has anyone heard of The Loudest.com???

frugmonkey · 07-28-2006, 06:03 AM

after much waiting and anticipation, it would seem that my directed monoblock has once again fried itself, everythings wired up as per the instructions, two ohm speaker load, both checked out with a DMM, all the power and ground leads are good. it was bought as a reconditioned unit, now who knows how long it has been in someone elses spl car being caned?
I'm considering an '8000 watt' mono from a company called the loudest.com, i've done a bit of research on their specs and it actually looks quite good on paper. obviously the 8000watt bit is B.S. but they're quoting a nice healthy RMS value at 2ohms, and the SNR is actually better than my current amp, i was just wondering if anyone has had any experince with their units. they're only £250GBP and it makes me a little suspicious as to it bein too good to be true!

any help would be much appreciated!

or possibly any suggestions for any other amp that would be able to annihilate my eardrums, my subs are orion h2 12" 2ohm dvc

meddler · 07-28-2006, 06:11 AM

got a link to it? couldn't find anything on it

frugmonkey · 07-28-2006, 06:16 AM

http://the%20loudest.co.uk/

pricin on ebay is £250, suspicious?

meddler · 07-28-2006, 06:22 AM

it's really 1900wRMS. Retails at 1495 pounds. Man that is some serious cash. Red would probably be the best person to talk to about it. 250 pounds on ebay sounds dodgy tho considering the retail price.

frugmonkey · 07-28-2006, 07:49 AM

when you compare the £250 to the £1100 that it would have cost me for the 2400d it does seem rather cheap and suspicious

meddler · 07-28-2006, 08:47 AM

If it's in the UK maybe you could go and have a look at it, just to put your nerves at ease.

frugmonkey · 07-29-2006, 08:03 AM

i've spoken to someone who has used one and says its ok for the money, just gonna wait and see how long it takes directed to fix my amp, it only took them five months to obviosly get it wrong last time.
a quality service for 180 pounds don't ya think? they're b*****ds and use all their own components, so you cant get them repaired anywhere else except at their own repair centre.
i know a guy who's really good with amps and stuff and he knew exactly what was wrong with it but he said that the parts were only available from the manufacturer, and that they said that they couldn't sell the part to him.

RedGTiVR6 · 07-29-2006, 09:54 AM

http://www.theloudest.co.uk/

The page states it has a max current draw of 240 amps.

so, we have 240 amps x 12 volts x .82 for efficiency = 2361.6 watts.

240 amps x 14 volts x .82 for efficiency = 2755.2 watts.

It's a hair over rated, but not bad. more or less it's just rounded off I'd say.

If it's just a sub amp, i'd give it a try. Reminds me of the USAmps US2000 I had back in the day. Beast of an amp.

parksgm · 07-30-2006, 03:04 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6

....it has a max current draw of 240 amps.

Wow.

RedGTiVR6 · 07-30-2006, 09:11 AM

that's one reason I think it's a feasible amp.

btw - I never use eBay as any kind of gauge.

most people don't know what good products should cost, there are far fewer people out there that are willing to pay for a good product or who are looking for a good product. As such, getting a good price for both seller and buyer for high end equipment is almost nonexistent on eBay.

frugmonkey · 08-01-2006, 12:28 PM

need to see if they are gonna repair/replace my directed amp, but i'm certainly gonna keep this one in mind.
the shop that got me the 'repair' on the amp want to rip apart my car and check all the wiring, which i KNOW is correct, so i gotta take it for them to have a look at this weekend, i said to them that i could tilt the boot build forward so they can see everything, a 5 minute job, no its gotta be booked in for a full DAY.
a ten year old could wire up the average amp, its not rocket science.

BDVirus · 08-01-2006, 01:53 PM

RCA red from deck/DSP/source to red on amp, do the same with white. keep rear right going to rear right, same with other speakers.... + goes to + from amp to sub and - goes to - the same way lol

i think it might be more of an 7 yr old lvl, just matching colors and words lol

RedGTiVR6 · 08-01-2006, 02:00 PM

no - but you would be amazed. I've gotten into quite a few discussions on this board about the very things that they are going to be looking for when they take apart your car.

proper wire termination techniques
proper grounding techniques
proper wire size
proper battery size
proper fuze sizes
proper everything.

it's not simply a matter of connecting wires, it's how you do it that matters.

frugmonkey · 08-02-2006, 07:39 AM

its 100 percent right! they are just padding for time, i first took the amp an the beginning of november

Mandos · 08-02-2006, 10:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6

no - but you would be amazed. I've gotten into quite a few discussions on this board about the very things that they are going to be looking for when they take apart your car.

proper wire termination techniques
proper grounding techniques
proper wire size
proper battery size
proper fuze sizes
proper everything.

it's not simply a matter of connecting wires, it's how you do it that matters.

A lot of electrical tape

j/k

You are completely right(duh) any SQ competitor knows how to properly run wire...it scares me

I've seen shops ground through deadening material, splice into the stock speaker wires instead of run new ones into the door, attach everything with electrical tape, etc, etc.

Of course, I've also seen people do worse to their own cars...but there's a reason that I like to do it myself...not only is it more rewarding, but you know it's done right the first time

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