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1200 watts for $56.99! - To good to be true? Cheap amp tested: SMD AD-1 Amplifier Dyno


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Just like the title says - i recently bought an amp at a local electronics store. It was too good to be true. I bought it with the mind set of some kid who might see the big ass "1200 Watts" on the box and buy it, hoping to dominate the BLVD. For 56 bucks, lets put it to the test! Actually, you might be surprised! Video is uploading right now, lets hear some guesses before i post the link.

also, i know you guys might know the brand by the way it looks but i blocked out the name, to be a nice guy.

Any guesses while i wait for it the video to process?

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HOLY SHIT I MEANT TO DELETE A PHOTO AND DELETED THE WHOLE TOPIC ON ACCIDENT....its back now :D i really didn't mean too and i don't know how to get it back or i would.

oh well, continue on.

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Haha that's awesome! Accidentaly deleting the topic and that amp's performance! Keep the video's of amp dyno's commin! I try and explain to my friends that some amp power claims are bs but not I can just simply show them this.

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Lol that was weird, I tried replying to the topic but it must have been trying to reply to the old one - the one that Diddnt exist anymore- becauSe it wouldnt let me. Wild

But anyway, dang, that's so low, does the ad-1 also measure the "peak" power? Not just rms?

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Steve, if you ever start a program where we send amps for you to test, it would be pretty bad ass if you posted all the results on the forums so we can see what amps are good and what amps are bad. Maybe that would be an incentive to make certain amp company's step up their game. Good shit man. :drink40:

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Steve, if you ever start a program where we send amps for you to test, it would be pretty bad ass if you posted all the results on the forums so we can see what amps are good and what amps are bad. Maybe that would be an incentive to make certain amp company's step up their game. Good shit man. :drink40:

I just talked to him on FB about sending a no-name amp that I have had for years that has never seen power, and I don't want it anymore anyway.

Hell, he can make a video afterwards of him blowing it. I was planning on doing it myself sometime :P

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They need to add a disclaimer that they got their power at 46% THD, I think that would clear up the confusion. I wish you would clip the ever loving SHIT out of the amp and see what kind of numbers you can get. Gain pot maxed maybe? Bwahahahaha

Im not the one you want to try to troll. Just a fyi for you.

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