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Can car amps be used for home audio?

Hey all, I'm a penniless kid looking for a highly cost-effective way to drive a pair of Maggie MMGs. I'm both intrigued by and suspicious of the fact that class A/B monoblocks made for cars often boast what appear to be good specs for WAY less money on average than their home audio counterparts. Anyone have hands-on experience using car amps in the home? What's it sound like? Also, what kind of tinkering around would be necessary to power them from a standard 125v outlet?
sideshowgabe
vegasears
1,173 posts
 
Three years ago I heard the some of the car amps on the page link below. They were driving some tough load high end speakers. Sounded pretty good to me.

http://zukiaudio.net/index.html
danielk141
489 posts
 
Buy an Adcom GFA5500.
Don't ever mention car audio or Bose, on this site.
You'll be fine.
mceljo
1,357 posts
 
When I first assembled the subwoofer for my 4Runner I hooked it up in my house using a 900 watt car audio amplifier and a 300 watt computer supply. I was amazed at how great it actually sounded. If the volume was up too much it would shut the power supply down on low notes, but it was the most bass that I've had in my house.

Obviously, a subwoofer is a completely different animal than a set of Maggie's so I couldn't predict what results you might have. If you already have the stuff to test it out then go for it (unless someone can give you a reason why it could damage your speakers), but if you have to make a purchase then go with home audio equipment for the best results.
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polk432
1,142 posts
 
If you can't mention car audio or bose, you shouldn't mention Adcom either IMO.
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