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Holy blast from the past! I used to run one of these powering two Aura 1808's in the back of a Stratus back in the early 00's. Local dB Drag comp clocked it at 139.6 back then, so it wasn't too bad for what little was apparently going into them. It was just a dumb, but fun setup. I eventually shifted gears to more outdoor adventures, so the whole system eventually made it's way into more dedicated hands.
I remember a guy years ago with those Auras who was a big presence on the old car audio forums. Had them in like an infinite baffle style mount. Always thought that looked like a cool set up.
@@fattytca1 yeah those were pretty cool. been thinking of buying some of the neo radials and doing something with them. currently fixing some broke 3hp neos.
Totally forgot about the second channel big D! Thanks for posting this retro footage. There's a reason tripath topology faded away although there are a few manufacturers that still sell products with similar circuity. As far as I know they're all lumped together as class D these days. In it's time though it was a pretty radical departure from the industry standard A/B and the relatively crude D.
It's cool seeing how you recorded the videos then versus how you do now I have a US amps Bass Mekanik PT-1100 .. I've had it for some time now looks very similar to my JP 23 good video though
Derek, I have a old Pioneer GM-X434 that I have owned since brand new. By far one of my favorite 4 channel amps. It is in need of repair and I have never seen one on the channel. I know you have people who fix amps. Sadly noone anywhere near me does.
I worked at a shop in Kentucky when those came out. Remember them well. I would love see some dyno on some amps I used back in the day on a budget like la sounds Malibu, Sherwood 440q and 240q, urban audio works, audio gods, and of course some pyramid amps. Anyway keep up the good work.
So I'm wondering because the numbers were so close between certified and uncertified does that mean it has a regulated power supply? Great content, two videos today! Your a boss, D!
very cool. there were a couple companies that came out with tripath car amps. i had a blaupunkt one. a local supermarket had a pretty cool little electronics section and carried them along with stuff like the intel slotket adapters or cyrix 333mhz chips. i really liked it dont remember what ever happened with it but it seemed alright. i still run tripath amps at home
@@wal2 I thought tripath, was the company. Not some new wave. Basically a trademark. Not unlike "class d". Theres also a reason, you don't seem that used anymore, well unless you buy a tripath for 11 dollars online.
@@wal2 A 4 second google..because i remember these when they dropped. Many of us, then, though meh... but hey, to each their own. "A Tripath or Class-T power amplifier is a proprietary version of the Class-D switching amplifier developed by Tripath Technology. Tripath claims its architecture uses “adaptive” processing to improve general switching amplifier design" Again Big D no hate, and again, maybe im high, but, especially in the 2000s, trade marks and new thrown around words sold stuff,...Still works today. Also, everyone talking about efficiency,.. hell the times 10 method, comes into play here. It, to me, isnt earth shattering, .. hell hardly average eh?
Seems fairly efficient. But, don't know a lot about Class T topology. Lots of respect for US Amps products from back in the day though. Very solid. Interesting dyno and review.
Cool amp back In the day. Was wondering if you ever got your hands on to test US acoustics amps? Like the USX 4065? I rocked one back in the early 2000s and still have it to this day. Was a very clean amp for price
Dirk eckard still hand builds amps I believe for special projects I've watched videos of him building boards from scratch pretty impressive he knows his stuff
I had a la sound Catalina classic running mono in my dodge Daytona to 2 -10 inch subs in a bandpass firing back at the hatch. Had 0 gauge wire back in the day. Had Kenwood excelon deck with no speaker outputs. Only had RCA outputs, top of the line deck. Along with a kenwood parametric EQ, excelon components, and tried many amplifiers and many subwoofers brand's.
Old school US Amps where the bomb. I had 4 Orion XTR 12s in my Blazer back in say 1005 or so on a VLX-200 and it was crazy loud. Poor USA-100 on my fronts was no match to keep up but I didn't care. Crank some DJ Magic Mike. Fuun times,
It did more than rated power, which is typical old school quality amplifier. However I was a little shocked it fell flat on the 40Hz dynamic tests VS the higher certified and uncertified tests.
@@wal2 yeah, everything changed in the late 90s to early 2000s. I had some good old school equipment back in the day, wish I kept my Crunch 50SHC, Phoenix Gold ZX250, PPI PC650 and Rockford Punch 150HD, they were all great amps .. they don't make them like the used to!
@@wal2 I was a US Amps dealer back in the day. I loved them, rarely ever had a defect and the USX 2 and 3 were my favorite Xovers of all. Ah, the good old days. Cheers
My stupid ass traded an Autotek mm1700 for a US amps VLX 25 back in 99. It was a very stupid trade and I regret it to this day. That MM1700 was a high current 2 channel amp that ran 1 ohm stereo. It was a beast
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Holy blast from the past! I used to run one of these powering two Aura 1808's in the back of a Stratus back in the early 00's. Local dB Drag comp clocked it at 139.6 back then, so it wasn't too bad for what little was apparently going into them. It was just a dumb, but fun setup. I eventually shifted gears to more outdoor adventures, so the whole system eventually made it's way into more dedicated hands.
Awesome 👏
I remember a guy years ago with those Auras who was a big presence on the old car audio forums. Had them in like an infinite baffle style mount. Always thought that looked like a cool set up.
@@fattytca1 Yep, that was me. :D
@@fattytca1 yeah those were pretty cool. been thinking of buying some of the neo radials and doing something with them. currently fixing some broke 3hp neos.
U.S. Amps 4ever. I still run RE Audio in all three of my vehicles. Thank you for this!
Great dyno testing keep up the good work sir
Totally forgot about the second channel big D! Thanks for posting this retro footage. There's a reason tripath topology faded away although there are a few manufacturers that still sell products with similar circuity. As far as I know they're all lumped together as class D these days. In it's time though it was a pretty radical departure from the industry standard A/B and the relatively crude D.
Trying to keep the ball rolling and less edited stuff goes here
Very awesome amplifier!!
Love the video Big D!!
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Man, I'd love to hold one of those in my collection, very nice indeed
You can contact Brad at LegendsOfCarAudio.com to see if he still has this
That amp is a strait beauty.
What is that website that you showed the amp ratings from? That website has alot of the older amps w/ specs on it. I cannot find that website.
Nice test Derek...looking forward to the d4s amp dynos
Will be a few weeks but they will be coming 👌
VERY NICE! STILL GOING STRONG!
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It's cool seeing how you recorded the videos then versus how you do now I have a US amps Bass Mekanik PT-1100 .. I've had it for some time now looks very similar to my JP 23 good video though
Yeah hopefully they are better now 😬
Derek, I have a old Pioneer GM-X434 that I have owned since brand new. By far one of my favorite 4 channel amps. It is in need of repair and I have never seen one on the channel. I know you have people who fix amps. Sadly noone anywhere near me does.
Check with LinearPower.com, they have a TIPS division that repairs amps
I worked at a shop in Kentucky when those came out. Remember them well. I would love see some dyno on some amps I used back in the day on a budget like la sounds Malibu, Sherwood 440q and 240q, urban audio works, audio gods, and of course some pyramid amps. Anyway keep up the good work.
Which shop did you work at? I'm in KY myself and have been into car audio since the late 80's.
Lol I forgot about “urban audio works”. They had the ray screen printed on the purple Amps
I have an l.a. sound Hermosa that works in my collection
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Nic DEB Biggin Dizzle
Would love a much slower and much closer shot of amp internals. That thing looks awesome.
Sorry the amp is long gone and this is all the footage I had
@@wal2 aww ok. Thank you for the reply tho 🙏
So I'm wondering because the numbers were so close between certified and uncertified does that mean it has a regulated power supply? Great content, two videos today! Your a boss, D!
If so it’s the only US Amps I’m aware of with regulated supply. It could just be the chip hit it’s limit and gave up
Totally cool video D thank you so much.
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I didn’t even know US Amps made a tripath!
Yeah boi. Some of the Bass Mechanik amps were Tripath too 😲
very cool. there were a couple companies that came out with tripath car amps. i had a blaupunkt one. a local supermarket had a pretty cool little electronics section and carried them along with stuff like the intel slotket adapters or cyrix 333mhz chips. i really liked it dont remember what ever happened with it but it seemed alright.
i still run tripath amps at home
Sounds like another "class d" BS trade mark (marketing) to me...
Interesting !
@@wal2 I thought tripath, was the company. Not some new wave. Basically a trademark. Not unlike "class d". Theres also a reason, you don't seem that used anymore, well unless you buy a tripath for 11 dollars online.
@@wal2
A 4 second google..because i remember these when they dropped. Many of us, then, though meh... but hey, to each their own.
"A Tripath or Class-T power amplifier is a proprietary version of the Class-D switching amplifier developed by Tripath Technology. Tripath claims its architecture uses “adaptive” processing to improve general switching amplifier design"
Again Big D no hate, and again, maybe im high, but, especially in the 2000s, trade marks and new thrown around words sold stuff,...Still works today. Also, everyone talking about efficiency,.. hell the times 10 method, comes into play here. It, to me, isnt earth shattering, .. hell hardly average eh?
@@KB-1976 not quite.
Seems fairly efficient. But, don't know a lot about Class T topology. Lots of respect for US Amps products from back in the day though. Very solid. Interesting dyno and review.
They were trying new stuff. Guess it didn’t work out well for them
Got any old Clif Designs tests?
Can you get one of the new amps from U.S amps sent to you?
Cool amp back In the day. Was wondering if you ever got your hands on to test US acoustics amps? Like the USX 4065? I rocked one back in the early 2000s and still have it to this day. Was a very clean amp for price
Not an old one, not yet
@@wal2 well I hope you get your hands on a old one to test. Would be interesting. Do they still make them?? Cause you said not an older one.
Nice power. Definitely interesting power hookup location
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It's about time 🤗😲
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Dirk eckard still hand builds amps I believe for special projects I've watched videos of him building boards from scratch pretty impressive he knows his stuff
Man that's awesome!
Very impressive efficiency!
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I had a la sound Catalina classic running mono in my dodge Daytona to 2 -10 inch subs in a bandpass firing back at the hatch. Had 0 gauge wire back in the day. Had Kenwood excelon deck with no speaker outputs. Only had RCA outputs, top of the line deck. Along with a kenwood parametric EQ, excelon components, and tried many amplifiers and many subwoofers brand's.
Old school US Amps where the bomb. I had 4 Orion XTR 12s in my Blazer back in say 1005 or so on a VLX-200 and it was crazy loud. Poor USA-100 on my fronts was no match to keep up but I didn't care. Crank some DJ Magic Mike. Fuun times,
Awesome 👏
It did more than rated power, which is typical old school quality amplifier. However I was a little shocked it fell flat on the 40Hz dynamic tests VS the higher certified and uncertified tests.
The chip in these is known to fail so I didn’t want to push it too hard
@@wal2 yeah, everything changed in the late 90s to early 2000s. I had some good old school equipment back in the day, wish I kept my Crunch 50SHC, Phoenix Gold ZX250, PPI PC650 and Rockford Punch 150HD, they were all great amps .. they don't make them like the used to!
Very cool 😎
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Sweet amp.
Yessir!
@@wal2 I was a US Amps dealer back in the day. I loved them, rarely ever had a defect and the USX 2 and 3 were my favorite Xovers of all. Ah, the good old days. Cheers
mmmm US Amps.... would love to see some old school PPI or MMATS!!!
I’ve tested both on my main channel. Just search the brand and amp Dyno and you should find them
I remember the preview but you never show it I been watching for long time
Sorry sometimes I have to move on to different vids
@@wal2 it's all good just remember you got video you forgot about haha
yeahhhhh boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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CLASST Tripath is indina technology Which is modified version of class D because it runs of much higher frequency
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I was liking the amplifier a lot until… the speaker and power shared on the same terminal… ouch!
Yeah that’s a bit scary for big dummies who can’t read 🤣
Great amps
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I remember when these were brand new.
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You need to track down their long boards, you know the ones that held the world record for a bit
Every jL and Orion sold these amps for a reason
Like this? ua-cam.com/video/_3kN5mBTBpA/v-deo.html
My stupid ass traded an Autotek mm1700 for a US amps VLX 25 back in 99. It was a very stupid trade and I regret it to this day. That MM1700 was a high current 2 channel amp that ran 1 ohm stereo. It was a beast
I don’t think it was a bad trade. Maybe more power from the Autotek, but I’m betting the VLX is more valuable today
These were nice amps. Whatever happened to them?
US Amps was acquired by RE Audio 20 plus years ago
The white chalkboard is a nice touch, but did you know YT has closed captions for the hard of hearing? I guess the chalkboard covers the dummies! lol
Yes, great point. I did the board for me, makes it easier to find the clips
Hell ya
Boom shocka locka!
Love it
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Mount Everest please.
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Signal to noise ratio is 100db, not to bad
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Tru power 🔋
Yessir!
Windows 95 98 is only we’re 3.5 inch floppy could be use . They had a lot of usage up till not long ago . Floppy 3.5 was also required to install windows xp. Was very annoying. Just want to point that out .the 5 1/4 floppy yes windows 95/98
It would take 6 boss Ava650/700 ( what I used in in 1991) to make that same power. That’s 6 x $100 🤣
This whole class T is named after Mr tripathi .
Never buy electronics that says hand crafted. You are buying kludged garbage. Reliability comes from a well-run production line running at 100% yield.
It was stated as pride back in the 80’s and 90’s but I know what you mean
Gainesville, Florida not far from me. Well not there anymore now owned by RE Audio now they are junk.
All good things must come to an end, at least that’s what they say
They were still designed by Dirk Ecker as recent as a few years ago. Not sure of the status now but thats a broad statement with little basis in fact.
@@envisionelectronics The facts are the two amps I bought were crap and died soon after purchase. So gfy