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Silver Member Username: Nutty91rsBloomington, Indiana USA Post Number: 138 Registered: Oct-05 | I've pegged this amp like 2 times tonight so I figured I should just start a post about them. The story on these is that they were built as a 1 year limited run bye Soundstream (the OLD Soundstream not Power Acoustik), and were built to be the best amplifiers Soundstream had ever manufactured. The company went belly up so now they can be had for a song. This is one of those things that once they're gone it's over. I own a pair of the 600's so for anyone looking into buying GREAT reliable SQ amplifiers, check out the Soundstream Van Gogh lineup on eBay, here's a URL for anyone interested: http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUNDSTREAM-VGA-600-2-VAN-GOGH-600W-2-CH-AMPLIFIER-AMP |
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Silver Member Username: Nutty91rsBloomington, Indiana USA Post Number: 139 Registered: Oct-05 | oops broke the link above, here's the right one: http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUNDSTREAM-VGA-600-2-VAN-GOGH-600W-2-CH-AMPLIFIER-AMP_W0QQi temZ5827939890QQcategoryZ18796QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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Gold Member Username: Mikechec9Http://www.cardomain.c... Post Number: 1476 Registered: May-05 | vouch. http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/768492 http://www.epinions.com/content_128841977476 in addition to owning a fleet of them, i have spoken with Karl Cummings, the chief engineer of SS who designed the amp. i'm extremely impressed with the additional information he gave me. my 1600's are more than capable of a 1ohm load, and even a bridged 2ohm load. it was originally Collyn Estham who advised me of this hidden capability. he pushes four of the vga 1600.2's, each to a type x bridged 2ohms with a true 1800 watts/sub. very sturdy power supply. http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/2075723/1- so Karl confirmed this, and now i'm able to run one amp shared by both of my brahmas for 900 watts/sub. very convenient. great amps. soon to be rare. the amps i have pushing my iridiums are very dynamic, and extremely capable of transients over a large range. they are underrated and capable of great headroom. very clean power from these beauties. just my cosigniture |
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Gold Member Username: Mikechec9Http://www.cardomain.c... Post Number: 1477 Registered: May-05 | backing the soundstream product, not the seller or reputation. the whole "no refunds or returns" always turns me off, personally. |
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Silver Member Username: JoebruceKY U.S.A. Post Number: 267 Registered: May-04 | Do you all think a 600 will push 2 alpine type r's (old ones 300w a peice) pretty good? |
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Bronze Member Username: DropthatbassPost Number: 37 Registered: Oct-05 | hey i saw u guys talkin about these amps and would u recommend me getting 1--- SOUNDSTREAM VGA-600.2 VAN GOGH 600W 2-CH AMPLIFIER AMP ------and----- 1---SOUNDSTREAM VGA-400.2 VAN GOGH 400W 2-CH AMPLIFIER AMP and that would be powering my RE SX 12in- would that work and be getting the whole 1000rms out of it? |
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Gold Member Username: Mikechec9Http://www.cardomain.c... Post Number: 1485 Registered: May-05 | it's not necessary to strap two different model amps to your sub. i would be patient and find a good 900-1200 watt amp, depending on your enclosure. each of those amps has a 30.00 shipping fee. save up like 40.00 and get an elemental designs nine.1 for 350.00 with free shipping and 3yr warranty |
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Gold Member Username: Mikechec9Http://www.cardomain.c... Post Number: 1486 Registered: May-05 | "Do you all think a 600 will push 2 alpine type r's (old ones 300w a peice) pretty good?" if they are dvc 4 ohm subs, certainly. i would even consider the 800.2 for increased headroom if you can find one. |
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Silver Member Username: JoebruceKY U.S.A. Post Number: 268 Registered: May-04 | Yea they are dvc 4 ohm and all i found was the 600.2 and 400.2 on ebay. |
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Gold Member Username: Mikechec9Http://www.cardomain.c... Post Number: 1493 Registered: May-05 | the 600.2 will do fine. it will likely be closer to 330watts/channel. clean and transparent a/b. best amp for the money you will ever get. take care of it though. they don't make them any more. |
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Silver Member Username: Nutty91rsBloomington, Indiana USA Post Number: 148 Registered: Oct-05 | The 600.2 and the 400.2's are about the only ones you can still find reasonable, just do a search on good ole eBay. I find that people think they need that extra 400 watts but they usually don't, 600 will give you nearly the same ammount of output and it will certainly take most subs beyond comfortable listening levels. The no returns policy does suck, I'm not sure if Soundstream can still repair these amps at all. I doubt it, but it's possible. I know the smaller chains will be happy to do repairs on them if they ever go out and they're built solid so they should last a good long while. |