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echo: audio
to: JAY HAMILL
from: DREW HOHMANN
date: 1996-08-28 15:17:00
subject: Re: Car stuff?

JH> TO> JH> Just curious if anyone has had experience with Power Acoustik 
amps?
JH> TO>
JH> TO>Junk. If you're looking for good amps for car use, go with McIntosh.
JH> TO>If you're looking for good sound, don't try to get it in a car.
JH>
JH> Well, I know about McIntosh amps, and no way in hell can I afford em...
JH> My mind is still set on the PPI Sedona amps... I was gonna get 4
JH> 4-channel amps... bridge 2 of em and run the other 2 in 4 chnl mode for
JH> my interior mids & tweetz.  I know about the acoustic problems of cars,
JH> sounds reflecting offa glass.  Also the nice low freq bass boost that
JH> most cars have is real nice... kinda brings yer -3db point from say
JH> 40Hz, to like 16Hz.  (Read article in CarAudio mag about that thang...
JH> lose nothing gain everything).  But there was a BMW with 13"'ers in the
JH> kick panels and motorized mid/tweets that rose up outa the dash and they
JH> said the imaging in that car was like a concert hall!  So, it can be
JH> done, but it's a question of what do you wanna pay?!
JH> -Jay
JH>
The PPI amps are very nice.  But why bridge 2 of them?  You're much better 
ff
buying 2 2-channel and 2 4-channel amps.  A plain 2-channel PPI will put out
just as much power with less distortion, IMF, etc.  And it's cheaper too.
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