Attn audio competition freaks/audiophiles

[lZl jody lZl]

I've been out of the loop for a long time and the PPI A-600 was the best amp I could get my hands on back in my day. Take a moment to laugh, it's ok.
I'm looking for the best 4 channel amp (100+ watts X4) that $500 bucks can buy. I want to push a pair of JL Audio 6 1/2" components and one JL Audio 10" sub (W6v2 or W7) in a sealed box. My total budget for the components, sub, and amp is $1000. Also if anybody can suggest something better, please advise. "Better" means sound quality. I don't care about spl. I want a clean, tight sound that covers the best sound spectrum. Thanks

[tundraSQ]

Originally Posted by lZl jody lZl

I've been out of the loop for a long time and the PPI A-600 was the best amp I could get my hands on back in my day. Take a moment to laugh, it's ok.
I'm looking for the best 4 channel amp (100+ watts X4) that $500 bucks can buy. I want to push a pair of JL Audio 6 1/2" components and one JL Audio 10" sub (W6v2 or W7) in a sealed box. My total budget for the components, sub, and amp is $1000. Also if anybody can suggest something better, please advise. "Better" means sound quality. I don't care about spl. I want a clean, tight sound that covers the best sound spectrum. Thanks

I'm also a fellow past a-600 user...great amp. nowadays people look to Arc Audio and Tru amps....might be out of the $500 budget however....why not try and grab a couple A600's off ebay? i almost did, until I found a company called elemental designs and ended up with a nine.2 amp and some eDi 6500s comps for under $400 shipped.

[cam2Xrunner]

The A600 is still one of the best amps out there!

If you're interested I am selling my MB Quart QAA4250. It does 250 watts rms x 4. You can run the front channels to your JL's and bridge the rear channels to 500 watts rms.

http://forum.elitecaraudio.com/showt...hreadid=125568

425 shipped. Retail was almost 2K dollars!!

It has less than 5 hours on it.

Here's a review

http://70.86.17.162/~npdang/forum/showthread.php?t=1150

[lZl jody lZl]

I wish I still had my A600. It got traded in for rent.

I did some research on that amp. S/N ratio is 76db? Is that right? Also with the dual fans, is there a problem with line noise? thanks cam

[sq_camry]

Originally Posted by tundraSQ

I'm also a fellow past a-600 user...great amp. nowadays people look to Arc Audio and Tru amps....might be out of the $500 budget however....why not try and grab a couple A600's off ebay? i almost did, until I found a company called elemental designs and ended up with a nine.2 amp and some eDi 6500s comps for under $400 shipped.

i cant believe you would take a eD amp over a PPI amp.

PPI > eD

[TakeABao]

Buy Rob's QAA4250.

Best damn 4-channel amp you can buy that isn't made by Brax, Helix, Tru, Sinfoni, etc.

[tundraSQ]

Originally Posted by sq_camry

i cant believe you would take a eD amp over a PPI amp.

PPI > eD

I think the eD amp sounds great....and I am blown away by the company's approach to eCommerce. So I am more than happy with my purchase.

[sq_camry]

Originally Posted by tundraSQ

I think the eD amp sounds great....and I am blown away by the company's approach to eCommerce. So I am more than happy with my purchase.

well here's one link to a couple horror stories... ive heard more. either your a noobie to eD, or have no brain.

http://www.fbodyaudio.com/cgi-bin/ya...num=1096567935

[david in germany]

Think about it the links and posts about ED are almost 2 years old. I frequent the board that ed runs and have never seen Ben remove anything. Yes there have been some problem posts in the past and I have seen the people taken care of also. My next amp will be ED. (I am waiting for the Nine.5 to be released)

[tundraSQ]

Originally Posted by sq_camry

well here's one link to a couple horror stories... ive heard more. either your a noobie to eD, or have no brain.

http://www.fbodyaudio.com/cgi-bin/ya...num=1096567935

hmmmmmmm....I wonder if eD is the only company out there that has had an unhappy customer? If I refused to buy things from a company that had a customer complain, I would be pretty much making my own amps and speakers here at the house now wouldn't I? I would guess that the ppi600 am IS a better built amp than the Nine.2, but I made the choice to go with eD and I have had nothing but positive experiences with the company. If that changes I will be sure to let you know.

[bigloubumpin]

Originally Posted by david in germany

Think about it the links and posts about ED are almost 2 years old. I frequent the board that ed runs and have never seen Ben remove anything. Yes there have been some problem posts in the past and I have seen the people taken care of also. My next amp will be ED. (I am waiting for the Nine.5 to be released)

Gotta date on that?

[david in germany]

LOL click the links and look!

[JLTD]

Bruce MacMillan was the designer of the original PPI Art series amplifiers, original Xtant (B4 MTXtant) and the JL Audio "Slash" amps and "e"series. The 300/4 has an MSRP of $549.95. This amp meets your budget and your old-school values.
This amplifier produces 4 x 75 Watts into an impedance range of 1.5 -4 ohms. If you find an amplifier that is 4 x 100 Watts, it's probably into a 2 ohm load at 14.4V input. Which is great for all those cars with 14V charging systems and locations for 8 speakers.

[hcarman]

Originally Posted by david in germany

LOL click the links and look!

I believe he may be asking release date of Nine.5, if you know

[david in germany]

Last I heard Ben Has said they are on stage 5 of the production and testing. I don't know how many stages there are though
it will probablly be a Nine.2 or Nine.2x and a Nine.4 in one heatsink I get all gooey thinking about it!