Two things: 1) That is some dedication. That's a lot of screws! 2) What an impressive board! Super clean and no wires running down the middle of the board. Just super impressive wiring on an A/B amp.
When I first got into audio back in 1979 .That was over 40 years ago .Every thing had VU meters.The Radio Realistic Wattage matters,Their 5 band car equalizer amplifier . Home 8 track and Cassette tape decks.I believe Macintosh started the whole VU craze .My Uncle had a Macintosh he bought in 1974 .He still has it .Along with his JBL L-100 speakers .I miss audio products that have VU meters .I think a lot of die hard Audiophiles do
A lot of people don’t know this .But VU meters were originally used for recording.When you would record a album or off of the FM station .When you were using a Cassette deck,8 track ,or reel to reel . The VU meters would tell you if you were going into distortion while recording.You would use the volume of gain on the right and left channel .You would turn it up until it hit orange or red on the VU meter .The trick was to get as close as the red/ or orange without going over .Because if your recorded to low ,your recording wasn’t that loud .If you weren’t to far into the red/orange.It would be loud abs distorted. I was really good at get a good quality recording Also Jensen was the first company to make a triaxial speaker .Meaning a tweeter or midrange mounted on top of a woofer . They were created the first 3 way car speaker .It was a 6x9 it was rated at 30 watts it was called the Triaxial .Then they made a 50 watt version that was called the Triax Then they made the Jensen Triax Ii .It was the first 100 watt 6x9 car speaker .It looked really stealth like .To this day it was my favorite 6x9 speaker.They sounded amazing They had a 1 1/2 “ -2” voice coil They beefy 20-30 Oz magnet on them Back then Jensen speaker were made in the USA .Jensen used to be higher end speakers ,cassette decks and amplifiers. They made one of the best 6x9’s speakers ever .At the time Pioneer 6x9 ‘s only handled 40 watts .Then a year later came out with a 60 watts max .Panasonic came out with a 4 way 6x9 at the time was a 100 watts So did OAFS Kricket lol .They had a 100 watt 6x9 .With a lifetime warranty.But they went out of business in the 1990’s It’s a shame Jensen doesn’t make good equipment anymore .Now they are known as a low end line .
@@wal2 Back in the day .I believe Jensen Triax II speakers were $179-199 a pr back in the 1984 One of the best equalizer amplifiers was the old Jetsound .Some of those had up to 60 watts per channel .I had the 35 wpc .It was a strong equalizer.It was built like a tank Those equalizers were $149 back in the day Sparkomatic made a really bad ass Equalizer booster .It was 50 wpc .It was big and heavy I never had one .I saw one it had huge transformers in it .Other equalizer boosters that were beefy was Tancredi 60X2 .It weighed 4 lbs .FAS made a 60 x2 Sparkomatic at one time made a Biamp system that had the amplifiers in the speakers .They even made a subwoofer I had the system .I lost it when I got divorced.Wife threw it away .It wasn’t that powerful.They we’re just IC amplifiers But it was catchy I still a Jetsound 3 Band equalizer form 1980-1984 .I believe it’s 20x2 .If you want to amp Dyno it ?
As a teenager, I had a huge chip on my shoulder about Jensen products. As an adult, I feel like they deliver a decent quality to value ratio for the everyday person who wants to enhance their car. Just installed one of their upper end Apple CarPlay in a vehicle and it's actually great.
So true they are not Pyramid or Rockwood, Pyle companies like that Jensen has always been mid level like Polk or Jvc their Power series and Dub series was always their better products anyway.
@@samueljackson2478 At first Jensen was made in Korea. A step above Pyramid and all the company's they purchased. People were thinking they were getting the same equipment but they were not. Just relabeled Pyramid made in China all junk. There were many companies that used to be decent until Pyramid bought them out.
@@ubeuonlyPyramid. Basically sound around, located in Brooklyn New York. Originally the first company to bring in Chinese garbage into this country and put stickers on the boxes. Whatever wattage they wanted. I remember they had those little equalizers with the yellow stickers all kinds of crazy wattage ratings on them what made matters worse is when Pyramid started buying up the name-brand companies it was not the same equipment it had the same name and was a lot less expensive but it was garbage.
Who would have guessed in 2022 that JENSEN would not only still be in business but claiming market share with their car amplifiers. Nice. Jensen made really good amps in the early 80's... Kinda got lost in the 90's... Nice to see them still today selling amps and speakers for cars. I had a pair of JENSEN 12 inch cabinets in my 64 Barracuda in 1975, hooked up to a BOMAN power booster. Fond memories of Jenses products. Sooooo many sets of TRIAX speakers installed..... Classic. BDBD/2022
Wow I can honestly admit I didn't see it making even close to rated. That's actually pretty bad ass D, thanks for sharing. It's a pity Jensen went the way of the cheap amps
That is a pretty good old school class a/b amp. Someone took a lot of care in the layout and component selection. I bet they would have sold a lot of that amp back in the day. If only they could have been tested. Thanks for putting this out there. Makes me rethink that old Jenson brand.
Going through all that trouble taking that Lexan cover off for all of us viewers, so we can see the amp guts... You're a good man Dereck Williston. Thank you very much! Fred
@@wal2 You're awesome sir and your YT channel is my TOP, #1 resource for anything and everything Old Skool car audio. It has been this way for the last few years (3-4) and it will NEVER change. Yes, you're THAT good!!! Fred
So… I have an idea. Maybe you could either make a new channel or make a series on this channel… but it would be AWESOME if you did like a “what’s inside” version for electronics. Pretty much anything electronic would be great. Especially older stuff but if it has a board… I wanna see it! 😂 even if it doesn’t have a board… I still wanna see it. You have the audience and the equipment to make it happen. I think it would turn into a hit series/channel. You don’t need to explain a single thing. Just chat about whatever and film the guts! Nice zoom ins and slow panning. I find internals super interesting to look at and I know a lot of others do too. Even old computers. Maybe even bust open old hard drives and stuff. I know others have done it but would be nice to have a Big D version of it too.
My old middle school had a set of Jensen home audio speakers and they used it for a dance in the lunchroom and it would beat your chest. They make some good stuff.
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@@wal2 hey man,I've got a question but I understand your a very busy person! Ever since I added a DSP to my system I now get an extremely loud popping and rumbling noise once in awhile through my subs any ideas buddy? Never mind the popping noise I get every time I turn on my car through all speakers I understand I need a relay switch which is okay it's the random once in a while through the subs rumble popping combo noise that I can't take that's really really sharp and uncomfortable and loud
In my younger days I was a budget guy. I loved Jensen amps, and the Sherwood 70×70 and the 240x240 amps. I usually ran a fleamarket super pro sub, or a sub called mowhawk. I made some noise in my mini blazer I loved the Chevy mini blazer for a good sound vehicle! Plus they were laying everywhere for around or under $1000 lol.
Jensen has never really been on my list over the years. Mainly because they were always considered "cheap" and laughable by your friends, but.. They have always made decent products at a fair price and have never tried to be something they are not. They never made crazy claims and basically gave you what you paid for if not a little more. Maybe not the best sound quality but if you were that picky you weren't buying Jensen.. Good vid Big D.......
Jensen has had a lot of smack talked about them over the years. But they used to put a decent product for the price point. If you were on a tight budget and still wanted to make some racket, Jensen was a reasonable option. I don't know much about them these days, but I do have a 2ch 760watt Jensen from back in the late 90's and it'll still get down. I just put power on it for the first time in over 15 years the other day and it works just like the day it was new.
This Jensen give u some Xtra work for us 2 see its guts. And it's awesome, neat, clean an sweet. It deserves d effort 2 open. U av done a usually good job.
Yeah would love to see a demo but could we hook up all channels. See how it do while pumping like a high school kid with his first car would be doing back in 2008. 😂 every channel pushed to the max
I hope its better quality, because I have a 95 ppi a 600.2 on my wall and decided to try the ice series, it lasted 4 month's, went to turn it on one day and one of the 30 amp fuses blew, needless to say after blowing around 6 fuses I threw the amp in the lake infront of my house
I remember my dad talking about Jensen speakers in his car back in the 70's. I started to make fun of him and that's when I learned they were not always a junk brand.
@@volvo09 And even before that. They also made Speakers for guitar amplifiers that were very high end. Unfortunately they started following the business model of making cheap stuff selling it cheap and selling a lot of it. Same as Boss and Pyramid. And really there would be nothing wrong with those brands if they told the truth on their ratings that way the consumer would know going in what they were buying.
Oh yeah! Had them in my 69 Camaro then when I got my special ordered 79 Trans Am I installed them in it. They were driven by a Craig power amp, puny 25wpc.
150 ain't all that bad for a sub even back then! I had a Coustic amp 360 on 2 twelves for a long time. That thing was rated 75X2 at 4 ohms. I never wanted for more then.
Jensen spent a good chunk of the amp's budget on non-functional bling. From closeup the board appears to be inexpensive one-sided phenolic. Curious to how it sounds.
Would be ok for just a decent upgrade over stock.still dying to see a arc audio dyno!i installed a 1100-5 channel in my work van, and am beyond impressed! I had a pioneer 1000&Rockford 500 in before.the arc audio blows them out of the water with power & sound! Be fun dyno?thanks!
Ohhhhh my favorite brand from back in the day. I had a lot of jenson products. You mean to tell me out of boss/pyramid only my jenson amps weren’t “totally”lying to me 🤣
100db noise floor says this is more than a budget amp? That's what I was looking for. Any dingdong can design something with power... but how quiet is it? The manual says 100db which is right up there with the good amps at that time. .... if that's accurate. Everything else panned out though so no reason to think its not.
Man, I've never fried a Jensen, yet all of them had intermittent issues at connections, definitely better than flea market stuff back in mid to late 90s. Peace D
I had one that I bought from a buddy for cheap. It said, if it's too loud, your too old. Lololol I think it was mono or two channel, I can't remember because I never used it. I sold it to another buddy for 45 bucks so I just held on to it for a few months. Cool looking amp.
You know what I still rock it it looks cool as well and that a factor Back in the 2001 I had a set of there ten's the chrome blue one's in my truck and only need a little 250 watt amp sounds good but I also had a set of optima pro series 10s from radio shack that were nice as well or my pioneers 12's they were awesome and my kicker impulse 352 amplifier or the older pioneer 212 amplifier or my Sony Xplode 1200 watt amp that would make my 6x9 beat
Not bad for a Jensen, but what was the design team thinking with that construction. Half the cost has to be just the assembly of that thing. Could have stuck it in a normal chassis. Trying too hard to look like an old McIntosh. At least it works. Great test.
I love your channel. Any plans to dyno American bass VFL shitty line. The non competition amplifiers. The hybrids and stealth line ups. Not much info out there on the power ratings. Not even listed on the website. VFL stealth 3000 is $125 and no ratings for it anywhere. Thank you
Wow thats pretty cool now you have to of those amps. An i like its a. (A,B) amp. An does its power running 1 ohm stable on that sub. Id definitely pair both those together on one system with a good power bank. Thanks big d!!!!!
I usually run across stuff like this after I’ve made the video, but this time I came across this one in time to show it in the vid. I love finding new old stock amps!
Speaking of UV Meters, I had a chrome 4 Channel Unirex with meters on each side. Whoever has one has the holy grail of unicorn amplifiers. It’s nowhere to be found on the internet.
I'm not an amp designer, but I do have some preferences based on what I've seen, heard and measured over the years. No plans at this time to introduce any amps, having too much fun playing with and testing others
Yes, show some music playing!!! Recap it, and it might just make the ratings it missed. Get ride of that black glue, it can deteriorate and become problematic
Big D Wiz or Big Dummy Derek lol .I am a big dummy Aswell lmao .I have actual proof Guess what I bought over 20 years ago ? I totally forgot I had it This is a rare item It’s a Alphasonik PA 1060 lol .I bought it at a swap meet over 20 years ago It’s a mono block lol .Or Mono amplifier It is 60 watts per channel 1 channel It has 2 -35 v 2200 UF caps Made by Samyoung On the rails it’s got 3 small transistors and 2 big transistors per channel I am thinking’s each output devices is 10 watts? Since there is 6 of them It has a built in crossover that is adjustable from 40-100 hz .It has a level control So you can boost that frequency up to 12 dB It has a volume control and a on /off button It’s 6 1/2” long by 5 3/4 wide by 2” tall It has heat sinks down both sides of the amplifier.I hooked it up to a Realistic wattage meter 20 years ago .I was pushing about 40-50 wpc .According to my Realistic wattage meter lol .I know those things are state of the art lmao This is a cool little mini sub amplifier If you want to amp Dyno it .Let me know I been a audiophile for over 40 years I owned a car audio store .I could get amplifiers you can amp Dyno for you So I can help support your channel Let me know !! I am outta here !!
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Two things:
1) That is some dedication. That's a lot of screws!
2) What an impressive board! Super clean and no wires running down the middle of the board. Just super impressive wiring on an A/B amp.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
When I first got into audio back in 1979 .That was over 40 years ago .Every thing had VU meters.The Radio Realistic Wattage matters,Their 5 band car equalizer amplifier .
Home 8 track and Cassette tape decks.I believe Macintosh started the whole VU craze .My Uncle had a Macintosh he bought in 1974 .He still has it .Along with his JBL L-100 speakers .I miss audio products that have VU meters .I think a lot of die hard Audiophiles do
A lot of people don’t know this .But VU meters were originally used for recording.When you would record a album or off of the FM station .When you were using a Cassette deck,8 track ,or reel to reel .
The VU meters would tell you if you were going into distortion while recording.You would use the volume of gain on the right and left channel .You would turn it up until it hit orange or red on the VU meter .The trick was to get as close as the red/ or orange without going over .Because if your recorded to low ,your recording wasn’t that loud .If you weren’t to far into the red/orange.It would be loud abs distorted.
I was really good at get a good quality recording
Also Jensen was the first company to make a triaxial speaker .Meaning a tweeter or midrange mounted on top of a woofer .
They were created the first 3 way car speaker .It was a 6x9 it was rated at 30 watts it was called the Triaxial .Then they made a 50 watt version that was called the Triax
Then they made the Jensen Triax Ii .It was the first 100 watt 6x9 car speaker .It looked really stealth like .To this day it was my favorite 6x9 speaker.They sounded amazing
They had a 1 1/2 “ -2” voice coil
They beefy 20-30 Oz magnet on them
Back then Jensen speaker were made in the USA .Jensen used to be higher end speakers ,cassette decks and amplifiers.
They made one of the best 6x9’s speakers ever .At the time Pioneer 6x9 ‘s only handled 40 watts .Then a year later came out with a 60 watts max .Panasonic came out with a 4 way 6x9 at the time was a 100 watts
So did OAFS Kricket lol .They had a 100 watt 6x9 .With a lifetime warranty.But they went out of business in the 1990’s
It’s a shame Jensen doesn’t make good equipment anymore .Now they are known as a low end line .
Exactly!!
@@wal2 Back in the day .I believe Jensen Triax II speakers were $179-199 a pr back in the 1984
One of the best equalizer amplifiers was the old Jetsound .Some of those had up to 60 watts per channel .I had the 35 wpc .It was a strong equalizer.It was built like a tank
Those equalizers were $149 back in the day
Sparkomatic made a really bad ass Equalizer booster .It was 50 wpc .It was big and heavy
I never had one .I saw one it had huge transformers in it .Other equalizer boosters that were beefy was Tancredi 60X2 .It weighed 4 lbs .FAS made a 60 x2
Sparkomatic at one time made a Biamp system that had the amplifiers in the speakers .They even made a subwoofer
I had the system .I lost it when I got divorced.Wife threw it away .It wasn’t that powerful.They we’re just IC amplifiers
But it was catchy
I still a Jetsound 3 Band equalizer form 1980-1984 .I believe it’s 20x2 .If you want to amp Dyno it ?
It’s actually “McIntosh”. The Apple computer used the “Macintosh” spelling so they wouldn’t be sued.
As a teenager, I had a huge chip on my shoulder about Jensen products. As an adult, I feel like they deliver a decent quality to value ratio for the everyday person who wants to enhance their car. Just installed one of their upper end Apple CarPlay in a vehicle and it's actually great.
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So true they are not Pyramid or Rockwood, Pyle companies like that Jensen has always been mid level like Polk or Jvc their Power series and Dub series was always their better products anyway.
companies been owned by a recoton for many years. just a cheap Japanese rebrander
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At first Jensen was made in Korea. A step above Pyramid and all the company's they purchased. People were thinking they were getting the same equipment but they were not.
Just relabeled Pyramid made in China all junk. There were many companies that used to be decent until Pyramid bought them out.
@@ubeuonlyPyramid. Basically sound around, located in Brooklyn New York. Originally the first company to bring in Chinese garbage into this country and put stickers on the boxes. Whatever wattage they wanted. I remember they had those little equalizers with the yellow stickers all kinds of crazy wattage ratings on them what made matters worse is when Pyramid started buying up the name-brand companies it was not the same equipment it had the same name and was a lot less expensive but it was garbage.
Jensen speakers used to be superb back in the 80's. That blue foam surround looked great too.
4 way 6bynines FTW
Who would have guessed in 2022 that JENSEN would not only still be in business but claiming market share with their car amplifiers. Nice. Jensen made really good amps in the early 80's... Kinda got lost in the 90's... Nice to see them still today selling amps and speakers for cars. I had a pair of JENSEN 12 inch cabinets in my 64 Barracuda in 1975, hooked up to a BOMAN power booster. Fond memories of Jenses products. Sooooo many sets of TRIAX speakers installed..... Classic. BDBD/2022
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I appreciate the extra work you did to show the guts of the amp. It's definitely one of the more intriguing internals I have seen!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow I can honestly admit I didn't see it making even close to rated. That's actually pretty bad ass D, thanks for sharing. It's a pity Jensen went the way of the cheap amps
I thought it was hilarious the "test sheet" showed exactly what the ratings are. 64x4 and 150x1
That is a pretty good old school class a/b amp. Someone took a lot of care in the layout and component selection. I bet they would have sold a lot of that amp back in the day. If only they could have been tested. Thanks for putting this out there. Makes me rethink that old Jenson brand.
I still wonder why they went all Class AB as late as 2008? Seems they could've done 300/500W on the sub section if Class D was used
@@wal probably cost. This was after audiovox bought out Jensen.
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@@wal if you watched the video, the sub channel does 450 watts at 1 ohm.
That’s actually a pretty cool old school amp! Great video
She’s big my homie!
Always loved the look of the v.u. meters. My old Tehnics double cassette deck from the 80s has 2 of em. Love it
VU never goes outta style
Woah. The internals looked very different than I imagined. Looks awesome!
Such a pain to open up but yeah she a. It surprising
Going through all that trouble taking that Lexan cover off for all of us viewers, so we can see the amp guts... You're a good man Dereck Williston. Thank you very much! Fred
Thanks brother 🤙
@@wal2 You're awesome sir and your YT channel is my TOP, #1 resource for anything and everything Old Skool car audio. It has been this way for the last few years (3-4) and it will NEVER change. Yes, you're THAT good!!! Fred
So… I have an idea. Maybe you could either make a new channel or make a series on this channel… but it would be AWESOME if you did like a “what’s inside” version for electronics. Pretty much anything electronic would be great. Especially older stuff but if it has a board… I wanna see it! 😂 even if it doesn’t have a board… I still wanna see it. You have the audience and the equipment to make it happen. I think it would turn into a hit series/channel. You don’t need to explain a single thing. Just chat about whatever and film the guts! Nice zoom ins and slow panning. I find internals super interesting to look at and I know a lot of others do too. Even old computers. Maybe even bust open old hard drives and stuff. I know others have done it but would be nice to have a Big D version of it too.
Dude I like the way you think 🤔
Not bad, especially for a Jensen! As I was typing that you ended up saying it in the video, haha!
Cool that you found a new one for the collection 👍
Yeah man sometimes that happens. It wasn’t crazy priced either.
My old middle school had a set of Jensen home audio speakers and they used it for a dance in the lunchroom and it would beat your chest. They make some good stuff.
Awesome 👏
Very cool Derek... i had a big Jensen amp in the early 90s, big blue thing... It never gave me any troubles. it was around 150x2 at 4 ohms.
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My first 2 amplifiers were Jensen. Using the famous Jensen 6x9 Tri axles. After that experiment, I realized I needed real equipment.
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One of your best videos, can't believe you got this out of yard sale things pretty decent
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@@wal2 hey man,I've got a question but I understand your a very busy person! Ever since I added a DSP to my system I now get an extremely loud popping and rumbling noise once in awhile through my subs any ideas buddy? Never mind the popping noise I get every time I turn on my car through all speakers I understand I need a relay switch which is okay it's the random once in a while through the subs rumble popping combo noise that I can't take that's really really sharp and uncomfortable and loud
Let's see the sound demo fo sho, and thanks for taking the time to show us the guts
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Very cool amp. Those VU meters are right up your alley big D!
I’m a sucker for them fo sho
Very impressive, great job my man. Keep these videos rolling
At least one WAL and one WA Extra per week should be expected
For how old it is man that is a clean design and board 😍 and please give us a demo !!!
Man if 2008 is old then I’m ancient 😩
Thank you for the Guts shot. Great job indeed
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In my younger days I was a budget guy. I loved Jensen amps, and the Sherwood 70×70 and the 240x240 amps. I usually ran a fleamarket super pro sub, or a sub called mowhawk. I made some noise in my mini blazer I loved the Chevy mini blazer for a good sound vehicle! Plus they were laying everywhere for around or under $1000 lol.
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Never seen one of these. Great vid big D.
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Back in the day me and my buddies all had Jensen back up amps for when our name brand big amps we're out for repair.
I still have this one if you’re interested 😊
Let's see what's inside is why I show up to watch your videos.
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Yes, make another video of the amp!!!FTW!!!
Man I’ve got so much stuff I wanna make vids on, but yeah I’ll hook up this one so we can see those VU meters jump!
00:45 where u went?
Just glad you didn't sneeze when you had all those screws out Big D.
Oh yeah I dropped a few. Found them though 👌
I love how the front and rear VU meters max out at 420. It's as high as it's gonna get. 😆
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lol
I love VU meters, and those are some of the _dopest_ I've seen
Jensen has never really been on my list over the years. Mainly because they were always considered "cheap" and laughable by your friends, but.. They have always made decent products at a fair price and have never tried to be something they are not. They never made crazy claims and basically gave you what you paid for if not a little more. Maybe not the best sound quality but if you were that picky you weren't buying Jensen.. Good vid Big D.......
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Jensen has had a lot of smack talked about them over the years. But they used to put a decent product for the price point. If you were on a tight budget and still wanted to make some racket, Jensen was a reasonable option. I don't know much about them these days, but I do have a 2ch 760watt Jensen from back in the late 90's and it'll still get down. I just put power on it for the first time in over 15 years the other day and it works just like the day it was new.
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This Jensen give u some Xtra work for us 2 see its guts. And it's awesome, neat, clean an sweet. It deserves d effort 2 open. U av done a usually good job.
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It looks pimpin.
And it's an A/B?? Steal my heart.
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I like the VU meters as well very cool
Should be a requirement on amps
Great video! Do you remember the Jensen Nitro amps?? They were from the late 90's I believe.
Great vids brotha 👌
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Yeah would love to see a demo but could we hook up all channels. See how it do while pumping like a high school kid with his first car would be doing back in 2008. 😂 every channel pushed to the max
I like and yeah that was the plan 🤙
I'll bet this thing sounds great!
Prob so!
Cool video D! Dude I found my old AlphasonicGP-2050.
Cool amp!
I had 4 Jensen 15s in an 18 cubic foot box in my 88 Chevy van hooked to 2 a old pyramid LA 1000 amps my second bass set up
The board looks similar to the PPi Black Ice amps from 2011, those were made in Korea if I remember right. The Black Ice did look more stout though.
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I hope its better quality, because I have a 95 ppi a 600.2 on my wall and decided to try the ice series, it lasted 4 month's, went to turn it on one day and one of the 30 amp fuses blew, needless to say after blowing around 6 fuses I threw the amp in the lake infront of my house
Back in the day, well my day anyways. Jensen was considered a higher end product. If you had a set of Jenson 6x9 Triaxles you were the shit.
Jensen has been around for a long time. Most people aren’t hip to that
I remember my dad talking about Jensen speakers in his car back in the 70's. I started to make fun of him and that's when I learned they were not always a junk brand.
@@volvo09 And even before that. They also made Speakers for guitar amplifiers that were very high end. Unfortunately they started following the business model of making cheap stuff selling it cheap and selling a lot of it. Same as Boss and Pyramid. And really there would be nothing wrong with those brands if they told the truth on their ratings that way the consumer would know going in what they were buying.
@@speedwayaudio3 so it's kind of like makeup on dating apps and filters today LOLz... yeah, I'm thinking so!🤣
Oh yeah! Had them in my 69 Camaro then when I got my special ordered 79 Trans Am I installed them in it. They were driven by a Craig power amp, puny 25wpc.
Awesome thanks for sharing
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I would rock that amp
Rock on 🤘
That is a really nice Jensen
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Jensen actually made some decent stuff back in the day.
Yeah budget and not horrible
150 ain't all that bad for a sub even back then! I had a Coustic amp 360 on 2 twelves for a long time. That thing was rated 75X2 at 4 ohms. I never wanted for more then.
Yeah boi!
Jensen spent a good chunk of the amp's budget on non-functional bling. From closeup the board appears to be inexpensive one-sided phenolic. Curious to how it sounds.
Us wannabe audiophiles know the VU meters add more sound quality than the board construction. Also the blue backlight really enhances the highs ✌️😝
I have the four channel blue 400x4.. I had it bridged to two German concept twelves and that system set off alarms...
I have one of these in the 2 channe versionl. Puts out decent power.
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Would be ok for just a decent upgrade over stock.still dying to see a arc audio dyno!i installed a 1100-5 channel in my work van, and am beyond impressed! I had a pioneer 1000&Rockford 500 in before.the arc audio blows them out of the water with power & sound! Be fun dyno?thanks!
Awesome 👏
Ohhhhh my favorite brand from back in the day. I had a lot of jenson products. You mean to tell me out of boss/pyramid only my jenson amps weren’t “totally”lying to me 🤣
Apparently…except the “1100 watt” part
That’s a nice looking board
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What is the website you use to browse for info? Couldn't get it from the video. Thank you!
Archive.org then you put in the website into the way back machine and it has cached versions back into the 90’s in some cases
Wud love to see u do a amp dyno on soundstream ar2000.4 4 ch amp
oh man, I'm not a fan of that series.
@@wal2 do u know were on TH-cam I can see the real rating on dat amp
Can u do a dyno on the soundstream txp1.3500d
You need to find a Jensen blue chrome xs12 bass sub to go with that amp!
That would be Shaweet
When it dosent make it bridged I think it's worth see if it makes it on each channel you've been surprised before by it not adding up right
Naw man it's so close it's not worth the extra effort. 5 and 6ch amps are a pain to test
UV meters for the WIN!
Need some sunscreen
Not bad for a budget amp. Kinda cool
100db noise floor says this is more than a budget amp? That's what I was looking for. Any dingdong can design something with power... but how quiet is it?
The manual says 100db which is right up there with the good amps at that time.
.... if that's accurate.
Everything else panned out though so no reason to think its not.
How long did it take to get apart and back together. That’s a lot of little screws lol
A couple of hours between removing, videos, photos and reassembling
Man, I've never fried a Jensen, yet all of them had intermittent issues at connections, definitely better than flea market stuff back in mid to late 90s. Peace D
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I had one that I bought from a buddy for cheap. It said, if it's too loud, your too old. Lololol I think it was mono or two channel, I can't remember because I never used it. I sold it to another buddy for 45 bucks so I just held on to it for a few months. Cool looking amp.
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You know what I still rock it it looks cool as well and that a factor
Back in the 2001 I had a set of there ten's the chrome blue one's in my truck and only need a little 250 watt amp sounds good but I also had a set of optima pro series 10s from radio shack that were nice as well or my pioneers 12's they were awesome and my kicker impulse 352 amplifier or the older pioneer 212 amplifier or my Sony Xplode 1200 watt amp that would make my 6x9 beat
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This amp is respectable considered it is from Jensen and Class A/B too.
Not bad for a Jensen, but what was the design team thinking with that construction. Half the cost has to be just the assembly of that thing. Could have stuck it in a normal chassis. Trying too hard to look like an old McIntosh. At least it works. Great test.
I agree. WAY too many screws
I love your channel. Any plans to dyno American bass VFL shitty line. The non competition amplifiers. The hybrids and stealth line ups. Not much info out there on the power ratings. Not even listed on the website. VFL stealth 3000 is $125 and no ratings for it anywhere. Thank you
Thanks for the suggestion 👌
Looks like plenty of room for Sean to beef this thing up! Whatcha think big D ? Sean could do wonders id bet!
Ha! He prob don’t wanna touch this one
Impressive
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That's a cool amp. I would have ran that. Use the sub channel as a midbass
Yeah that would work 👌
Don’t care if it bump, Big D. Still comment for our buddy Al Gorithm. Al loves comments.
Algo appreciates your comment as do I!
Would love for you to test it and show how hot it gets. I have a feeling that boy gets hot.
It didn’t get hardly warm at all after all the Dyno Tests
Wow thats pretty cool now you have to of those amps. An i like its a. (A,B) amp. An does its power running 1 ohm stable on that sub. Id definitely pair both those together on one system with a good power bank. Thanks big d!!!!!
I usually run across stuff like this after I’ve made the video, but this time I came across this one in time to show it in the vid. I love finding new old stock amps!
Anytime BigD speaks the word McIntosh, I get a ping in my ear and come running. This thing looks kinda nice.
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Speaking of UV Meters, I had a chrome 4 Channel Unirex with meters on each side. Whoever has one has the holy grail of unicorn amplifiers. It’s nowhere to be found on the internet.
Sounds dope!
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I don’t remember if it sounded dope or not. Had pretty decent power but not as much as I thought. It was more nice looking than performance.
You had me at VU meters tho 😝
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Lol, I wrote UV as in ultra Violet by accident.
Nice budget amp
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Actually that's not bad at all , I really like older Jensen amplifiers their nostalgic
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"MAX" numbers not withstanding, this appears to be a solid unit. 🙂
You said it! Just big but the VU meters make up for the size
Do It bump doe!?
Most likely a bit of bump
Ah like it
Yes demo
Thanks for the feedback 👌
but why this looking like a B-52 amp. hmm
Hey bud I actually have a real old school Jensen KA5 5 channel amplifier...Not a bad amp for someone wanting just a little extra for the car.
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B52 zul line, it's the same 😬😬
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Thanks Big D! You Da Shit!
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In really surprised a Jenson can hit close to the advertised numbers.
Yeah me too honestly
Weird that Jensen had this many multi channel amps. Completely different design than the KA-5.
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This amp looks like it was "expeditiously removed" by someone. Bent mounting tab, remnants of speaker wire still stuck in the terminals. Hmmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
They prob thought it was a McIntosh
reminds me of a Macintosh, visonik, Autotek mean machine.
Yeah wanna be ✌️
I like this amp too D. The blue VU meters are the shizzl. Amp dances to the power you can hear and feel. Lol woofer p☆orn for bass heads
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With you're knowledge of the inner working of a amp, have you ever thought of designing you're own amplifier?
I'm not an amp designer, but I do have some preferences based on what I've seen, heard and measured over the years. No plans at this time to introduce any amps, having too much fun playing with and testing others
@@wal2 I like watching you test them. You get some odd amplifier's sometime, lol
Yes, show some music playing!!! Recap it, and it might just make the ratings it missed. Get ride of that black glue, it can deteriorate and become problematic
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1st look at it, i said looks korean, bet it does very close to rated and boom.
Love how they rated it 64x4 and 150x1. Who rates an amp 64x4? Who not 65 or just 60? Seems odd to me
Do. It. Bump. Doe. !?!?!?
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Nobody could talk shit about jenson 25 years ago look at it now what a damn shame
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Big D Wiz or Big Dummy Derek lol .I am a big dummy Aswell lmao .I have actual proof
Guess what I bought over 20 years ago ?
I totally forgot I had it
This is a rare item
It’s a Alphasonik PA 1060 lol .I bought it at a swap meet over 20 years ago
It’s a mono block lol .Or Mono amplifier
It is 60 watts per channel 1 channel
It has 2 -35 v 2200 UF caps
Made by Samyoung
On the rails it’s got 3 small transistors and
2 big transistors per channel
I am thinking’s each output devices is 10 watts? Since there is 6 of them
It has a built in crossover that is adjustable from 40-100 hz .It has a level control
So you can boost that frequency up to 12 dB
It has a volume control and a on /off button
It’s 6 1/2” long by 5 3/4 wide by 2” tall
It has heat sinks down both sides of the amplifier.I hooked it up to a Realistic wattage meter 20 years ago .I was pushing about 40-50 wpc .According to my Realistic wattage meter lol .I know those things are state of the art lmao
This is a cool little mini sub amplifier
If you want to amp Dyno it .Let me know
I been a audiophile for over 40 years
I owned a car audio store .I could get amplifiers you can amp Dyno for you
So I can help support your channel
Let me know !! I am outta here !!
I have the 100W version here and I think it’s new old stock PAS1100
Once again, how did it sound ? Is it just me or does Nobody Care ?
Demo
Yeah boi!