What do you guys think of RM?

[Carl]

ya its a fair deal for what has been done to it. the mods as mopar stated and the $300 worth of tubes is what drives it so high.

 

[Unit 194]

The Heathkit SB-220 is an "ass kicking" amp. But they can be pricey.

 

[Toll_Free]

I'll be running a 2547 and I guess I'll just turn down the power.

Guys are telling me I need an 80 amp power supply though - you didn't trip the 50?

It's very simple.

20 amps per 2879.

Your better bet would be a Texas Star 500 though. With the additional drive you have available, you will have more than enough to drive the 500 to more power than the 667 will do... And your amplifier will pull less overall current since you don' have that lossy 2290 driver circuit in there.

A Texas Star 500 properly setup (ie, remove that crap they call power wire, install inline atu fuses, etc... get full voltage to the transistors) should do > 600 watts PEP. At 13.8-14.4. and a 60 amp supply would work, but if you ran it balls to the wall all the time, you might tax your supply quicker.

If you ran it 150 or so watts carrier, a 50 amp supply would be more than enough to run a 500, as long as it was a GOOD, QUALITY supply that could supply a decent amount of peak current (read this as has a decent amount of C in the filter).

--Toll_Free

 

[psycho]

RM amps?????

Let's get real..........if you want performance and quality RM is not the place to go.
RM amps are cheap and we all know what happens when you buy cheap.......you get cheap.

 

[Drifter]

Well I am Happy with my cheap KLV1000. Been keying it for almost a year no problems. Only thing I did was upgrade to Russian tubes. I get 1300 watts out on high setting AM after two low pass filter. :twisted:

 

[Hillbilly360]

I'd just get ya a Magnaforce 4x2879 and get 800w instead of getting the 500V and have to start changing everything in it to do 600w.

 

[Melee401]

Rm is standard 1446 pill fodder.
Nothing special or outstanding.