Called Sphere Is a Cylinder Shipped in a triangular pyramid Love everything about this!🔺🔴

@byronn.2885

4 ай бұрын

😂

@tadlockje

4 ай бұрын

lol, I commented above before reading. I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

I may have to change the title 👈🤯

@jasonjackson329

4 ай бұрын

Thought I was the only one that caught that

@douro20

4 ай бұрын

Triangular prism

That thing looks like it could air up your suspension bags too. lol

The design was really ahead of its time for the late 90s. This is such a mid 2000s design. The only thing missing is plexiglass and blue LEDs :D

Wow! What a unique amp for the collection...

Holy cow! I havent even thought about that amp since before my joints made noise when I move! LOL I never got to play with one but remember one sitting in the display case where i worked back in 1999.

That Sherwood unit got my interest. Back in the day I used to run the Circuit City home theater receivers they contracted from Sherwood and those things were beasts for the price. I had no idea they did any car audio stuff.

I had one of those old Sherwood 70x70 boat anchors. lol

Really nice amp. Thank you for reviewing it!

Thats very different , never seen one before and surprised at how well it did on the dyno , pretty cool. Thanks for the video.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

This amp looks super high quality. It even has NCC (Nippon Chemi-Con) Japanese capacitors!

Brings back memories. Saw a couple of builds with these amps mounted under the rear deck lid, powering upgraded 6x9 3-ways mounted in the deck lid as stock replacements. there was also build that had a pair of Bazooka Tubes with a pair of the Sphere's mounted to the outside of the Tubes. This was in an 80's Nissan Sentra Wagon.

That would be cool to have a bunch of them❤❤❤

It has a distinct " orphan source " aura about it for sure . Very creative and unique design , and not to shabby in terms of performance .

@volvo09

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it would suit a radiation symbol sticker on there quite well

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

I was afraid it would be stopped in transit

Crazy! How did i never run into one of those!!! LOL

That thing is just downright cool as hell, never cease to amaze Big D! Def the most obscure amp ive seen here yet. I really hope to see an old school Adcom or Carver Mag Field amp make it to the channel in the future.

Looks great unique design .

Nice amp. Great to see something different. 😎👍👍

I'm not going to lie I love the amp even if it only has 10 watts

Back when companies actually thought outside the box on amplifier design and didn't just keep putting the same amplifier over and over in the same case with a different name

@arubberroomwithrats

4 ай бұрын

back when companies focused on tacky design instead of focusing on improving power or efficiency

I love the old stuff! It’s like a Time Machine. I’ve got a couple old amps that are just laying around, not sure if they are still working but I’d love to send them to you to add to your collection.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

Please send me email WillistonAudio (at) gmail dot com

@jbarzee0001

4 ай бұрын

@@wal2 will do!

W O W... I thought I'd seen about everything, Leave it to Big D to pull out the Unicorn design of amps.. - Surry Virginia

I've never seen this. This is super dope

Aweome design.

Gorgeous!

This would run some front door speakers very nicely. Got to give credit to the people that put in the design work of this, looks pretty well made / put together overall.

I have a few of these running in my current set up, and they sound great.🎉🎉🎉

@RWL2012

4 ай бұрын

can you do a video?

I like the Star Trek TNG flavored font they used. The amp has a distinct Starfleet look about it. All it needs is some Starfleet logos and GNDN labels.

I've been waiting to see you review this one.

Lol😊.. that Sherwood 70+70 was my first amp purchase..it sent several sets of afs kricket domax 3 6x9s back for warranty

Love it!

That is cool man

Back in the day , didn't they make an " NOS" sub woofer tube or amp ?

@volvo09

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, he has shown a sub designed to look like a nitrous bottle in the past, even had a round VU meter standing in for the tank pressure gauge.

@thomaspepera2711

4 ай бұрын

Bazooka had one that looked like a Nitrous tube.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZZ9zst7nJrFdqQ.html

@luckyjinx9474

4 ай бұрын

They made a powered and unpowered model.

@thebreakbarrelshow

4 ай бұрын

@wal2 ahhhh there it is.. Thanks guys !

I like it. Well built! They can do some full bridge amps similar design that would do 2-3k!

Cool amp

This is the one I really wanted to see. It looks like the capacitor i put on my system back in the day. Lol

@volvo09

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, looks VERY capacitor designed. Cap and amp next to each other would make for a clean and unique install, especially in a visible space.

It looks just like a capacitor. Cool design

Crazy stuff lol id love me one of those as i love all things weird 😂the ratings r spectacular ❤

Would love to see a test of the old Sanyo PA6100. Those were great amps back in the day!

I had one of these powering 2 6X9 in a ol Sckool Square body Ford , and it was dam good

WOW. incredible so tiny that many watts 👍

I think Pyramid should have come out with cylinder shaped amp called square and put it in a hexagon shaped box....mind blown.😂 🧠 💣 With the design of that amp, 3 or 4 of these would look awesome in a old build paired with inverted 04-06 RF punches that had the Grey magnetic covers. One of my favorite punch designs. I've got about 11 of them.

There isn't much known about American Graffiti except that they were once a sub-brand of Zapco.

And it has a fan dam that's nice

Man I'd like to find me one. This is just too cool 😎

I forgot about the American Graffiti. They were pushing the design trying to be different than everyone else. I would be cool to see someone making much more powerful amps in the same kind of enclosure.

I want 2 of those 😳

Talk about opening a time capsule. That is a neat guts layout.

I like it

That is most definitely unique! Looks like they were trying for the "Bazooka" look.

@volvo09

4 ай бұрын

Or a capacitor...? Throw a bazooka tube and a capacitor in your trunk and you've got an all cylindrical setup... Haha

@89G

4 ай бұрын

@@volvo09 hahahaha, true!

Nice 1

Hey Big D...!!?? Have you ever tested the brand PowerAmper? They were a Florida company, but they didn't advertise enough or get their products out to the people! They were very proud stating all of there car audio was made by military specs!!

2 of those bridged pushing 2 Bazooka subs would be a great looking setup.

@bobdodge3171

4 ай бұрын

On top of a bazooka like a scope. Lol

Great to match with your killer Capacitor back in the day 😂

Infiniti kappa 255a their 5 channel amp was just like this. It to slide in an enclosed aluminum heat sink except it wasn't a sphere or tube shape. It was still a pain to slide such a long board in and out. Plus the hassle of screwing the clamps holding the mosfets to the case.

The design of this amp would pair nicely with a bass tube.

I had an amplifier just like that but it was Octagonal instead of completely round. I wish I never sold it. It's hard to find and Unique.

a pleasant surprise.......

Super cool amp! I don’t remember these at all. Had me immediately thinking about what a cool looking install you could have with a rack of 4 of these in an active system. Did they make other amps in this line, like a bass amp?

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

Yes like 5 different models including a 1000W sub amp. Never seen one tho

Now I'm curious about how other American Graffitti amp stack up.

Oh snap. Had the same Sherwin Vega amp. Was stolen out of my car. Lived in Bradenton Fl

D....iirc...you can run this in 3 channel mode. (st& bridged at the same time for those who didn't know). jensen also had a 4channel w/bbe that could be run in 6 channel mode.

Interesting. Honestly looks like an old Zapco board. I wonder who made these.

My Father In law has a pair of these amps in his Chevy S10

it almost looks like the 2Farad capacitor I had in my car back in the days

Simple ✌️

So, what is that big toroid doing? Is that a boost converter or voltage stabilizer of some kind?

Why do you turn to voltage back up after you just turned it down to the rated voltage?

Definitely the most difficult amp to ever see the guts 😂

Does it bump DOE?

The line in/out are backwards?

You know it’s kind of cool they made something like that. It’s too bad they don’t make stuff like that no more I can think of a few applications where that would look cool in a vehicle instead of the typical old box style amps that we have today and want to sell it let me know I’d definitely buy it from you, be great for my kids and highs

It's nice when you get what you pay for and more sometimes

If you look at that Car Audio and Electronics guide, it says that the design was patented. Whether or not that patent expired, was sold off, what have you, who knows. But that might partially explain why no one else has done it, they weren't legally able to.

Sold a lot of graffiti sound back in the day I think they changed their name over to American Graffiti later but never seen this apm in person only in magazines

Yeah Boiii

Are you going to sell the sphere amp?

Have you seen this amp yet? Power Acoustik MOFO1-10KD It looks interesting 🤔 it's only $167.00 🤷‍♂️

Why was the box triangle shaped? *Because you can't put a round peg into a square hole!* 😂

👍👍

I have a quick question for you sir, How are these decades old amplifiers able to perform when electrical components like capacitors can dry up and go bad over time?

Damn, based on the test date, the amp is almost same age as me

I seen one of these back in around 2003. It came into the audio shop I was working at. At first glance I thought it was a capacitor Ended up not buying/trading for it Cool piece tho

This might look good in an old blue hotrod?

sphere sphere. this a a cylinder damit !

WAL is the amplifier authority.

New kind of tube amplifier

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

It’s like totally tubular 🤣

You can put that amp next to your condensator

A cylindrical amp, named Sphere, in a trigonal prism shaped box. I'm getting a math headache.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

🤣👍

“back in the day” they made a tube amp using two cans and a string.

You're not getting on any airplanes with that doo hickey. LMAO 🤣 You gotta do the Sherwood next.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

I was wondering if it would even make it with UPS

Wow, is that thing made from old military surplus materials? Lol It looks durable.

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

It’s built like a tank 😝

I remember seeing these when I was a "Too cool" 20 something and thought there was no way I was buying something from a company named after a movie like American Graffiti! I mean as a mid 40s man now I like that movie but at that age it was super lame. I have no idea what their intentions WERE with the name but my mind instantly went there and thought, "Yeah I guess this is an amp company for my grandpa and his 50s car loving ass!" I can only assume other people may have too and it probably didn't help sales.

I knew that was a Rockwood amp, mfs bumped hard back in the 90's and so did thump

How these technical measures correlate to what our ears hear is anyone's guess.

Yes it looked like a nos bottle think just a sub ,could be wrong though

The word you are looking for that case is extruded, its an extruded aluminum case. Very unique, very cool amp, these days you can probably fit a 1kw amp in there.

@VEC7ORlt

4 ай бұрын

Hot dayum, the thickness of that extrusion is quite something, that is a VERY meaty one.

How much I would like to buy this for my trailer I’m on eBay we could do the sale there or whatever you would like

@dyslectische

4 ай бұрын

Lol. He is a holdl on amps lol. Dont think you gone have it lol

@wal2

4 ай бұрын

Send me email WillistonAudio (at) gmail 👌

Wasn't American graffiti just a division of audiovox?

Do you remember the bazooka liquid cooled amps!?

@bobdodge3171

4 ай бұрын

I do. Ppi also did that

@drewdoestrucks

4 ай бұрын

@@bobdodge3171 I don’t remember the ppi ones. Which ones did they offer liquid cooling on?

@bobdodge3171

4 ай бұрын

@@drewdoestrucks the art series.. old school 90s

@drewdoestrucks

4 ай бұрын

@@bobdodge3171 I owned some art series, did not have any liquid cooling.

@bobdodge3171

4 ай бұрын

@@drewdoestrucks ya it was an add on on the end caps.. look it up

Bet that was actually kinda spendy to make for the tooling.