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Camco Vortex Amplifiers
Bennett Prescott:
John Roberts {JR} wrote on Mon, 25 September 2006 14:20
I appreciate the difficulty of creating the impression of a merchantable difference between modern amplifiers when most deliver quite good bandwidth and linearity, but keeping with the spirit of the LAB being a hype-free zone I will point out claims that appear worthy of investigation.
Agreed! Very interesting stuff, JR, and thanks for keeping this "real".
Lester Moran:
This is timely for me as I was recently offered four rep-demo V6s for 2,900 USD each. I would be replacing four MA3600s that serve as sub and mid amps in a JBL 4894 /SRX 4715 system. I like the 3600s, but a more power/less weight upgrade would be cool as long as sonically it is an upgrade.
I see the latest Bink's Amp Shootout didn't get Camcos to test, and Forum searches haven't produced the breadth of Camco opinions I was hoping for. Can anyone provide a link to some opinions I may have missed?
Thanks, Les
Chris Cowley:
Lester Moran wrote on Tue, 03 October 2006 01:27
This is timely for me as I was recently offered four rep-demo V6s for 2,900 USD each. I would be replacing four MA3600s that serve as sub and mid amps in a JBL 4894 /SRX 4715 system. I like the 3600s, but a more power/less weight upgrade would be cool as long as sonically it is an upgrade.
I see the latest Bink's Amp Shootout didn't get Camcos to test, and Forum searches haven't produced the breadth of Camco opinions I was hoping for. Can anyone provide a link to some opinions I may have missed?
Thanks, Les
I can't give you any links, but I love 'em. When SSE Hire first replaced the enormous racks of MA5000s they used to use for their Alpha rigs with Vortex6 the difference was incredible. You could clip the all night long at 2ohms and they just went on ... and on ... and on ...
The amount of headroom compared to the Crowns was great as well.
Also my local venue uses a pair of Vortex 6s (driving 4 Turbosound TSW-718, and 6 TSE-111). These are used at least 5 days a week for everything from 70s DJs to hardcore metal bands and they have been great.
Jens Droessler:
Yeah, and there are very few capacitors (speak: low buffer) on the PSU too.
Also, the housing is pretty cheap. SMD transistors pretty tightly packed in the output stage (with voltages over 200V, humid air ahoy!) and the worst performance on subwoofers you can get for that money.
I ABed them, I road tested them, and they failed. Sorry.
RYAN LOUDMUSIC JENKINS:
Jens Droessler wrote on Wed, 15 November 2006 14:33
Yeah, and there are very few capacitors (speak: low buffer) on the PSU too.
Also, the housing is pretty cheap. SMD transistors pretty tightly packed in the output stage (with voltages over 200V, humid air ahoy!) and the worst performance on subwoofers you can get for that money.
I ABed them, I road tested them, and they failed. Sorry.
Then YOU are the only one I have ever heard of that thought these to be the worst performers! All the guys at Nexo have had it wrong this whole time, right!? Could it possibly be that the reduced distortion levels made you not like the sound of your subs?
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