
Post Number: 2767
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 07:08 pm: |
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The single most important thing to an amplifier is build quality and material quality. With good materials comes better S/N, efficiency, lower distortion, etc. Amplifier topology and "patented technology" isn't what determines a good amp. Many of the top amps you'll lay your hands on are some of the simplest amps out there, and they use milspec components. |
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