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donkeystomper amps

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roger460xvr

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has anyone had one of these amps?any reviews .are they worth anything..looking at a 2-pill..never heard of them..would the texas star 350 be better.or a .x-force but they don't use 2879 ..
 
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roger460xvr said:
has anyone had one of these amps?any reviews .are they worth anything..looking at a 2-pill..never heard of them..would the texas star 350 be better.or a .x-force but they don't use 2879 ..
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Of course, I believe a Texas Star 350 would be a much better choice. The DEI 2SC2879 transistors that come in the TS350 are not the best out there, but driven moderately at about 3 watts, they perform well.
I have three of the Texas Star 350 amps that I have changed all of them over to Toshiba 2SC2879's . And the latest newer HG 2SC2879 transistors are demonstrating some reliable performance also.
Get a Texas Star 350 and a couple of Toshiba 2SC2879 transistors and I'll change them out for you plus checking the input and output tuning capacitors.
 
Looks like they went up a little more but you get what you pay for.

The donkey stomper is the same design as the xforce. If he's using Toshiba transistors he's building a better amp than x force offers.

All these new builders are using the same design. The biggest difference is how well they tune the amps larger than a 4 pill. 4 pill and smaller is copy and paste.

I didn't like Texas Star when they used Toshiba pillz. No way I'd buy one with dei transistors.
 
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543_Dallas said:
Looks like they went up a little more but you get what you pay for.

The donkey stomper is the same design as the xforce. If he's using Toshiba transistors he's building a better amp than x force offers.

All these new builders are using the same design. The biggest difference is how well they tune the amps larger than a 4 pill. 4 pill and smaller is copy and paste.

I didn't like Texas Star when they used Toshiba pillz. No way I'd buy one with dei transistors.
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Hey 543, not all copies are right. Some of the relay placements and extra long leads mess with the circuit. All are not created equal. But you knew that. But a lot of thes e guys don't
 
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Hey 543, not all copies are right. Some of the relay placements and extra long leads mess with the circuit. All are not created equal. But you knew that. But a lot of these guys don't
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Yep, I dont know who to recommend anymore. I used to say xforce was ok but I don't trust them anymore.

Everyone is cutting corners somewhere and they few that will do it right don't want to deal with the clientele anymore.
 
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Yep, I dont know who to recommend anymore. I used to say xforce was ok but I don't trust them anymore.

Everyone is cutting corners somewhere and they few that will do it right don't want to deal with the clientele anymore.
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ill give ya a review when it gets here on thurs,,,,,
 
I pity the donkey fool . . .

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