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to the OP what frat are you in?

Always wondered the same thing about home amps but more to the point of getting loud and sounding great, if you are looking for something that will get straight nasty on a budget, build this:

http://billfitzmaurice.net/THT.html

I built one two summers ago and have had it in my room in my fraternity ever since and it is so worth it. When i go full tilt on it, full beer cans move around on my coffee table. Drops down to low thirties/high twenties with authority.

Think about it!

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Because people are dumb enough to pay that much for it.

Power for cheap isnt really an issue in home equipment, just go with pro audio stuff rather than the big receiver units.

there are differences actually. they have already been explained.

Just say no to Ground Pounder Customs.

More box builds

some cars do over 170db with one sub, so clearly my two 12"s can do that in my car, with my knowledge too! look out bitches!

I'm with captain stupid.

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I dont know what to say except this thread is so full of failboat.

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this may be true for conventional home receivers, but at the college I go to, they have 5000 watt receivers, for the stage, that are smaller them my 650 watt amps, just depends on the style of amps

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wall power is very dirty in comparison to batteries might be some costly components to filter it out

thank you for mentioning this, sir. this is 100% true. NEVER plug expensive electronic equipment into the wall.

Uhh..Then where do I plug it into?

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A line filter.

They arent really cheap, but the only way to keep it clean.

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my home amp is a tis audio 1800 watt car amp hooked to my xbox originals power supply.just saying

I wanna hear more bout this

My Xbox is banned from live and just collecting dust. It needs to b put to good use

I wanna know how this is done too...

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Well..... Real HT equipment is high fidelity. Look at how much an arc SE series amps are. Well over a grand and you get 75-100 a ch @4 the way a HT amp is setup is quite a bit different than car audio amps. They're much more efficient too. THD is much lower and they put out power over a much more broad spectrum compared to car audio amps.

A cheap HT amp can be found for 150-250 so that's not more than a car audio amp.

Apples to oranges

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Inside of an xbox is a powersupply, just like 90% of your elect devices.

Look at the plug or the back of all of your shit you plug in.

See where it says something like 120v ac input

6.2amp dc output??

Thats cause its inverting to dc

Car amps and changing voltage to ac volts, home amps are starting with ac voltage. No powerloss thru inverting or rectifing.

Pro audio amps are just raw power.

Crown is a different story, but how many of you will buy that.

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