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Ok guys, I have two amps that I really have no idea what my power ratings are. My first amp is a older Rockford 200x2, now I know that the book says this little guy will put out 400 watts. What is the actual power? And can it handle a 2ohm mono load and run it all day?
My second amps is a old Soundstream MC300. It is rated at 300 watts does anyone know if this amp is a good amp? Its brand new, my boss gave it to me because it had been sitting on the shelf and collecting dust for a few years now. Any info on this amp would be great, because I know how the newer Soundstreams had problems with heating up, were these models known for any sort of problems also? Any info you guys can give me would be great!
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Posts: 373 | From: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: Jun 1999
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The 200x2 amplifier (100x2 at 4 ohm stereo) is rated for 400x1 at 4 ohm mono.. 14.4v power should be around 700, slightly more (actual average spec is 748 if memory serves) and those x2 amps are famous for taking 2 ohm mono quite well, where they will supply almost 900 or so at 14.4v. I've run them, and 200.2's, this way before with very few (read: Nono) problems.
Hmmmm... SoundStream's older stuff I'm not too sure about, so I will refrain from giving you my 2 cents
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I had a 200x2 for about 2.5 years, and ran it at 2 ohm mono. It ran great, ran MUCH cooler than the SS 700s (could fry eggs on that thing at 2 ohm mono) that I replaced, and was louder also. I don't know about all day, but I ran it for 4 hours at high volume with no problem (needed music working on my mom's property, boom box wasn't going to cut it).
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