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[mazza7282]

(sorry this may be a bit long)

As some of you might be aware, I have been slowly but surely removing my bose system and then fitting all aftermarket equipment. But a few problems keep arising which I kind of would imagined, i have now found out that the amplifier I have purchased I do not believe to be man enough for the job.

I have wired my Kenwood loom into my amplifier and run all the necessary wiring from the front of the car to the back of the car (power lead and audio leads + x 8 speaker wires either side of the car)

You can hear the music coming out of the speakers but it is very distorted with not even having to turn the volume on the head unit (or the gain on the amp) very high at all, so in essence, the quality if crap...

I know the wiring + speakers are ok, because what I have done as a test is took my home cinema amp (100 watt per channel RMS), and plugged the speaker wires and gave it an input and I was blown away by the quality at all levels, but obviously as it is a a home cinema amp i put it back in my house again

The amplifier i brought on ebay is this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150300056514&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005

And the uprated speakers I have put in the doors are at x2 standard tweeters that were orginally in the car, x2 17cm 60 watt rms, x2 10cm 40 watt rms and x2 6x9 100watt rms

Price is obviously an issue in this day and age

Can anyone recommend an amplifier for my kit

Thanks

P.s I also had to take my 2nd head unit back to the shop that I had purchased, as it only had one pair of RCA leads to go to an amp, and I was told that they are only for a sub, and wouldn't sound all that great, so I had to take it back and get a head unit that came with the correct spefications for running that I've got.

note to self, I will NEVER be doing this again, the amount of head units, time, shouting and swearing, cutting hole in the rear shelf (both metal and plastic) and actually finding somewhere to actually run the damn wires down the car, a NIGHTMARE !!!

[Miggy24]

LOL its not that bad.First off when you had it all up and running and it was sounding crap what did you do because 9/10 if you just fiddle with the switchs on the amp it will sort itself out

[Marks DTM Calib]

There are a lot of things that dont add up on that advert i.e.:

Peek output power of 1000W.......yet it stats the supply current is 10A which equates to little more than 120W!

Noise figure is appaling!

It should be more than man enough.....when you consider that to double the sound output from a 50W amp you would need 500W you realise that the power of some of these setups is less relevant!

I would guess a wiring/setup fault or a faulty unit.

[Martin_1962]

Sounds like a poor amp.

Look for a S/H Apline or something similar

[mazza7282]

I adjusted some of the settings, but the sound quality is appauling. when considered with all the wiring in place and my home cinema amp in the boot (obviously plugged into a mains socket) the overall set up sounds rather good.

I think ill go for a different amp (BTW new problem please see my thread in the technical forum


BOO HOO

[zirk]

I've got a second hand Amp and cheap (ish) I could sell you, from memory its a Blupunk Velocity,  it runs various speaker set ups inc Sub into 4 or 2 ohms, can't remember the model or Power but its more than enough to fill an Megy.

[mazza7282]

I've got a second hand Amp and cheap (ish) I could sell you, from memory its a Blupunk Velocity,  it runs various speaker set ups inc Sub into 4 or 2 ohms, can't remember the model or Power but its more than enough to fill an Megy.

I've PM you mate, also if its the right one i'm after, as your in essex is perhaps like to bring the car, plug it in and see if it does the job like, would prob take me an hour to get up to essex from where I am

[zirk]

I've got a second hand Amp and cheap (ish) I could sell you, from memory its a Blupunk Velocity,  it runs various speaker set ups inc Sub into 4 or 2 ohms, can't remember the model or Power but its more than enough to fill an Megy.

I've PM you mate, also if its the right one i'm after, as your in essex is perhaps like to bring the car, plug it in and see if it does the job like, would prob take me an hour to get up to essex from where I am

Its a Velocity VR 504 REFERENCE AMP + EQ, 4 / 2 Ohm Multi Channel.
4 x 75w RMS or 2 x 320w RMS or a combination of each.

Full spec here: http://fe0wap79.bosch.de/intershoproot/files/serviceDocuments/7607792023001_BA_GB.pdf