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Kane_R32 Experienced

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one thing i didnt find out til i actually bought and ran a response amp was the amount of current they use.

even on low settings my electrical system would struggle, and i never had a issue with amps in previous installs.

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one thing i didnt find out til i actually bought and ran a response amp was the amount of current they use.

even on low settings my electrical system would struggle, and i never had a issue with amps in previous installs.

That's interesting, because if you are talking about the 4x100 jaycar digital amp, it should be much more efficient than a non-digital amp.

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one thing i didnt find out til i actually bought and ran a response amp was the amount of current they use.

even on low settings my electrical system would struggle, and i never had a issue with amps in previous installs.

was the response amp more powerful than previous amps? If so then you're not comparing apples with apples. Assuming the same power output, there's only 2 ways the energy can be dissipated and that's as sound energy and heat. If the response amp ran a lot hotter than the other model (this also depends on the heatsinking area) then it may just be less efficient. However I'm doubting that this is the case, you'd really have to bugger something up quite badly to make an amp that inefficient these days, and they wouldn't have developed a name for themselves if that was the case.

And like ferni says, the digital amps should be more efficient with their current consumption than previous models.

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Jaycar gear is great stuff. I would much rather buy a product that puts money into engineering it than companies like sony which spend millions on marketing, pretty pictures and plastic decorations on their products

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Jaycar gear is great stuff. I would much rather buy a product that puts money into engineering it than companies like sony which spend millions on marketing, pretty pictures and plastic decorations on their products

Engineering? They go to China and say "that one will do, slap Jaycar on it and give us 10,000". :stupid:

They do offer good power for the $$, but shop around you can buy "name brand" amps for not a lot more, that offer better performance and re-sale value.

Phil

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For the price you pay these things are at least 3000x better than the other crap out there.

It's true it's not going to compare to a $1000 amp, but you didn't pay that much for it, so it's unfair to compare.

They're built a lot better and sound better than a lot of other amplifiers that cost more.

I'd rate it!

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And it your looking for some good splits are a realistic price, the jaycar response ones are right up there and can compete with those super expensive suckers!

Good luck!

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