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"How do you guys avoid blowing the input of your amps ?"

first of all, we invest in real amplifiers, not junk. we observe and provide the recommended drive levels (carrier & pep) to the amplifier based on the type and number of devices used in combination with the rated output of the devices. for am operation we maintain the pep-to-carrier ratio from the amplifier at a value just at or below 4:1 in recognition of the fact that this is where 100% modulation occurs and we operate the amplifiers at the recommended operating voltages. we understand that the drive recommendations published by most amplifier manufacturers are vague at best and prefer to determine exactly what they are according to the guidelines presented here instead.

let's just say that the goal was to find an amplifier with a pair of SD1446's at the cheapest price you could get it for, only to find out that long before the devices reach their rated output that solder begins to melt, components begin to fall out of their mounting locations and etches are burning up on the pc board, we won't even mention all of the other features it lacks because you wanted to pay as little for it as possible. you got what you paid for. the corollary to that is you didn't get what you didn't pay for.

does an amplifier that will do the rated output of the devices used without solder melting and components falling off of the pc board cost extra? where rmitaly and zetagi are concerned, apparently so.

<blockquote data-quote="freecell" data-source="post: 113771" data-attributes="member: 30">&quot;How do you guys avoid blowing the input of your amps ?&quot;first of all, we invest in <a href="http://www.firecommunications.com/p225.shtml" target="_blank">real amplifiers</a>, not junk.&nbsp; we observe and provide the&nbsp; recommended drive levels (carrier &amp; pep) to the amplifier based on the type and number of devices used in combination with the rated output of the devices.&nbsp; for am operation we maintain the pep-to-carrier ratio from the amplifier at a value just at or below 4:1 in recognition of the fact that this is where 100% modulation occurs and we operate the amplifiers at the recommended operating voltages. we understand that the drive recommendations published by most amplifier manufacturers are vague at best and prefer to determine exactly what they are according to the guidelines presented here instead.let&#039;s just say that the goal was to find an amplifier with a pair of SD1446&#039;s at the cheapest price you could get it for, only to find out that long before the devices reach their rated output that solder begins to melt, components begin to fall out of their mounting locations and etches are burning up on the pc board, we won&#039;t even mention all of the other features it lacks because you wanted to pay as little for it as possible. you got what you paid for.&nbsp; the corollary to that is you didn&#039;t get what you didn&#039;t pay for.does an amplifier that will do the rated output of the devices used without solder melting and components falling off of the pc board cost extra?&nbsp; where rmitaly and zetagi are concerned, apparently so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="freecell, post: 113771, member: 30"] "How do you guys avoid blowing the input of your amps ?" first of all, we invest in [URL="http://www.firecommunications.com/p225.shtml"]real amplifiers[/URL], not junk. we observe and provide the recommended drive levels (carrier & pep) to the amplifier based on the type and number of devices used in combination with the rated output of the devices. for am operation we maintain the pep-to-carrier ratio from the amplifier at a value just at or below 4:1 in recognition of the fact that this is where 100% modulation occurs and we operate the amplifiers at the recommended operating voltages. we understand that the drive recommendations published by most amplifier manufacturers are vague at best and prefer to determine exactly what they are according to the guidelines presented here instead. let's just say that the goal was to find an amplifier with a pair of SD1446's at the cheapest price you could get it for, only to find out that long before the devices reach their rated output that solder begins to melt, components begin to fall out of their mounting locations and etches are burning up on the pc board, we won't even mention all of the other features it lacks because you wanted to pay as little for it as possible. you got what you paid for. the corollary to that is you didn't get what you didn't pay for. does an amplifier that will do the rated output of the devices used without solder melting and components falling off of the pc board cost extra? where rmitaly and zetagi are concerned, apparently so. [/QUOTE]

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