Looking for car amp

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by asheck

Thats a nice clean looking setup.I'm not sure I could take it out and have to redo it all. That MTX has a little higher distortion rate then I like.Especially since it's gonna be at 2ohms for mids and highs.But I'm kinda funny about that stuff.

Thanks. It only took a couple hours to do that setup. It's pretty simple really. But, it's heavy and takes up some storage area that I want back.

Actually, it's running at 2.4ohms stereo. I have a 2 ohm resistor in series with each rear speaker to give me my ~2db attenuation. So, it's 6 ohms || 4 ohms. Besides, unless you listed to a pure sine waves in a noiseless room, it is really difficult to hear under 1%. But I hear ya...

[Finnster]

I bought a 4ch Elemental Designs back in 2002 and still use it today. At the time they were a very small and not so well known company making some very well made and clean amps for great prices. Think I paid like $150-200 then. Nicer, more power and cleaner than the RF, kenwood, sony and other various amps I've had.

-No idea what the deal is today, but they are still around!

The 4ch I had was very much underrated, where I run a pair of front components and a single 10". Plently of power and punch for me while not being over done. Fits nicely under my F seat as well. Seems most comparible to their NINe.4 amp. Worth looking into.


Here's pix of the guts if you like

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Finnster

I bought a 4ch Elemental Designs back in 2002 and still use it today. At the time they were a very small and not so well known company making some very well made and clean amps for great prices. Think I paid like $150-200 then. Nicer, more power and cleaner than the RF, kenwood, sony and other various amps I've had.

-No idea what the deal is today, but they are still around!

The 4ch I had was very much underrated, where I run a pair of front components and a single 10". Plently of power and punch for me while not being over done. Fits nicely under my F seat as well. Seems most comparible to their NINe.4 amp. Worth looking into.


Here's pix of the guts if you like

Yeah, I almost bought one of their subs a long time ago, but decided to get something I could hear in person. The amps look ok. The guts are ok too; bus bars for power, single transistor pair per channel, decent switching coil. But the PS capacitance looks a little weak for the power rating - but fine for mids/highs (don't know if it's enough for sub use though). Not bad all in all for the price. I like the simple look too - no fancy LEDs or other gimmicks...