The Orion is my favorite. 13k from a "3,000" watt amp was unreal lol.

@jeffneedstogivejakeaturnon1083

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Crunch 90k that'll do that no problem. Lol It's got a 30 amp fuse and everything.

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

It is truly incredible. Even though it’s a burst test, still crazy whack funky

@constantinjitariu1439

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffneedstogivejakeaturnon1083 30A fuse????🤔🤔

@joesshows6793

2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! That is just insanity!

@kriptic22

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the budget amps doing rating are cool. That Orion is just stupid.

Gotta agree with that Orion being the best, damn those numbers are insane! Loving what JP is offering too, got some really cool features in his designs.

Has it been that long??? Time flies when you put out quality videos on a regular basis!! Thanx Bid D!!

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother 👌

Man, you have to really appreciate the level of editing on that Slayer Amp. As someone who also has a KZread channel on Car Audio DIYs I appreciate the time you took to make this video. Editing takes a while man.

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

I have a secret with that particular vid…😬

@88mattm06

2 жыл бұрын

It's a template on imovie 😎

@joseluisruiz3789

2 жыл бұрын

@@88mattm06 nice!!!

Love the content Big D!!!! Keep up the good work for the community. You are literally saving us thousands man!!

Great vid, thank you! Takes me back to HS in the mid-late 90’s… I had one of those punch 200’s that ran bridged into 2 ohms for a while and never skipped a beat. Had a buddy that saved forever to buy an Orion 2100 HCCA and that thing was just stupid. New to the channel but I’ll be sticking around, great to see we weren’t always making bad choices back then. 😂

This segment was a long time coming. Nicely done👍

For me, your TDA7498E 160+160 watt Chinese mini amp video totally blew my mind. Even though it didn't do rated (which was to be expected) I can't believe how much power those cheap little boards can produce, astonishing! They are now my goto amp for battery powered sound systems, thank you Williston Audio Labs for making these videos and doing the amp dyno tests. You are a huge asset to the audio community, keep on being awesome :)

Fun stuff Big D. Always a blast checking out sonic surprises especially when you discover them during or after an install.

I'm probably alone on this but one of the most memorable amp tests I've seen on your channel was the Kenwood KAC-M3004. Considering its size and simplicity, it far exceeded what I thought was possible within its footprint. For us Hybrid vehicle drivers, it could easily power an entire system (components & sub) without breaking the bank or pulling too much current. Awesome video!

Man, I appreciate your videos. I have not purchased an amp without checking to see if you've done a dyno test on it or not, if you have then I just pass and wait. Thanks for the work and time you put into these vids. :)

Great video big D, I really think you’d be a cool Guy to hang out with and mess around with audio equipment in your lab. Thanks for taking the time to do this and educate some people on car audio.

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Awesome video, as always Big D. I wish current draw and efficiency on these amps was available on this video. Love the content!!

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

That Orion got my number shocker fo sho! The Bully trailer was super dope tho

Always loved my old Rockford amps back when I first got into subs. Still have a few trophies in the shop from those amps

Always amazing content. Much respect BIG D!

I have been bump in the slayer 3k since 3 days after your test. It convinced me to buy one and I run it about an hour and a half a day on a American bass XFL10 to see which would die first and still going strong. Happy with the purchase. Everyone is shocked its only 1 10.

I searched amp test guy on KZread and you come up and your the guy I was looking for. Just like everyone here we appreciate your experience and knowledge of the technical side of the bass world

Daaaaammnnn, that shit bumpin... ORION was always awesome back in the day and this shows why!!!! Awesome video BIG D....

Awesome video compilation! Great summary of favorite amplifiers.

Amazing video! Thank you for putting this together!

Omg 😳 now I know what am I’m getting next. Orion! I bought the jp23 because of your video. I’m very happy with it. It was the right price too. But Forsure now my next amp will be the Orion. Thank you for what you do.

We had a local shop that used to wire those old Rockford amps at 2 ohm's mono all day long. The sales rep told them it was fine go ahead and we'll still warranty them too. The 90's were great for car audio! 🤣👍

I love your content man. OG! Please keep it coming.

I bought one of those Rockford Punch 200’s back in ‘94. Was my first Rockford Amp. Loved it!!

Always the go to spot for audio info!

i bought the orion after watching your video ,, and looking at the jp for another build. thank you .. what ya do its awsome

You did an awesome job on that Slayer 3k vid.

Dam big D you been around so long you gots a "greatest hits" record going 😆 good choices for the list here thanks for doin what you do

Numbers don't lie! Thank you for doing what you do...one of the BEST KZread channels out there.

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother 😊

Absolutely love these videos!!!

Those were definitely some really cool suprises!

Hi mate I love your videos, So keep up the good work! I'd love to know your thoughts on the SQ difference between D class and old AB amps. I don't know if it's just nostalgia, but I feel like the old AB power amps I had back in the day sounded a lot better than the new D class amps these days.

That Halloween trailer! Like button smashed!

Still enjoy these trips to memory lane! THX a lot pal!

Hey big d Your channel is the best out there No bs just facts Thank you

Good memories thanks for the stroll back in time. I am surprised the test you did on the MTX Thunder 2300 didn't make the list. Anyway again great video .

@jarvislarson6864

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed if i remember it did like 950 @2 ohms cert & over 1k dynamic...i personally have 1 i want repaired

@littlejln213

2 жыл бұрын

It did 2200, I have 4 because of that video.

@littlejln213

2 жыл бұрын

I got 2 stroker 18ds that are freshly rebuilt with new old stock. I'm putting 1 2300 per coil.

@jarvislarson6864

2 жыл бұрын

@@littlejln213 i sense windows cracking and random bolts loosening in your vehicles future....it will b epic

@jackiebaer1654

5 ай бұрын

I run my Rockford PWR415 ventilated with the MTX2300, and it Rock's. With the same Amp i fired 6 10" DEI PRO. This amp is a killer. Greetings from Greece

And a big shoutout to the Orion XTR 2500.1 (rated 2500W @1 ohm @ 12.6v) that you did a .8 ohm burst test on that produced 7577W! That amp at the time was $375 to $400. They are strappable, so I presently own 2 of them and they became scarce for a bit of time last year, but are back on the market. It was that video that impressed me the most of them all and that is why I bought 2 in the matter of 6-8 months! You can still find them for $400 in some deep dark places on the net! LOL

The Orion 3k was easily the most shocking amp on this lineup. It was actually the cheapest korean amp you tested at the time. It survived the half ohm test and went on to do 10,000 WATTS!! more than rated!!! And it was $250 less than the Sundown at the time! Nothing on this list compares to how crazy that was to see

The Orion 3ks were my favorite and your the reason I baught a pair of them thank you for introducing me to the most amazing amps I've ever owned to date!!!

@BabyCharlotteschannel

2 жыл бұрын

Always wanted one of them, bit I'm still happy with the awesome XTR 2500 amp I bought after Big D's test of it! Ran it for hours and hours at .8 ohms for the last year on my 55 minute to 90 minute commute back and forth to and from the every single day!!

Loved the Slayer clip! Perhaps an idea for the next July 4 -- do a montage of explosions on the bench? I remember there were a few of them. 💥👍

I was an installer from 1994 to 2008. My first sound car was my 1988 Pontiac Bonneville with Alpine and Rockford all the way to my current 2004 Mercury Marauder with JL Audio and Eclipse. I remember the rule was usually "good amps are about $3 per watt". Almost every SPL car I built we tried to stay at 1000 watts and used cheater amps for the edge. These are INSANE!

I love the MTX 2300 video. 2200 from a 600w amp. Mtx 💪🏻

@littlejln213

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, for sure number 1.

@samueljackson2478

6 ай бұрын

By far the best one besides the Kenwood Kac- M3000.4 I have 2 of the MTX 2300X in my closet.

Great video!!! I really liked the horror film intro for the slayer amp

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

The Down4Sound JP23 is my favorite newer amp. They in my eyes made the perfect everyday amplifier.

Yes Big D you remember the Lanzer Opti 500X2 and 700X2 test still one of the best video.

Absolutely love checking in with you on amps Big D. I've told soooooo many of my friends to always check your channel when looking to buy a new amp. Thank you for all the content you provide, it helps way more than most people think. I've been a bass head for almost 30 years and still have the thirst for it at 42 years old. Lol. I do have a question for you Big D, have you ever tested a hiphonics brutus BRZ1700.1D? I've searched everywhere and haven't been able to find anything. Could you please help me out on this? I currently have this amp pushing 2-12" d2 power acoustik mofo's. The amp says it will only run as low as 1ohm, but I have it running at half ohm. I've been running it this way since December and still going strong. I would just like to truly know how much power I'm actually getting. Thank you for all your help! Great content as always sir! Great list of amps!

I still love the vid on the 1994 mtx thunder 2300 from 7 years ago. Ur reactions were awesome and funny. Lol

Another great video Thanks Big D

I had a couple friends swear by the Rockford Punch amps back in the mid 90's. They would be so hot at times you literally couldn't touch them. They would almost never shut down either. Extremely impressive amps. The 90's had some of the best amps (products for that matter) and extremely high prices to boot.

@Kenmarshallintereststx

6 ай бұрын

I had several 90s models and even in high school I thought to myself this can't be good I can't even touch the thing it's so hot. Plus sitting in HS parking lot all day in Texas. No idea how that thing survived. Two jl w 3 12s now 22 years ago

Saludos al gran amigo Big D desde Colombia! 😎 Ningún canal pone a prueba los amplificadores que éste 👌🏻 Gracias por los "Where's the beef and You Big Dummy" 😂

Deff that bully Halloween intro was so good. One of your most memorable ones for me!

The Black Diamomd and the Audio Control were my favorites. You helped me to buy right. But also loved the Orion test. Took me back to 1993 :-)

Always great when they make more than spec, because you when you're making clean power the woofers will be well controlled and sound awesome.

Thanks Big D, awesome video. Will you be doing a video for top 5 4channel or full range amps? Contemplating wether on purchasing down4sounds jp234 or taramp 800x4 to push 4 6x9's and 4 6.5 and 4 tweeters.

You do an awesome job for all of us helping to do the right choice before buy an amplifier or when we are looking for something in particular you give us many options to choose from.. you should do a dyno on the new toro tech mr3 micro amp 800w rms at 1 ohm i buy the mr2 500w rms at 1 ohm. because of you and I'll love it and I just bought the mr3 and it's incredible pushing 2 sakar evl 8"s 800rms each blew me away

Big D, recently found your channel and now I can’t stop watching lol great content brother! Quick question, I’m building a small car audio system in my office, I’m planning on using a 600 watt 60 amp 110-12v converter ran to a kinetic 600 battery which will run a Alpine 500.1 amp rated at 60 amps to power one 300 watt rms sundown audio 12. I’ll be running 8 gauge cable for the amp and battery and using a cheap 30$ Bluetooth radio. Does this set up sound like it will hold up?

Those Fosgate DSM amps never seem to disappoint either, I've still got a Fosgate 4080 DSM I'd love to see numbers on, it's no Orion but it's still a beast.

@jaymiller5443

2 жыл бұрын

@P C oh man threw away a perfectly good Amp for something so simple, sad to hear that cause those DSM amps are workhorses!

D wiz you've saved me a lot of cash and headaches bro your the man man 💪😎

And another wicked awesome video!

Very good vid - thanks!

This is a great channel, so much useful information. I just wish I had more money, for one of these good amps.

@BabyCharlotteschannel

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, took me a while to save up for the Orion xtr 2500 amp after watching Big D's test of it! But well worth the wait!

Great video man good work

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother 🤙

Very cool. That Orion is the winner for sure.

Great one man. Bout to turn 40 and gonna build something serious. All the kids grown. Time for some fun! Thinking all hcca, thoughts?

Love the channel bro

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Great video 👏🏻 thanks

for me it was the nad 2200 you tested years ago that suprised me the most, since the video i got two of them in bridge mono running in my home audio

Orion and Rockford Fosgate were my favorites back in the day. The Orion was no joke, but it ran hot, and smelled like it was burnt since day 1.

Just when I had forgotten about Wudi... Obviously that Orion amp was the biggest shocker. Not sure about the longevity of them running low ohms like that, but super nice to have that available headroom for a daily driver that occasionally does SPL competition.

I gotta say that JP-23 is a game changer....fine job Dizzle.

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah boi

@bondalero0074

Жыл бұрын

I got the JP8 and a strappable slave amp with O.5 ohm capabilities with so many features; too many to list. I run my JP8 at 1 ohm on a Skar 10” SVR DVC2 and unbelievable outputs drawing much less voltage than my Skar RP800 I swapped it out for. Down4Sound and their JP lineup is the future!#🔊❤️@Down4Sound@Williston Audio Labs@Vincent Russo

You should do a Top 5 Shocking for Under $200 vid next. Nothing but useful info, as always. Thx Big D

MTX Thunder 2300 all the way! They meant 2 times 300 watts, not 2300 watts which you damn near got! Still rocking mine.

Big D, I love your vids! I see a lot of great affordable amps you test and the numbers look great, but I'm a bit of a noob and wondering how an amp that has good dyno results (e.g. rated for 100 watts, but dynos at 140watts w/90% efficiency) translates to sound quality. I have a JL XD700 amp that I overpaid for and has crapped out on me. I want to buy one of the sundown or D4S amps, but I'm not sure if those amps are only great for power output and might have quality/noise issues. Can you help me understand how to estimate for SQ withought having to hear it connected? They will be driving Audison Voce 6" and 1.1" along with a sub box that needs about 200 watts. I just want the mids and tweets to sound as good (or nearly as good) as they did with the JL. Thanks!!

May not be amazing (in a good way) but, IMO the most important amp dyno you have ever done was the Orion HCCA 2100. The results of that test...and the subsequent retests, we're like a huge reality check for the whole old school car audio community. While the amp didn't make the ridiculously insane power we had long believed it could, the test did dispell a ton of urban myths and proved Orion engineers weren't playing games with the published numbers in the owners manual. Hard to overvalue the truth, even if it does bruise some egos. 👍

How is the McIntosh amp doing, BigD? I am SOOOO looking forward to the revisit of that one. It's my dream amp frankly.

Good video I forgot about the slayer and harmony

Dope video Big D

That’s cool when you see something like a cheap I am do that kind of power usually when they’re cheap there is garbage thanks for the info

I want one of those Orion amps. That’s awesome! And that Wudi amp is crazy!!

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear that name I think Rudy, Rudy, Rudy

@gkcaudiounlimited1699

2 жыл бұрын

@@wal YES!!

@beefysghost867

2 жыл бұрын

@@gkcaudiounlimited1699 took. me months to find a 3000.1dsplx

@Frances_P

2 жыл бұрын

@@beefysghost867 how much did you pay for it. I actually have an Orion3k that I'm thinking of selling but still debating

Ok now you gotta do the worst amps ever next! Love the video D!

@PrydeWater901

2 жыл бұрын

That Wall-0-Shame!!!

When I saw that Orion power I almost fell out of my seat!!! 13k watts out of a 3k amp!!! 😵‍💫😵

@williamstarklauf6085

2 ай бұрын

A extra 10 k is crazy

@joshferguson829

15 күн бұрын

But it's not a 3k amp that's a 5k board all day ..but still 13k is insane man 😆

love your videos... just watched the Top 5 SHOCKING Amp Dyno Test... 1.21 gigga watts... back in time... que Huey Lewis

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Back to the Future!

I have a handful of the Orion Cobalts. I do high capacity capacitors in line with the speaker wire. With zero gauge the sound is out of this world. There are a few other proprietary tricks

I thought that Soundstream Tarantula Xtreme TXP1.6000D you did a while back was pretty surprising. Especially for the price. I think I paid $150 for one right after that video. Looks friggen neat as well.

The orion is my favorite too, but I thought you would've done the orion 2500dz too. That was a great amp and I still have mine!

Big D! Do you take requests? I'd love to see some old Zed Rodek dynos. Also real curious about the old school MTX. Seen you dyno a 2300 with impressive results do the others editions score as well? The Blue Thunder/Road Thunder/ThunderX 2300's are they equal? Cheers man love your videos/information!

The thunder 2300 was one of my faves. Not huge power as others, but rock solid

@xhuff317

2 жыл бұрын

Def was one of my favs as well. I still have the one I bought brand new around ‘97 along with 2x Thunder 280’s.

@projectoldschoolspl3563

2 жыл бұрын

I bought 5 because of that test

@20hztremor

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I had 16, but 8 now. The one big D tested I got from him as well. I haven't decided on what to use them with yet.

@projectoldschoolspl3563

2 жыл бұрын

I think we are friend on fb

I just ordered the D4S JP8 two pack for my toaster and the D’Amore E750.1 for my Camry hybrid, thanks to this channel. Now I’m trying to decide between the 10” and 12” Kicker L7Ts 🤣

@RAW_Reality

2 жыл бұрын

10s if you want punchier/crisper sound, 12s if you want more boomy sound & vibration happening.

Man that black Orion XTR amp was my favorite. Crazy power!

I really thought you would do that old school Mtx amp you did a while back that thing pumped out the watts

Back around 1998, Eclipse had a huge 2-channel amp that I would love to see you test! I think it was the 34230. With a relatively stock electric system in my 96 Rodeo, this amp was absolutely slamming 6 10" aluminum Eclipse competition subs in individually sealed boxes.

@beefysghost867

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh dreams right there, eclipse is by far my favorite manufacturer. You can still get dvd decks in Japan made by them. Wish they still sold stuff here used to have a titanium 10 back in 05 favorite sub I’ve ever owned

@stevenyoung3360

2 жыл бұрын

Ya Eclipse made some very nice equipment.

Hey Big D! Have you thought about doing Dyno test on PA amplifiers? That would be nice to see. Keep it up boss👍🔊🙉

I was soooo shocked lol, that Orion wowzerrrrsssss

Surprised the Wolfram didn't make the list! That was a great video until the Orion went crazy!

Loved the Slayer bit!

Nicely done bro

I bought the Audio Pipe 15001D because you dynoed it at 2810@.05 ohm for $150 bucks back in the day for my secondary amp just incase my Earthquake PHD2 blew it still works to this day not bad for a $150 dollar 1500 watt amplifier.

Awesome video!

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!