Amp Question
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Road Captain
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From: Lakeshore Wis.
Amp Question
Did you ever notice, the BT Titan amps don't use the big heavy cables to power their amps? And not that I looked at everything out there, but I've had 4 different amps, and the titan is the only 1 that used small gauge wire. Why is that ?
Road Master
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From: Tyler Tx
I don’t want to knock something that a lot of people probably use, paid a fortune for, and are emotionally invested in, but it’s because they’re weak as ****, overpriced, and don’t need heavy current draw.
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Road Master
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From: Tyler Tx
I don’t have to. Some things can’t be changed. The maximum current through a 14g wire is one of them. You can slap whatever label you want on something, the guys buying stuff like that aren’t going to check otherwise they wouldn’t be buying it to begin with. They are just dudes who want louder than stock and simple. They don’t want to invest in voltmeters, oscilloscopes, RTA’s, DSP’s, so BT has a plug and play solution that doesn’t even have an adjustable gain.
But a 14 gauge wire can still only carry so many amps, an amplifier can only produce wattage relative to the available voltage and current, therefore………
Road Warrior
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In fairness to BT their amps are actually pretty darn good. They use Hypex UcD class-D amp modules which are very efficient with decent specs (distortion, noise, freq response, etc.). They aren't for everyone (as pointed out by slodsm) but they do the job they were designed for very well. They don't use heavy gauge power leads because they don't need to (it's 180 W RMS/channel, not 1000). The 30A in-line fuse will blow before the current draw damages the wiring or amp which, at the end of the day, is all that really matters when it comes to the *cough* size of your wire.
Disclaimer: I'm a happy BT4180 user
Disclaimer: I'm a happy BT4180 user
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