You gurus know anything about this on ebay?

[tyroneshoes]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4387&rd=1&rd=1

I was considering grabbing one of these to power some speakers I made with rs125s and a tang softdome tweeter and one of those tang 6.5 subs. Anyone ever seen anything like this before. Does not look like the typical ht amp. Its suspiciously cheap too. Odd. Any thoughts?

[SQ_Bronco]

I would almost bet that the parts that were in "zapco" shipped boxes were symbilink cables. The connection is electrically different, but the plugs and cables look the same. if so, then the cables alone originally cost almost as much as he is selling the units for...

[Thoraudio]

hmmm..... that looks like it's worth picking up...

[scott_fx]

i picked up one of those just because it was soo cheap. it's not that great of a product but i've only hooked it up using my headphone dac/amp as my source so the gains may just be too high. i believe the input voltage max is 1v. it's fun to play around with but i wouldn't get your hopes up too high. it is made from the same city taht zapco is out of though. :-)

[SQ_Bronco]

Scott- have you been able to tell if any of the channels have an internal crossover, since they are called "high pass inputs" and "mono low pass"? hopefully they don't.

[OldOneEye]

Guy at work got one. The birthsheet screams Zapco (it has that dot matrix looking print out that Zapco stuff has). The cable has that locking collar that Zapco uses on theres (versus the no-locking Soundstream and rockford used with their version of the cable). The paperwork seems to support my theory it was Zapco doing OEM work.

Juan

[dBassHz]

Originally Posted by scott_fx

i believe the input voltage max is 1v.

Jeeze, that's low. Should be ok for a computer sound card, right? I might pick one of these up.

[Thoraudio]

Originally Posted by omarmipi

Jeeze, that's low. Should be ok for a computer sound card, right? I might pick one of these up.

that's what I was thinking.... 6 channel surround...

[scott_fx]

i actually got it to play with a soundblaster live 5.1 card, kxproject driver, and trying to build a 3 way active set of computer speakers :-) just to play with. i'm sure it'll sound ok running off a soundcard, i just dont have mine installed right now.

as far as i know, there are no internal x-overs and you can byepass the 'preamp' and wire directly to the amp. you just have to hack up a mini din 6 cable and you'll be fine.

[chad]

$42.45 shipped for 6 channels of audio..... Ordered.... I'll snap some internal pics, etc.

Chad

[Autiophile]

Ordered a pair. Now brainstorming garage system ideas.

[solacedagony]

Ordered one also. I'm making out good lately. First the XT19 tweets, now this

[chad]

Originally Posted by Autiophile

Ordered a pair. Now brainstorming garage system ideas.

Yup, I was going to do a garage active 2 way OR..... POOL SPEAKERS!!!!!!!

[azngotskills]

Damn i hate this forum!!!!!!!!! Always making me want to buy stuff

[scott_fx]

guys just keep in mind that that 15 watts/chan is rated at 8 ohms. also if you're going to be hooking it up to a computer i highly recommend a pci card that is compatible with the 'kxproject' drivers. it's a great upgrade to the soundcard and is infinately adjustable (almost). I used it in my original car pc set up and it improved the sound dramatically over just the soundblaster's drivers. all this on a card taht costs about 20 bucks

[chad]

Another neet application would be driving 3 different stereo headphone mixes in a studio... Hmmmmm.

Scott, where did you get the 15W@4Ohms figure?

Chad

[solacedagony]

Originally Posted by scott_fx

guys just keep in mind that that 15 watts/chan is rated at 4 ohms. also if you're going to be hooking it up to a computer i highly recommend a pci card that is compatible with the 'kxproject' drivers. it's a great upgrade to the soundcard and is infinately adjustable (almost). I used it in my original car pc set up and it improved the sound dramatically over just the soundblaster's drivers. all this on a card taht costs about 20 bucks

Sorry for the OT, but can you use the drivers as an active crossover or would you need the software to do that and the drivers to route the outputs to specific outs?

[MIAaron]

This is perfect for an ultra cheap ht computer. Combine this with the $25 htib that PE had on sale, and I think my brother in-law is gonna be stoked with his bday present.

[OldOneEye]

Originally Posted by MIAaron

This is perfect for an ultra cheap ht computer. Combine this with the $25 htib that PE had on sale, and I think my brother in-law is gonna be stoked with his bday present.

Link please.

Juan

[Thoraudio]

they have this Jensen set with powered sub for $50.... I don't know about 1 for $25 though...

[scott_fx]

Originally Posted by chad

Another neet application would be driving 3 different stereo headphone mixes in a studio... Hmmmmm.

Scott, where did you get the 15W@4Ohms figure?

Chad

woops i meant 15w @ 8 ohms, i edited the post.

Originally Posted by solacedagony

Sorry for the OT, but can you use the drivers as an active crossover or would you need the software to do that and the drivers to route the outputs to specific outs?

well..the drivers are software. you can do a lot with them and i believe they have a crossover plugin. basically you can 'rewire' the card via the software drivers and add time delays, effects, dsp of all sorts. there is a bit of a learning curve, but once you realize the full potential of the drivers you'll be stoked!

[MIAaron]

That's the one, they had it as a deal-of-the-day during the 12 days of xmax. It was $25 shipped. I needed a couple aero ports as well, and it only added like 60 cents to the shipping due to the free shipping on the big item, so I saved about $8 on the ports as well. They're cheap, but it makes for a cool gift. My brother-in-law prefers the sound of my logitech x-230 computer speakers over my Seas mtm's, so they are right up his alley. lol

[lpreston]

Don't know what I'm going to do with it, but have one coming.

[chad]

Originally Posted by lpreston

Don't know what I'm going to do with it, but have one coming.

Gotta love it when that happens

Chad

[solacedagony]

Originally Posted by scott_fx

woops i meant 15w @ 8 ohms, i edited the post.


well..the drivers are software. you can do a lot with them and i believe they have a crossover plugin. basically you can 'rewire' the card via the software drivers and add time delays, effects, dsp of all sorts. there is a bit of a learning curve, but once you realize the full potential of the drivers you'll be stoked!

Yea, sorry, my question was kind of crappily asked
The driver software by itself is capable of an active crossover? Separate software is not needed?