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Old Mar 25, 2002 | 02:03 AM
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Anybody else use US Acoustic?

just wondering if there is any one else out there useing US Acoustic brand amplifiers, or cross overs?:lala:
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Old Mar 25, 2002 | 09:46 PM
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I have pondered getting one of their amps for a long time now. I saw a write up in car audio mag on cheep amps and these came out on top they said the only down side was that when they advertised 100 watts they only produced 95 or so watts they have very low thd, high watts, 2 ohm stable, all power rated at 12.8 volts, and very cheep. Looks like a good buy to me.
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Old Mar 25, 2002 | 11:08 PM
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i just seen them on www.carreview.com all their stuff had great reviews so i went and looked on ebay, and got 2 of their USX2100's for $85 a piece. I have been thoroughly pleased with the performace, i ran one of them @ 1ohm for about 4 hours, and had no problems with overheating, but its runnning @ 2ohm now just to be safe! I hope if you get one that you get similar results
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Old Mar 25, 2002 | 11:15 PM
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So, they make the list of good "cheap" brands then?

I was gonna go Pioneer if I ever get some spare $$ around to get a 10 and a small amp, how do you think USacoustics stacks up to them?
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Old Mar 25, 2002 | 11:37 PM
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well the usx2100 that i have is rated @300 watts RMS, when bridged, it will outpower my friends RF 240.4 and his is pushing 2 JL 10wO's and mine is pushing 2 infinity reference series 1020W's
as for comparing to pioneer, i think that you would be better off with a US Acoustics!
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Old Mar 26, 2002 | 05:57 PM
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When they did the test on the us acustic's amps they were very impressed with them they put them up agienst a pioneer, cadence, and one other I can't remember.

I will be buying one of their 4 channel amps for my car when I start to work on the audio system.

I have 3 pheniox gold amps I boutght like 4 years ago. They are excelent amps but I am selling them off to a friend because I will be running quite a bit less system then I was running with those amps.
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Old Mar 26, 2002 | 06:42 PM
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glad to hear that someone else is going to give them a try
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Old Mar 26, 2002 | 08:26 PM
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hey fellas,

i am running the USX2150 (x2) as part of my system, one for each subwoofer (12" Kicker Solobarics). the system SLAMs completely, w/o a doubt.

you can find pics in my Sig. **and i have been running them for almost 2 yrs. strong!!!**

hope this helps, later...
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 09:21 AM
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I have one, the 280w 2080? I can't remember. Someone tried to steal the whole damn car the other day, so my brain is kind of fried from lack of sleep. Anyway, it pushed my 1 10' Pioneer speaker way harder than my friend's 400w amp, I had something like a 38dB higher output than him. Could be a lot of other factorsbut the amp has worked great. over a year and no problems at all. I've run it LOUD for over 4 hours frequently.
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 12:45 PM
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I'm running an older model. Model number escapses me, but...
It's 50X4, 2 ohm stable, and has a built in crossover.

I have the the low pass bridged to my 12 in Pioneer sub and the high pass channels are pushing my Pioneer dash 4x6 plates and added Pioneer 5-1/4 door speakers.

I'm very satisfied. Its never overheated and it has been run on long trips 5 hours without a problem. Very strong, clean sound
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 11:08 PM
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I'm impressed and a little suprised! I might look into one of these to power a pair of RF z-series 10's I'm gonna get from a freind of mine. I know I know they aren't nearly the greatest thing out there, but, I'm really not paying anything for them, just trading some old computer parts I'm not going to use anymore.

(If your a tech geek, its an enlight case, 250W ATX PS, a tyan trinity socket 7 board and an AMD K62-450mhz) Thats my current board/cpu which I'm going to swap out whenever I get time for my new stuff. Gotta do a reload to go with it. Also my old case/PS.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 12:34 AM
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if you decide to go with one, im sure you wont be dissapointed, you can get all the specs off of their website for all their amps!
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 09:26 PM
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Crutchfield has them on sell right now for really cheep!!!
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 11:19 PM
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at my local wal mart they have a pioneer amp, its 250X2, or like 760X1, for 170 bucks, I have a 200 watt pioneer amp powering my 6X9's, and it was 100 bucks brand new at walmart and has been nothing but good.
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 01:09 AM
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thanks for the heads up, about the crutchfield sale, that is the cheapest i have seen them anywhere on the web, too bad i already have all the power i need
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