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Yeah I have a hard time trusting sites like this I've seen sites claiming to sell a sundown salt 8 for $199 for example and once you send them your money the company and site disappears 🤦♂️
@@richfromtang i just checked they had a few other mono blocks still available and they are crazy cheap, makes me wanna get one and put a sub in my car
Nakamichi was acquired by Grande Holdings in January 1997. Nimble Holdings acquired Nakamichi from Grande Holdings around 2011 when Grande Holdings went into bankruptcy and a Chinese businessman, Tan Bingzhao, took control and renamed the company to Nimble Holdings; effectively transferring ownership of Nakamichi to the new company.
He just rents out the Nakamichi name to the highest bidder. IOTAVX was licencing the name when they released the AV1/AVX1. The owner of the Nakamichi name got greedy and jacked up the licensing fee because those products were selling well. Ian, the old owner of IOTAVX told the guy to get bent and Ian started a customer direct company called IOTAVX. Now this guy is just renting out the name to the next suckered. Now you know, just because it says Nakamichi, doesn't mean it's Nakamichi. It's just a rental fee of the name.
I bought a few of their products recently from woot. Got a 4 channel amp. CD player. And some 0 gauge power wire. Just couldn’t say no to the prices! Good to see it didn’t go up in smoke!
And that was a bargain at times. If you wanted over 1-2k then prices got stupid insane plus the size. Now you can put 5k in your pocket and won't cost $5k. 😂😂
@@oldolfmann8927 can you hear a noticeable difference on a subwoofer? I've been told by amplifier desiigner who made some of the top sq class A/B amps that you cant. I can't remember if he specifically said in general or if powering a subwoofer. Of course since he made and sold amps he could just have been trying to get a sale. I know for me my systems minimum is 145db so I more than likely couldn't hear any difference anyways. I also only have class d on subs. Just because I still have soundstream, and ppi art series that still work.
Awesome deal for the money no doubt. I'd have loved to find this when I was 15 back in 1986. Lol good amp for a starter system or maybe a side by side. Something you won't care if it gets messed up.
Back in the day as a home audio enthusiast, I ate Top Ramen for 6 months, collected aluminum cans and sold both kidneys to afford a Nakamishi Dragon cassette deck. Renowned for its quality and its unique process of switching from side A to side B. The company seemed to disappear then a few years ago I saw the name and logo on a $25 Bluetooth speaker at Big Lots. Was like seeing a Yugo quality car with a.Bently badge. I see they have some sound bar based home thater speakers out there now on Amazon with sellers asking over $5K 😮 The few reviews are 5 stars and obviously fake. They must be hoping some who remember their past quality is still there and fall for scam as I see it.
What I see here is 2 small half bridge amps packed into one case and "strapped" to make it full bridge. Kinda like when we used to bridge amps back in the day; no ground used from either channel and one channels output is inverted to pull when the other pushes. Actually pretty cool to see all that squeezed into one case though...
@@waldude love me some woot! I've got a few of their BOCs and literally that's the only place I will order my oakleys from been dealing with them for several years Great company
Just like P.M.P.O, HiFi Mini system 2x680W PMPO but in reality 2x25W RMS with 4 inch drivers on a plastic adapter and don't forget a fake tweeters. Back then the marketing was the easiest. People got bluffed with PMPO nobody knew what that was but they were buying it like hot bread.
Can you imagine our poor olds cutlass back in the 80s if we had 2000watt amps for $80???? The alternator industry would have been insane as everyone added 7 alternators to power these things
Honestly I wouldn't even concern myself with warranty on a $82 amp, I'm not selling it with anything but a power guarantee in my shop. Play it and enjoy. Full bridge Chinese amps aren't known for long-term reliability.
I still have some "original" Nakamichi gear, including some component tape decks as well as two TD-700 head units. One of the 700s is a later produced JDM only TD-700C "10th Anniversary Edition", slightly updated. That one is brand-new in the box, it will eventually be installed in my van. Good times, thanks as always and regards.
Thanks Big D! That amp ran out of steam at 1 ohm. But for $82 bones, can't trip. Unfortunately, Nakamichi ain't NAKAMICHI anymore. I bought a 7 inch motorized dvd player. Still going after 6 years.
@@BigMerc91CMDNJ actually its a comp vx not vr which is a better sub the one with the blue stitching and cast basket 1000 rms i think. The VHF is Skars best sub and described as musical by a lot of people so yeah it should do well in a proper box with clean power going to it.
@@BigMerc91CMDNJ dOwn4sound is clearing out the diy flat pack birch boxes if you need an enclosure. single 15 ported box is only like 128 rn which is a steal don’t mind assembling it. Bought mine a few weeks ago and it’s even cheaper now but solid quality boxes designed by Bassahaulics Productions. The exact same one already assembled is like 300 something i think plus shipping.
Back in the day when Nakamichi was made by zed audio it was the best shit you could find around for the price and still is. Im currently running three 30+ year old Nakamichi amps in my truck and they sound better than any SQ amps you can buy to this day. Glad to see they are still making decent stuff even after all the changing of ownership.
I snagged one of these amps and acouple pairs of 5x7 coax speakers for my daughter's 04 Mazda Tribute. Paid $117 total including tax and shipping. This is a stupid-good deal!
8:53 There’s not much mechanical support for the inductors on the board. That means there’s a risk that the wire will break after some time depending on vibrations.
These amps are really classy looking and make rated power quite cleanly. There really isn’t anything bad to say about them even at double the WOOT prices. I picked up the 110x4 watt amp and was surprised to see the logo light up red when it turned on. Also grabbed a CarPlay head unit to use on the workbench.
In the late 90s-early 2000s I kept getting my head units stolen from my car. A couple Alpine and an Eclipse. When I looked for a high end head unit that didn’t look like one I found the Nakamichi. Super understated unit that basically looked like a stock unit. Never had an issue with my head unit getting stolen after that, just the rest of my stuff. I still miss my xtant 3300c and 2 JL 12w6s
That's a nice find man haha almost as good as doublerock Lol that D rock amp you made a video about a few yrs ago is an absolute gem i bought the amp and have it pushing 2 12inch alpine R series and that amp had been slamming for 2 yrs now haha never malfunctions and sounds awesome 👌 so when you said that amp was a great deal you were 100% spot on brotha. Thanks for making these videos. It saves people tons of money and headaches. Back in the day you had to go off word of mouth or have a friend that had good or bad luck with amps. Now we have data thanks to you. Keep it up your helping the bass head community more than you think ❤
Funny thing. The dragon was THE standard for everyone to beat. Just as other companies (there were several) finally designed tape decks that actually matched or beat the dragon, CDs came out and wiped out the whole cassette tape industry. Digital media relegated analogue audio tape obsolete in just a few years. But there really are tape decks out there with specs that equal and even beat the dragon. But who cares? It's like knowing who made the best muskets. A few people still fire muskets just like a few people still play cassette tapes... but not many. Nice to see the name again.... sad to see the quality is not there. It's rated at 0.2% THD, but it hit 1% during the test. The standard for test THD is supposed to be at its rated power, not at 1W. Welcome to the 21st century, I suppose. Still fantastic boom for the buck.
there is a resurgence, tiny though, og cassette fans in the lo-fi and vaporwave circles. A lot of the bandcamp sell their stuff on cassette and one or two had the old school style walkman head phones available
I used to have a CD700 back in the day. I absolutely loved the sound but it lacked the bells and whistles of the newer stuff. Can’t believe the brand still exists
Nakamichi went the way of schwinn bikes once a great company that made Premium products sold to China now sold in Walmart for a fraction of the cost.. a schwinn is lucky if it can make it home riding it without falling apart. The amp might last long enough to say hey listen to me from 6 blocks away then your car/truck tries to compete with a EV firea.
I'd say 2,200 watts is pretty good for $82. In fact, it's kinda crazy when you can get 1,000 watts at 4 ohms. And the amp has a fan for cooling. Very surprised.
Yeah im running it now with a down 4 sound 10” sub. It pushes it better than the infinity kappa amp i had before, its less efficient though so ull need a good charging system in ur car. Worth the price for sure
Had to look up zenith alignment on RCA inputs. Obscure reference in technical writing class loses a letter grade. Went from A+ to a B+ but still a thumbs up.
Interested in the semi old school Hifonics XX-Colossus II? I have had it for many many years but it’s only seen a month of use at that before I bought a new vehicle back then.
So who are the key players nowadays in car audio? I used to compete in IASCA in the early 90s. Ran MB Quart, JL Audio, Precision Power, Audio Control and a Sony Mobile ES head unit. Then i heard most of those companys got bought out by one company. I'm looking to put a stealth system in my CX-90 and i want good quality sound and equipment. Any recommendations?
another amp that would probably sell well and get no disrespect at all if......they JUST RATED IT 2,000 watts. It's a great deal for that much power. But I won't touch a brand that lies to my face and thinks we won't find out. LOL.
its crazy the juice that can be pumped out of these tiny amps these days. back when i was into car audio and bass you needed amps the size of a back seat to make 1000 watts.
thanks big d. got the amp and replaced my rockville 600w rms 1ohm amp. my sub is a 12in audio legion 600w 1ohm but maan this new $82 amp pushes it so hard that i could feel it in my chest. Only problem is now I gotta upgrade my electrical system cuz every light is dimming since the efficiency at 1ohm is terrible while having only the big 3 with stock alt/battery.
@ it puts out clean bass and slaps pretty hard. Only problem to keep in mind is the gain on the amp is pretty low compared to most amps. I have a dsp so I was able to easily boost the signal to the amp. It isn’t terrible but you’d find yourself cranking the gain on the amp almost at max volume
i had the PA-400M , best amp i ever owned, it was my smallest/weakest and had the best sound quality and power output lol, sadly that whole system got stolen 20? yrs ago... when i heard you say nikamanchi i almost fell off my chair, literally never seen or heard of anybody else having a nikamanchi lol. east coast canada, not much car audio here, even less nowadays...
Impressive, and I know it doesn't matter for performance, but this actually looks nice IMHO. My 1st car amp back in the mid 90's was a Performance Teknique(sp?) which looked like a damn toy. It was one of the cheapest looking amp I've ever seen. It didn't cost much, but from the fake chrome looking plastic housing it looked like it should have cost even less lol. And while I had no means of actually testing the claimed output. There's no way in hell it got anywhere close to the big ass 1500 watts font that was plastered on the fake chrome.
I would call this a win regardless because there's amps out there now for 150-250 that don't meet spec or intentionally claim huge power that they will never hope to meet. The only issue is whether the quality of sound is any good because more power doesn't always mean more better.
Still have the soundstream has a bad connection on on riser will pop when tapped I also have a kenwood kac- x4r that just won’t turn on but it doesn’t smell like anyone let the smoke out . I was told back when I bought the jl that it was a class d amp so could only go with what I was told by store owner
Way back in the late 1980's they mfg the PA5 & PA7 stereo home amplifiers. Class A/B with high bias, the circuits designed by Nelson Pass of Threshold, First Watt, etc. Oh how they have fallen!
I'm still hearing lots of HF bleed in the bump test. I'm thinking this might be coming off the same assembly line as the Cerwin-Vega CVPRO3K/5K, another brand whose name was sold and means little today.
8:33 Yo Big D! You should do an episode where you explain the positives and negatives of these components that you talk about. Not all of us know what a 3300uf 63v 105° C capacitor is capable of. Or what the different types of transistors and MOSFETs do. Just an idea from a nerd who is only partially informed.
The rabbit hole gets deep quick when going into specifics but I understand the desire to understand more. TH-camr’s like Barevids go into deep detail about the amps components and designs and he may be a good source to check out if you want to dive deeper 👍
Big D i bought this amp and got the gain set with a multimeter but it does not bump lol, it does with the bass remote do, im wondering if it needs it, which in my past expirence ive never needed one
Damn when I saw this sale I was gonna get the top of the line HU something like 4 volts out which is crazy good just to see what it can do but demos online saved me some money. Sad where this company went they used to run the game for a long time providing people high quality gear.
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Sup I think you should review a svs ultra sub alot of people would love to see how powerful the amps really are....
Why are you always recommending things that aren't available? $250 for this amp? Why pretend it's $82?
Sold out
Yeah I have a hard time trusting sites like this I've seen sites claiming to sell a sundown salt 8 for $199 for example and once you send them your money the company and site disappears 🤦♂️
@@wal any chance you could do a amp dyno test on the dc audio cs line of amps. specifically the cs 2100.1. Thanks for all the info over the years
For the price I would call that a winner.
$250 is the actual price. The $82 price was from Woot and just for a limited number of items. No longer an available deal.
@@richfromtang i just checked they had a few other mono blocks still available and they are crazy cheap, makes me wanna get one and put a sub in my car
@@richfromtang Even at 250 its a decent deal for the power.
Not at all, you can get a much better amp for $250
@@timmturnertrue extra $40 you can’t get a big boss taramps 3k that does nearly 5k.
Nakamichi was acquired by Grande Holdings in January 1997. Nimble Holdings acquired Nakamichi from Grande Holdings around 2011 when Grande Holdings went into bankruptcy and a Chinese businessman, Tan Bingzhao, took control and renamed the company to Nimble Holdings; effectively transferring ownership of Nakamichi to the new company.
Yup, the company has been throwing spaghetti at the wall looking for something to stick for years.
Back in the day Nakamichi was some of the best you could buy. Times have changed but dang this amp is crazy for the price.
He just rents out the Nakamichi name to the highest bidder. IOTAVX was licencing the name when they released the AV1/AVX1. The owner of the Nakamichi name got greedy and jacked up the licensing fee because those products were selling well. Ian, the old owner of IOTAVX told the guy to get bent and Ian started a customer direct company called IOTAVX. Now this guy is just renting out the name to the next suckered. Now you know, just because it says Nakamichi, doesn't mean it's Nakamichi. It's just a rental fee of the name.
@@dicmccoy He also holds the rights to the Sansui and consumer AKAI names.
@@rjonzun5828 well that sucks guys....
I bought a few of their products recently from woot. Got a 4 channel amp. CD player. And some 0 gauge power wire. Just couldn’t say no to the prices! Good to see it didn’t go up in smoke!
Didn't meet that 1ohm but still really impressed!
I ordered one, it's scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Also grabbed their ngxa120.4 (3000x4 a/b) for $60. $150 total after taxes. Thanks for the lead D!
Mines is coming in today. Debating on which 15 to use.
can't see the 120.4 but I'm ordering up the 100.4 can't go too far wrong for $45 plus shipping.
Crazy deal!
@@wal GM Big D I'm looking for a 15 to run this on. What you recommend?
Have you tried it out yet?
living in a great time for car audio. Like many i use to pay a dollar per watt. a perfect amp for 2 ohm run
And that was a bargain at times. If you wanted over 1-2k then prices got stupid insane plus the size. Now you can put 5k in your pocket and won't cost $5k. 😂😂
@oldolfmann8927 for the price you cant beat it. Just use common sense and know that 1000 watts at 4 ohms for 85 dollars is a bargain and a half.
@@oldolfmann8927 can you hear a noticeable difference on a subwoofer? I've been told by amplifier desiigner who made some of the top sq class A/B amps that you cant. I can't remember if he specifically said in general or if powering a subwoofer. Of course since he made and sold amps he could just have been trying to get a sale. I know for me my systems minimum is 145db so I more than likely couldn't hear any difference anyways. I also only have class d on subs. Just because I still have soundstream, and ppi art series that still work.
internet help drive competition, components got cheaper, and more people have license now = want to upgrade their stereo
Awesome deal for the money no doubt. I'd have loved to find this when I was 15 back in 1986. Lol good amp for a starter system or maybe a side by side. Something you won't care if it gets messed up.
Yeah back then we were paying more like $5/watt if not more
Just rate it as a 2K amp and $82 is a bargain.
Its still a bargain lol
@@pa-mn1go True, but when they lie, it's safe to assume the quality control or support help will be equally as deceptive.
Back in the day as a home audio enthusiast, I ate Top Ramen for 6 months, collected aluminum cans and sold both kidneys to afford a Nakamishi Dragon cassette deck. Renowned for its quality and its unique process of switching from side A to side B. The company seemed to disappear then a few years ago I saw the name and logo on a $25 Bluetooth speaker at Big Lots. Was like seeing a Yugo quality car with a.Bently badge. I see they have some sound bar based home thater speakers out there now on Amazon with sellers asking over $5K 😮
The few reviews are 5 stars and obviously fake. They must be hoping some who remember their past quality is still there and fall for scam as I see it.
What I see here is 2 small half bridge amps packed into one case and "strapped" to make it full bridge.
Kinda like when we used to bridge amps back in the day; no ground used from either channel and one channels output is inverted to pull when the other pushes.
Actually pretty cool to see all that squeezed into one case though...
Interesting 🤔
I was SHOCKED to even see Nakamichi on the SEMA floor last week.
I love the line too.
Haha! Yeah it's gotta be good huh if there 🥱
My 1990 Lexus LS400 has a Nakamichi stereo system, still sounds better than most modern systems in any car I have been in.
Can't forget about the Nakamichi EC-200 crossover, either. One of the very best ever made.
Wait a minute! You totally skipped that 18kw max! 😂
Should add it to the video title!
@@waldude love me some woot! I've got a few of their BOCs and literally that's the only place I will order my oakleys from been dealing with them for several years Great company
18 Kw!
Hahahaha
That's the WLS rating we don't talk about that
Just like P.M.P.O, HiFi Mini system 2x680W PMPO but in reality 2x25W RMS with 4 inch drivers on a plastic adapter and don't forget a fake tweeters. Back then the marketing was the easiest. People got bluffed with PMPO nobody knew what that was but they were buying it like hot bread.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't do a higher voltage test at the end, since the box said it's good to 16v lol.
I have this one and the 1500 in stock in my shop, I honestly wouldn't trust it at 16v lol. Chinese style full-bridge boards are a little scary lol.
Can you imagine our poor olds cutlass back in the 80s if we had 2000watt amps for $80????
The alternator industry would have been insane as everyone added 7 alternators to power these things
10% THD is well into clipping. I say it could meet that spec but not sound good at that level. Over 2k at 1% is more useable distortion wise.
Over 2000 Watts for 82 bucks sounds like a great deal I wonder how long they'll stand the test of time though and the warranties
Honestly I wouldn't even concern myself with warranty on a $82 amp, I'm not selling it with anything but a power guarantee in my shop. Play it and enjoy. Full bridge Chinese amps aren't known for long-term reliability.
I still have some "original" Nakamichi gear, including some component tape decks as well as two TD-700 head units. One of the 700s is a later produced JDM only TD-700C "10th Anniversary Edition", slightly updated. That one is brand-new in the box, it will eventually be installed in my van.
Good times, thanks as always and regards.
In the late 80s my Dragon deck at home and TD-1200 head unit produced very good sound in my car! Great quality!
Thanks Big D! That amp ran out of steam at 1 ohm. But for $82 bones, can't trip. Unfortunately, Nakamichi ain't NAKAMICHI anymore. I bought a 7 inch motorized dvd player. Still going after 6 years.
The cheapest 2k amp on the planet. I love it. Thanks again for the vids.
Just grabbed one for a backup amp. 2k for under a bill is a no brainer. Thanks for the testing as always!!
Have you tried it out yet?
@ not yet. Thinking of running it on a kicker comp vr 15” i have in a ported D4S birch box or i have an RS entry v2 15” also i may try.
@@jkstdstang oh ok I ordered a Skar Audio 15 VXF for it. You think that's good to go?
@@BigMerc91CMDNJ actually its a comp vx not vr which is a better sub the one with the blue stitching and cast basket 1000 rms i think.
The VHF is Skars best sub and described as musical by a lot of people so yeah it should do well in a proper box with clean power going to it.
@@BigMerc91CMDNJ dOwn4sound is clearing out the diy flat pack birch boxes if you need an enclosure. single 15 ported box is only like 128 rn which is a steal don’t mind assembling it. Bought mine a few weeks ago and it’s even cheaper now but solid quality boxes designed by Bassahaulics Productions. The exact same one already assembled is like 300 something i think plus shipping.
Back in the day when Nakamichi was made by zed audio it was the best shit you could find around for the price and still is. Im currently running three 30+ year old Nakamichi amps in my truck and they sound better than any SQ amps you can buy to this day. Glad to see they are still making decent stuff even after all the changing of ownership.
I snagged one of these amps and acouple pairs of 5x7 coax speakers for my daughter's 04 Mazda Tribute. Paid $117 total including tax and shipping. This is a stupid-good deal!
Ridiculous deal! You should feel ashamed. That’s almost stealing…
I have a complete Nakamichi stereo system from the 80s. TA-2A, OMS-2A and a CR-2A. I also have a MR-1 for my other system.
Thanks Big D! Just ordered one.... still at 82 on Woot at the moment.
How much was shipping?
@@MikeAnnunziato free.
@@89G have you tried it out yet?
@BigMerc91CMDNJ not yet. It's on my agenda this weekend though. It is a really well built amp for the money. I was surprised how heavy it is.
@@89G oh ok I bought a Skar Audio 15 VXF for it. You think that's good to go?
Worth the price 🤙
8:53 There’s not much mechanical support for the inductors on the board.
That means there’s a risk that the wire will break after some time depending on vibrations.
Just bought one. $89 with tax. Thanks Big D 👍🏻
Looks like you got one of the last because comments after yours are just complaining about the price on Amazon since Woot sold out 🤦♂️
@wal Wow. They went like hot cakes. Thanks again. Great video as usual. 👍🏻
Have you tried it out yet?
Awesome video Big D, Little Surprised you didn't do a .8 ohm test.
Smokin deal. Thanks for sharing. I just bought two.
Have you tried it out yet?
If it was rated at 2000w, it would have been a super budget king. Also, another amp that shows just how cheap these amps are.
The price is right, the power is convincing, thank you again sir.
That's one heck of a deal. Thanks as always, Big D!
These amps are really classy looking and make rated power quite cleanly. There really isn’t anything bad to say about them even at double the WOOT prices. I picked up the 110x4 watt amp and was surprised to see the logo light up red when it turned on. Also grabbed a CarPlay head unit to use on the workbench.
In the late 90s-early 2000s I kept getting my head units stolen from my car. A couple Alpine and an Eclipse. When I looked for a high end head unit that didn’t look like one I found the Nakamichi. Super understated unit that basically looked like a stock unit. Never had an issue with my head unit getting stolen after that, just the rest of my stuff. I still miss my xtant 3300c and 2 JL 12w6s
Used to be a great brand back in the day !!!
Wow you pump this video out super fast
I'm still impressed
That's a nice find man haha almost as good as doublerock
Lol that D rock amp you made a video about a few yrs ago is an absolute gem i bought the amp and have it pushing 2 12inch alpine R series and that amp had been slamming for 2 yrs now haha never malfunctions and sounds awesome 👌 so when you said that amp was a great deal you were 100% spot on brotha. Thanks for making these videos. It saves people tons of money and headaches. Back in the day you had to go off word of mouth or have a friend that had good or bad luck with amps. Now we have data thanks to you. Keep it up your helping the bass head community more than you think ❤
Thanks for showing what transistors it was using!
Wow even though it didn't do full rms power at 1ohm it still is a good deal I paid around $300 for my 2300rms amp.
Funny thing. The dragon was THE standard for everyone to beat. Just as other companies (there were several) finally designed tape decks that actually matched or beat the dragon, CDs came out and wiped out the whole cassette tape industry. Digital media relegated analogue audio tape obsolete in just a few years.
But there really are tape decks out there with specs that equal and even beat the dragon. But who cares? It's like knowing who made the best muskets. A few people still fire muskets just like a few people still play cassette tapes... but not many.
Nice to see the name again.... sad to see the quality is not there. It's rated at 0.2% THD, but it hit 1% during the test. The standard for test THD is supposed to be at its rated power, not at 1W. Welcome to the 21st century, I suppose.
Still fantastic boom for the buck.
there is a resurgence, tiny though, og cassette fans in the lo-fi and vaporwave circles. A lot of the bandcamp sell their stuff on cassette and one or two had the old school style walkman head phones available
Ppl really like the product with underrated specs. Irf mosfets make its operation on point.
I used to have a CD700 back in the day. I absolutely loved the sound but it lacked the bells and whistles of the newer stuff.
Can’t believe the brand still exists
Nakamichi went the way of schwinn bikes once a great company that made Premium products sold to China now sold in Walmart for a fraction of the cost.. a schwinn is lucky if it can make it home riding it without falling apart. The amp might last long enough to say hey listen to me from 6 blocks away then your car/truck tries to compete with a EV firea.
Thanks for the review D!
Ur amp dyno results was within like 100-150 watts of what i was able to get but i dont have enough battery to really test amps drawing over 250 amps .
Most equipment I've bought in the past year gives you a spec sheet with the actual bench test outputs. I wish that was a legal requirement.
Every time I see the dyno, all I can think of is “Surface Mount Device.” 😂
I'd say 2,200 watts is pretty good for $82. In fact, it's kinda crazy when you can get 1,000 watts at 4 ohms. And the amp has a fan for cooling. Very surprised.
Ricordi di una vitae di un lavoro svolto con grande soddisfazione 💪🏻💯
Yeah im running it now with a down 4 sound 10” sub. It pushes it better than the infinity kappa amp i had before, its less efficient though so ull need a good charging system in ur car. Worth the price for sure
Awesome 👏
Had to look up zenith alignment on RCA inputs. Obscure reference in technical writing class loses a letter grade. Went from A+ to a B+ but still a thumbs up.
Interested in the semi old school Hifonics XX-Colossus II? I have had it for many many years but it’s only seen a month of use at that before I bought a new vehicle back then.
Wow, very impressed by this one. Worth every dollar I'd say
Best tapedeck i ever had in my car by far. It was a thing of beauty 😢
So who are the key players nowadays in car audio? I used to compete in IASCA in the early 90s. Ran MB Quart, JL Audio, Precision Power, Audio Control and a Sony Mobile ES head unit. Then i heard most of those companys got bought out by one company. I'm looking to put a stealth system in my CX-90 and i want good quality sound and equipment. Any recommendations?
Good job covering the serial number in text and not in barcode, proud owner of NAA16*****-10 lmao
funny how things change, nakamichi used to be the high end price equip....
I actually got one. Paused the vid on the 2 ohm test and got one, it let me check out sooo well see if it shows up
Have you tried it out yet?
Nakamichi was true to the game anything came from Japan was worth every penny
A Chinese company owns the name. Time will tell how long these amps last.
R@@arcademania7544Remember what I stated back in the game when I was 16 years old they were made in Japan?I'm 58 years old now?
For $82 bux, It bumps!!!! Great budget find👍🏼👍🏼
5 hours later Amazon has some for $100 & ebay for $250(: That was impressive for the price- great video
another amp that would probably sell well and get no disrespect at all if......they JUST RATED IT 2,000 watts. It's a great deal for that much power. But I won't touch a brand that lies to my face and thinks we won't find out. LOL.
Would u explain about the high pass filter being used as a subsonic filter does that mean it can still be used for the subwoofers
Thanks to your channel mr big D❤❤❤❤
I bought 3 of em! Reliable enough cause I have backups
Have you tried them out yet?
Have you tried it out yet?
its crazy the juice that can be pumped out of these tiny amps these days. back when i was into car audio and bass you needed amps the size of a back seat to make 1000 watts.
Have you ever explained (with pictures) the difference between full bridge and, well, less than full bridge? Could you? Add in A/B?
I'd watch it.
Barevids has done this. He has some great vids, check him out
thanks big d. got the amp and replaced my rockville 600w rms 1ohm amp. my sub is a 12in audio legion 600w 1ohm but maan this new $82 amp pushes it so hard that i could feel it in my chest. Only problem is now I gotta upgrade my electrical system cuz every light is dimming since the efficiency at 1ohm is terrible while having only the big 3 with stock alt/battery.
How does it sound? I ordered one too and I'm thinking of running a 15 on it.
@ it puts out clean bass and slaps pretty hard. Only problem to keep in mind is the gain on the amp is pretty low compared to most amps. I have a dsp so I was able to easily boost the signal to the amp. It isn’t terrible but you’d find yourself cranking the gain on the amp almost at max volume
@@cheech59 cool thank you I'm going to add a DSP before I put this in.
i had the PA-400M , best amp i ever owned, it was my smallest/weakest and had the best sound quality and power output lol, sadly that whole system got stolen 20? yrs ago... when i heard you say nikamanchi i almost fell off my chair, literally never seen or heard of anybody else having a nikamanchi lol. east coast canada, not much car audio here, even less nowadays...
I picked this up along with the eq and another amp. They have subs on sale too, NSW10D. Do have any experience with these? Thanks Danny
I think I seen a current limiter inside the amp ill have to take the bottom off again to check and see .
Snoop approved. I love it.
Impressive, and I know it doesn't matter for performance, but this actually looks nice IMHO. My 1st car amp back in the mid 90's was a Performance Teknique(sp?) which looked like a damn toy. It was one of the cheapest looking amp I've ever seen. It didn't cost much, but from the fake chrome looking plastic housing it looked like it should have cost even less lol. And while I had no means of actually testing the claimed output. There's no way in hell it got anywhere close to the big ass 1500 watts font that was plastered on the fake chrome.
I would call this a win regardless because there's amps out there now for 150-250 that don't meet spec or intentionally claim huge power that they will never hope to meet. The only issue is whether the quality of sound is any good because more power doesn't always mean more better.
Still have the soundstream has a bad connection on on riser will pop when tapped I also have a kenwood kac- x4r that just won’t turn on but it doesn’t smell like anyone let the smoke out . I was told back when I bought the jl that it was a class d amp so could only go with what I was told by store owner
I like your channel. I am thinking about getting back into car audio. For my own vehicle. Thanks for the reviews.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I’m gonna buy one, it’s too good. I could probably sell it for what I paid if I don’t like it. Did you experience any overheating?
Just ordered one and is currently in stock and at the discounted price. 11-10-2024
Awesome Thank you for putting up
you gotta let it go up to the advertised "10%" THD to get that rated 3k ..... lol
Way back in the late 1980's they mfg the PA5 & PA7 stereo home amplifiers. Class A/B with high bias, the circuits designed by Nelson Pass of Threshold, First Watt, etc. Oh how they have fallen!
I'm still hearing lots of HF bleed in the bump test. I'm thinking this might be coming off the same assembly line as the Cerwin-Vega CVPRO3K/5K, another brand whose name was sold and means little today.
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I have the nakamichia factory system in my 1998 Lexus es 300 I drive daily but sounds 20× better and great bass than my 2019 Mercedes 250 4matic
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Yo Big D!
You should do an episode where you explain the positives and negatives of these components that you talk about. Not all of us know what a 3300uf 63v 105° C capacitor is capable of. Or what the different types of transistors and MOSFETs do. Just an idea from a nerd who is only partially informed.
The rabbit hole gets deep quick when going into specifics but I understand the desire to understand more. TH-camr’s like Barevids go into deep detail about the amps components and designs and he may be a good source to check out if you want to dive deeper 👍
Excellent video & info thanks
As of 1048am on Sunday Nov 10th in Pensacola Florida there still available
Get the pyle they’re 🤝
Big D i bought this amp and got the gain set with a multimeter but it does not bump lol, it does with the bass remote do, im wondering if it needs it, which in my past expirence ive never needed one
I remember nakamichi head units used to be really good
Definitely a budget gem!
This woot deal is pretty crazy. Setting my son's car up with 4 6x9, 2 6.5, 2 4 channel amps and a mini mono amp for about $250. 😂
I just ordered the 900.1
Looks like your run of the mill Chinese 1500 amp
The line looked great at SEMA
Damn when I saw this sale I was gonna get the top of the line HU something like 4 volts out which is crazy good just to see what it can do but demos online saved me some money. Sad where this company went they used to run the game for a long time providing people high quality gear.
2 of these on a pair of subs would be a steal