Has any one used Performance Teknique ICBM 5.1 amp?

zots · 04-06-2005, 02:08 PM

Features:

Satellites (front & Rear, Center) Power @ 2 OHM : 100W x 5CH
Subwoofer Power @ 2 OHM 360W x 1CH
Frequency Response : 10Hz - 30 KHz
THD : <0.05%
Signal to Noise : 120db
Channel Separation : 80db
High Pass Filter: 40Hz- 240Hz
Low Pass Filter: 40Hz - 240Hz
Input Impedance: 47K OHMS
Input Sensitivity: 0.2V -6V
Damping Factor: > 400 @ 4 OHM, 20Hz
Fuse Rating : 30A x 3
Dimensions(L) : 450 mm

Lowest $269 shipped...wondering if any one using this...

I am ready to put my system in the car ...waiting for an amp and wiring.

Link

JC-S60 · 04-06-2005, 02:30 PM

That thing looks real nice! Haven't heard of it, so tell me how she went

Defiler · 04-06-2005, 03:31 PM

This should tell you:

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showth...mance+teknique

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showth...mance+teknique

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showth...mance+teknique

Nuf said...

BTW those specs, especially the SNR and damping factor, MUST be WAY over rated.

3Tripnip · 03-13-2006, 02:25 PM

I'll bump this up cause I was wondering the same thing.

Defiler - Those links don't work anymore. Any thoughts on this amp? Thanks!

-Ben

Defiler · 03-13-2006, 06:25 PM

I can't seem to find the threads as well but from what I can recall they were not very good and seemed to have fluffed specs.

tesna · 05-07-2006, 04:03 PM

sorry to bring an old topic up.

I just bought this amp and installed it in my car. From my experience, it sounded great! especially when connecting via digital input. The sounds feels much natural and fulller than my previous old 4-channel pioneer amp and 4-channel sony (previously I use two amps to drive fronts and rears on the pioneer plus 2 subs on sony bridged). I recommended this product.

Btw, I just noticed that this product has very similar features and layout to Hifonics Zeus ZX 5.1. The RCA sockets, crossover, digital & coaxial input, video in & out, speakers and power sockets location both are same! Even it has same IR receiver and remote. I ried to download the hifonics owners manual, the OSD menus are the same! The difference only on their casings.

EL CAMINO · 05-12-2006, 12:46 AM

if is the same like the hifonics,it may have the same problem,this amp makes a thump when detects a digital signal,(ac3,dts).thats why i decided to not use this amp,is a shame that after paying just $289 for it,is not perfect.

Cruelkix · 05-12-2006, 05:21 PM

You may not want to blame the thump on teh amp. I may be wrong about this but from what I have read on this forum, thumps in sound are caused in other ways (power/startup issues). Like I said I may very well be wrong but I think you might want to trouble shoot before you dismiss the amp.

Quattro · 05-12-2006, 05:25 PM

Good first post.
The thump is not realated to the amp. There are relays that people have used to delay the amp turn on so it turns on after the computer/soundcard has started, this avoids the thump.

sycophant · 05-13-2006, 05:48 PM

Actually, The Hifonics will produce a thump when switching certain DIGITAL inputs. This has nothing to do with sound card startup. I found a lot depends on the S/PDIF implementation. My Via M1000 had this problem with the old sound drivers, also some strange distortion. The new drivers eliminated this problem. I can still get a thump occasionally when switching from DTS to PCM or vice versa, but I hardy ever use DTS.

PS, It looks like Performance Tecknique is discontinuing this amp. It is not listed on their website.

Kalt · 05-13-2006, 05:59 PM

Can you adjust the volume via the computer silders when using optical?

Cruelkix · 05-13-2006, 08:53 PM

You should be able to. It acts just like any other computer hooked up to an outside amplifier. Computer sliders work on those. I currently have my comp hooked up to an outside amp surround system and I can use the sliders on my comp to adjust volume.

Edit: the only thing you will have to do is make sure that the amp output volume is set so that when you adjust the comp slider it actually makes a difference.

Will Albers · 05-13-2006, 09:20 PM

I have the latest hifonics 5.1 amp and he is correct. When PCM kicks in there is a pop. PCM will kick in multiple times when using certain software or watcing dvds. Its the internal decoder. This can be minimized by lowering the volume on the amplifier.

Its not a deal breaker at all. still a great amp. My con is that you have to turn it on manually each time

EL CAMINO · 05-13-2006, 09:41 PM

i know a lot of this amps,when i said about the thump,i mention the problem,i did say when and how,i did not said that when the amp was powering on the thump was there,i said somthing about ac3 and dts.thats all.i may be a noob in this forum,but not on audio.any ways peace.

tesna · 05-14-2006, 02:01 PM

I don't have this "thumb" issues on my setup. From my DVD player, if I change dvd audio from dolby 2ch to dolby ac-3 5.1 or dts 5.1 during playing of dvds I never heard any "thumb". The downside is I can't adjust volume via touchscreen on my dvd player anymore if using digital, I haven't tried using car pc yet as I haven't own one (yet)

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