Cost of power - then and now. (watts on the dollar)

[meade916]

.....And that is why I thought my system was the sh** when I had both an Orion 225 HCCA AND an Orion 250 HCCA pushing my 2 XTR 12's back in 1995. I am sure Steve can relate.

if you had THAT, you WERE the shit. So you were right. hahah..

[Noel989]

If I did my math correct I paid about .18 cents per watt for my dc 3.5k

[scoobywrx05]

That is probably what, 800 watts on that amp? something like that? it's a total cheater amp. Gotta love the late 80's and 90's

Like the Rockford power 50x 2

[Wicks]

http://webfaq.phoenixphorum.com/MPH6300.htm

One-off Phoenix Gold amp, advertised as "not for sale", yet still has an MSRP of $99,000.

In 1995.

$220/watt...why even build an amp and show off the specs for it when you have no intention of ever selling it or making it accessible to the masses?

Same reason Bugatti makes the Veyron.....simply because they can.

[jhmeg2]

Yup, I remember a buck a watt. I'm so glad thats over. Kinda. Looking at Zapcos for my next install.

[Wicks]

I still have a Fosgate Punch200DSM from 1993.

My friend actually bought it and I believe the price was $649-679 retail.

$650/400 = $1.625

I bought it from him used for $450:

$450/400 = $1.125

Recently picked up a DC2K used.

$385/2000 = $0.1925

I agree with Steve...there is NO reason to bitch about amp prices today...period!

Not to mention that most (mono) amps today are Class D which makes them much more efficient then the old school amps.

So even though they are much more powerful, they aren't as hard on your electrical as they could be...

[bighossf150]

So if amps now cost 1/10 of what they did 20 years ago in another 20 years they will be $.01 a watt, I could get used to that lol $50 for 5000w

[jhmeg2]

So if amps now cost 1/10 of what they did 20 years ago in another 20 years they will be $.01 a watt, I could get used to that lol $50 for 5000w

you can get 500 watts for $50, Lanzar, Pyle, rockwood, soundstorm, boss...

[dog24fret]

If memory serves me right I paid $1500-1700 for the power 1000 after employee discount . They were $2000-2400 back in the day.Even the RF 650 4 channel with 2" fan was 1000-1300. Then you would get the pre amps with lights to show off lol. Never thought of the price per watt from then to now big difference. Sadly I'm guilty of griping about the price of amps nowadays . Now I wish they had the same cost that they have now back then.

[kalilac619]

I paid $1099 for my RF 1000a2 1000 rms back in '98 ....I paid $950 for my DD Z1a 5700 rms 2years ago ....so yeah times have changed Lol