Old School Budget Gem? Audiobahn A1300HCT... First Audiobahn ever on the Dyno!!
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2019
- Audiobahn came out of no where to rock the car audio scene in the late 90's and early 2000's. Quickly growing to one of the biggest brands in the 12V Industry.... Then suddenly.... Flamed out. Since then people having made a lot of big claims about the brand... Including this one.. The A1300HCT which is rated at 1200Wx1 @ 1ohm mono is often described by Audiobahn aficionados as very under rated, and puts out closer to 1600W.... Well is that true? Lets find out as this dyno is 20 years in the making. Let's find out if the amp is a Old School Gem... Or an Old School Bust !
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That first min was quite humorous, been watching both of your videos for years now.💪🏻Thanks for all the wonderful content.💯
Great review. Keep up the great work.
Great video also BTW. Thanks for always making some great dyno videos!!
Thanks for the shout out! Lol. Fun seeing that amp on the dyno
Hey if I got the amp from you I would have done the uncertified runs :)
I had own this classic amp back in 2001 AUDIOBAHN MEETS AMP DYNO AWESOME SIR :)
amp dinosaur meets amp dyno ;)
Had one of these back in the day..
Single amp. Paired with a audiobahn Flame Q 12" loved the combo
About what I expected. It would be nice to see more of the older "under rated" amps on the dyno. You and Derrick should get together for an oldschool shootout. I know he's tested a bunch of older amps but there are tons left.
One of my late friends once told me how hooked up his system he had professionally installed was back in the day. "It was all audiobahn everything! Speakers, subs and amplifiers all audiobahn with a big audiobahn sticker on the rear window and windshield."
Then I heard from my other friend that grew up with him... that it got stolen the 1st week he had it. Lynn mass, decals advertising your stuff... don't mix lol.
Lynn, mass. Not ever surprised.
Lynn Lynn the city of sin, you never come out the way you went in. Long time masshole here haha
Yeah that place is pretty much fucked lol
My cousin used to call them steal me stickers.
@@shadymaint1 haha perfect name for them. I'll admit, I do have some xs power decals and a sound qubed decal. As well as skar audio and a spl cartel and full tilt audio stickers on my truck. But where I live nobody is stealing my ish... unless they want to get shot. Middle of nowhere with a unsocialized pitbull on guard 24/7 as well as always someone home. I'd have to be parked in a city for some extended period of time before I'd worry about anyone ganking me. Even then... idk lol
It almost made it at 2 and 4 ohms. Just couldn't make it's power at 1 ohm. After hooking up some subwoofers, and with box rise to 2-4 ohms, I see how people considered these to be good amplifiers since they did make their rated power at the higher ohm loads. Great video, as always. Great to see regular uploads again!
Great video
I remember when Audiobahn was the shiznit and everyone had at least one of their products in their car. I wouldn't mind owning one just for the nostalgia. Great video as always, thank you for your time and effort in doing these tests for us. Stay hydrated and have a great day!
@Chuck Holmes actually it was, during the early 2000's they certainly were near the top of the food chain in mobile audio equipment... I personally competed with just a single 1206q in a custom built T-line enclosure powered by a a275hcq amplifier so I was in single sub class and 150watt and under classes I metered a 147.8db and it had amazing freq range to boot! I miss that little civic hatch and system in it lol ohhh the looks I got after pulling into the chow hall parking lot on post and after I park and get out hearing anybody who has an alarm on their car bitching and screaming because I had set them all off hahaha
@Chuck Holmes lmfao, this schmuck has no fucking clue!!! I bet you a grand cash that I got more bump in my Lincoln mkx than you got in whatever hooptie you drive lol
@Chuck Holmes I usually do not let lowlife trolls trigger me but I'm bored so I will play along... I currently am running 4 sundown X15D2'S on two skar SKv1-3500.1's strapped at half ohm each and on a 16v system lmfao I have metered well into the 50's and just shy of a 60 ON MUSIC little boy so ruck up and march with me if ya wanna act like a big boy
@Chuck Holmes you got words and a keyboard, I have trophies proving what I do!
@Chuck Holmes prove it or you ain't got it chump
I bought the wfo 2.1 just because of ur video the owner was happy with sending u the Amp hooking it up this weekend to a lithium 45ah I think I will pull some power out of it
I use to have this amp with a pair of flame q 12s, never did me wrong and they were a great set up,. Than I had a buddy pick up a pair of Memphis m3 subs and loved the quality so I picked up a pair of mojo 12s and been a Memphis fan ever since, they survived many years of sub zero temps
The hct2300 I had 2 of those years back in a 79 glasshouse caprice on 4 kicker L7 15s both amps ran at half ohm sounded like the trunk wanted to fall off
They don't know nuttin bout dat Glass House! Front'n back & side to side & then hit that 3 wheel motion on they'azz😁. Used to be able to sneak 4 or 5 homies in that big'azz trunk in to the Drive Inn movie 🤣
Used to have a couple Audiobahn 10s. AW100xs. Had them on a 1k POS Lanzar amp. Hit pretty hard for what they were. Blew a channel in the amp and took out one of the voice coils in one sub.
ohh man im speechless. do an hct 2300 next
I've owned a 235hct and it was a nice little amp. The selling point was when the dealer compared it to the hcca amps. Wish i still had it as well as my kicker zr240s.
Good video!
Thanks for the first Audiobahn amp tests. I still have a stereo 2ch Audiobahn on the shelf. I wonder if the whole line of Audiobahn is over rated.
All show no go. I remember when audiobahn came out with there chrome flames. For the day the subs looked killer and the amps as well but this is back when 2ohm loads was a good as it got for most amps and a 1000 watt rms sub something. Good job cool vid!!
I wouldn't worry about it getting hot. Looks like it turns fire to chromed steel.
Nevermind the pair of fans inside of it vented thru the top plate
I had one of the those running 2 fosgate P3D2 back in the day and it made them sound good enough for me
Had an audiobahn actually flame out and catch fire internally.
Fucked up wiring lol
Great videos as always bud I was curious myself now I know what they make at a class d regulated level voltage output wish it was tested to it's high current unregulated pwm though higher rated numbers
Back in 98-01 I was rocking MTX I had 2 15" 7000's on 1 mtx 1000d Then I got 4 MTX 15" 8000's on 4 MTX 81000d's and run some Kicker systems as well, One day I stopped at a dealers shop that sold Audiobahn and wanted to hear it. They where real smerk acting and said that these subs where the hardest hitting on the market and would be louder than my MTX 7000's because thats what I had at the time. I'm not going to lie the audiobahns looked good with those huge surrounds. They where the biggest surrounds at the time. So he the owner finally let me hear his car and it sounded like someone hitting a tree with a plastic wiffle bat. They did not sound better than my MTX'S at all. For such a large subwoofer I thought they would perform better. I've heard MTX 3000 12's that was more impressive. They just wasn't designed well. Made to look good not sound good. I didn't get to try the amps but by the performance of this one it doesn't look good.
Always love these old school Audiobahn amps
They fight crime on the weekends,😂Maryland showing ❤️
I remember seeing these when I was a little kid at the flea market. They were for sale fairly cheap not surprised by the results
Buddy of mine was a dealer for these… Made for some super cool installs with the chrome woofers with the flame baskets and the chrome amps with the flames but Yeah we knew they didn’t perform all that well but he sold the shit out of them! Come to think of it they were pretty tough didn’t have a whole lot of them come back
If I remember correctly these amps could also be used as a mid/highs amp also and that in itself was a rare feature on an amplifier with that amount of power. I personally wouldn't call it a bust because if you think about it even at close to 1000 Watts rms it's so close you really wouldn't notice being short 200 Watts. The company should have just put the rating at 1000 and that way years later they wouldn't look suspect. Great video, keep them coming.
For the certified number it was short closer to 400w...
They one of the Best Amps, I had a few of them and i used them for Midrange, very clean sound.. the HCX, HCT, DT, Models was 💯🔥🔥🔥
I’m going to do the same run audiobahn for mids and highs ❤
I have that amp as well as a lot of the old school Rockford fosgate stuff. I also have a total of 3 audiobaun subs.
Cool episode. Its quite the interesting story about the owner of the audiobahn company....
I remeber having one of these in my firebird back in the day!! As well as the audiobahn subs! Ha. That little system sounded great back then but compared to the stuff these days looking back it wasnt all that great!
Lmao! Good explanation Ryan!
Definitely feel like they're underrated I've had multiple of their subs and I like them
I liked them but never got one I had a oldschool kicker impulse 352 on my 6x9's that was old even in the 2000's hell I was still rocking a tape Deck mine you it was alpine thanks for the video Ryan
Kicker impulse was still pretty decent I would take it over audiobahn.
@@bondovwvw they just randomly started popping up I've had three of them over the years not to mention old school punch 160 and the kicker card amps and punch 40s and one that I wish I still had it was a two piece pyramid amplifier from way back for channel and and sub amp
I have a A2300HCT in my truck right now on 2 American Bass XFL1244...... It's a beast
I happen to collect oldschool audiobahn equipment and no matter what it dyno'd I was able to meter a 146.8db-41hz with a a2300hcq and OEM alternator with junk wires and an 1805q in a 7.4cu prefab tuned to 32hz also did a similar score with the a1500hct on a set of 1206q's in a Qbomb spl box lol I now know that I was clipping the piss out of that 1805q and that it will actually take quite a bit more power, I will say this- they definitely underrated their subwoofers and from my experience the numbers they wrote on them as max ratings were typically what they would take rms all day long without breaking a sweat at all.....
Depended on the sub... I had AW1200s and they couldnt take 500W Rms... Rated at 700W Rms. I heard the 05 , 08 and Immortals were good
@@bigblank69 yes, the 12-06's the 05's and 08's also the X's and the alumQ's are all great subs and yes the immortal and eternal were just plain badass but I have not personally been able to get my hands on either of those despite really wanting too own a pair of either one lol I have however seen and heard them....
Omg I love these amps u use to be able to pick them up from pawns shops and flea markets used for cheap af but they r rapidly climbing n price
Nice amps
@@FATHERSOFBASS I had a buddy with two of these one two audiobahn 12's and it would hit so low this was back early 2000 so hitting 30 hz was silly back then, I use to see these n pawn shops for 80$ I bet u couldn't find one for less than 200 now, seen a warhorse for sale today for 1k bnib at my local sound shop
I got mine at a pawn shop as well for like $100.00
Had the Audiobahn A2300HCT running two L7 kickers unreal amp
The A2300HCQ is rated bridged at 1 ohm it uses same output transistors as that it's just half less parts the outputs on heatsink should be TIP35Cs and TIP36Cs in that one you tested that amp should run .5 ohm regardless
I had one of these and it slammed hard... never failed I wish I would've kept it when i sold that car
I got a Harman Kardon CA260 and a Harman Kardon TC600 id love to see dyno test on those amps !!
Cool I used to have one of these on an Opti 15 back in 05 @ 1 ohm. It always cut out at high volume
Got hot too
That did more power than I thought it would.
I knew a few people that had them, and my Hifonics Boltar VIII was always was louder.
All the chrome gave it more power. Kinda like racing stickers on a Honda.
Really don't think that's a bust cause I don't think 1 ohm was as popular as it is now it's impressive,it did over ratings 2ohm and 4ohm
I remember pushing this amp on an optidrive 15 back in 05, wasn't bad but that sub definitely wanted more power. It needed a true 1300 rms, anyway this sucker would cut out in the heat during the daytime.
I own a couple audiobahn amps still but sold my a2300hct. I remember reading somewhere about them having an unregulated power supply. And they would run on higher voltages. Maybe nothing to it but maybe something to try.
Love it
Even tho it didn't hit the mark on the other numbers I'd call that dynamic test at 4ohms a win for a 20 year old amp. Gotta see good in the bad
Thank you so much. I ever wondered about these stylish Audiobahn amps. Funny is that you can actually buy this "oldschool" amplifier in germany in an big online store for 250 Euros.. Original price 670 Euros, wtf
I use to love their subs
Flame q 06s and 08s. I still have a couple
stevepartridge75 are they subs or amps
@@leroycolejr6336 subs. I have a aw1206t and a aw1508t
1000w amp almost 20 years ago that's Awsome for the price was some of best shit back then
I remember these
I rember that brand ,I don't remember anyone raving about them being all powerful destroyers of all though,they were a higher end flea market amp they worked great if you wanted some bass on a budget and shiny looks. It's funny how ebay prices are higher than what I woulda paid new at a1 electronics in Norcross ga lol
If you bought one thinking you were getting rated power you were a big dummy 6-800watts is what we all thought but not for long heat etc. Hope you do some more old school stuff though, old school outta hereeeee😁
I’m glad you did this because there is a lot of revisionist history out there about Audiobahn. They were ok, but not in the big boy leagues to me. Then again most old school Orion didn’t fare much better it seems... 😬
Im still using my audiobahn 400.2. Works great
Wow I used to have one of these.
I had a audiobahn 10" sub back in the 2001 or so. It had the chrome flame basket. Kinda like this amp. Funny "it fights crime on the weekends". Didn't audiobahn get caught recently for smuggling coke in there products?
Yes they did.... and they havent sold products commercially in the last 6+ years
Sad thing is this amp would easily qualify for a CEA sticker.
Fuck cea
I was thinking the same thing. Most people don't realize the power requirement for CEA-2006 compliance is only measured at 4 ohms. No other load matters. I'd like to see the standards updated to include all advertised loads or at least 2 and 1 ohm.
@@PeterFeltersnatch852 I cringed at that despite knowing the reference
@@PeterFeltersnatch852 STFU...could you?
I would love to see someone test the XTANT 1001d or X1000. I had both of these amps and they were very high dollar back in the day. Id be interested to hear anyone's info on them. Thanks
I had the xtant 1001d if that was the 1998-99 one and it out powered my rockford 800a4, biggest alpine ever, like 900watts even out did my orion hcca 275r. I was first person to own this amp in US. I was at shop when it came in made a deal with owner. In lex,KY. then won the orion show aainst teir bug demo with 250R's and titanium eclipse subs. I had JL audio w6 3 12's at .8 in 4th order. my box AND my ohms were both unheard of then!!!
@@basslifexxl2391 ugh miss eclipse titanium so much. My favorite brand of car audio back in the day.
@@beefysghost867 I ran two 12" Eclipse titanium on a Hifonics 2005bd. Can't remember the exact model but it was rated at 2K RMS @1ohm. Eclipse were slept on although they were high quality.
I have the a2200hcx these amps are great amps .
Use to have one beating 2 audiobahn 12's blue flame series!
I wish u would have went thru the Amp guts settings I love this stuff
I know the amplifier but never seen the guts i clicked just for that but...
I got plenty what amp guts you want I have 2300s 1500hct and 1300hcq
These test were unfair this amp would of double at .5 ohm or 16 volts capable of 18volts unregulated pwm class d and ab fry after 15 volts they are regulated pwm
@@modbox9560 why. Or all of them. I will sub to u I like these amps
@@1-Six-dee I used to rebuild these step by step part by part on Facebook albums I've done few A2300s HCT and HCQ A1500HCT A1300HCQ all which I have tons photos also have photos of disassemble a A4KDN the reason I said was unfair is audiobahn rated these using a unregulated power with pulse modulation vs class d audiobahns which can not handle high current due to design all class D and A/B amps use regulated PWM supplies meaning you go over standard voltage the power section in a class D or AB amplifier becomes unstable on the mosfet resistor drive circuit these flame amps are class B high current they should be able to handle up to 18 volts without melting down unregulated means the amp is capable of accepting any higher voltage like say 16 volts that amp test would double as volts in the power supply are increased the rail voltage sends higher output to the drive transistors which make audio
Can you test the old school Mtx thunder 81000D or 1501D ? Thx for this video 👍👌🤜🤛
Steve Meade did a dyno on it.
There are 3 clamp tests and steve Meade's dyno. They do decent power.
@@HoUsEoFcAtS78 those was the newer model...I would of like the see a test on the older 2ohm model..correct me if am wrong
I've had the 1300 1500 and I have 2 of the 2300. 1500 my favorite. Had on 3 jlw3 15s had the 1300 on 3 jl w0 15s. Very impressive
Hell yeah, I ran two kicker L7 15's off this same 1300hcq amp and I currently own 7 flame amps and the 6 farad flame capacitor and a huge collection of their subwoofers some new never played! I tell ya what my 1805q is still badass 20yrs later I don't care who you are, I did almost a 150db with it clipping to hell on a 2300hcq in a prefab lol
@@kevinAuman1 recently had thev2300 on four oldschool Zeus 12s not the hifomix ones.
@@kevinAuman1 u wanna sell that 6 farad
@@kevinhancock7166 actually I opened it and one of the caps exploded because a previous owner was dumb and left it semi charged before storing it smh but the good news is I'm planning to rebuild it with ioxus caps and retain all the working parts from audiobahn but I should be able to support roughly 6 to 8k watts on a decent alternator
Ryan I'm not sure if you read my mind or what I was just looking to see if anybody had a Dyno on Audiobahn amplifier I remember them being expensive back in the day but I always wondered if they did do the power that they said that they do
Lol I love you both the same, no confusion here!!!
Agreed.
Hey Ryan ...If you can ...PLEASE...please dyno the VR series of Crossfire amplifiers...especially the Crossfire VR600D, VR1000D, VR2000D AND THE BEAST VR4000D. I am curious if they are overrated,underrated or accurately rated. I just can't find any dyno tests on CZcams with those amps and if you do you would be the first to do it. Just like you are the first one to dyno an AudioBahn amp like this one. By the way loved this amp dyno video.
Never thought much of them! My brand was RF,mtx Alpine etc! Nowadays I'm cheap so it's Wally world stuff!!!
That's rare to see 100% efficient on the 4ohm dynamic burst test it out out 328 watts RMS and the current draw was 32.8. impressive in my opinion 👊 another great year brother
That's not 100% efficient.... unless the voltage was 10.0v
@@bigblank69 oh ok I see I had it wrong my bad bro I was going by the numbers themselves lol . now I get it though 👍 thanks for correcting me
@@bigblank69
I just did the math . Now I see the way y'all rate the efficiency
So for it to be close to 100 it will only get 98% at 13.19 volts at 328 watts since nobody's gonna run it at 10volts
HA! Busterooni.. got to remember that.
I've got an old Kenwood KAC1020 that I spend $1000 on in the 80s & I bet its way over-rated too.. BUSTEROONI
Seeing this brings back memories 💙
That's where people don't understand what unregulated pwm mosfet supply works it uses the energy it's giving to make real numbers Underrated
Do you know anything about the performance of the HiFonics BXX3000.1D ? It's rated 3000w RMS at 1 ohm, and it's $291 on Amazon. That would make for a good 'budget gem' test.
Ive ran audiobahn before and i must say, those flame ones make me smile. They are so cool looking. Great video, Big D !
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God Damn it Beavis!
You big dummy.....
Read my comments explaining how this test wasn't fair
@@modbox9560 🙄
@@bigblank69 I hope I helped you learn about these unregulated power reactors so you can spread the word 👍
I still have one hooked up still
I had this amp back in the day I thought it was Doing its numbers but hey what can I say lol. I also had one of their big 2,000 watt subs I think it was called immortal in a virtual technologies box and a jl audio amp and the jl amp burn threw about 5 of them subs
I had the real big one of these pushing 4 15,s back in the day in a expedition and that shit slapped lol or so I thought
Keep throwing in some old school
I had an audiobahn amp push 6-12s
Anybody that knew about car audio would never buy them. They were sold as top of the line amps at chain stores and people who bought them based them on looks.
So
Looks and performance a lot better than many brands.
@@migascustomsounds3054 better then nrands now... Lol...
Definitely
Yep, back in the days people said they looked "cool" and bought them. Personally I loved the old autotek and prefered to wait a couple of weeks and save for the "real deal" autotek, ppi or budget db dribe
I got one of these for a case of beer back Like 15 years ago. I didn't know anything about it but i knew it was worth the case of bud light i got it for.
You should do some MA audio amps and some high current visonik amps
I'd love to get my hands on a MA Audio HC4002
Honestly it did more power than I thought it would..... as soon as I saw what you were testing I gave it 750 watts at best
I've bought a few of these to resell. People love them they went fast and I made a good profit. Glad I didnt keep any.
I still have some blank audiobahn CDs.
OMG! I still have a mixtape or two from back in the day that I had made with those Audiobahn CDs... I even had a pair of Audiobahn shoes; wish I'd of never wore them :/
I have same amp only a 4800 watt I melted the power inputs out of the amp wish it could be fixed. I have done this with 3 amps all at 1 ohms with 00 welding lead cables as power and grounds
You should try the Hifonics Zues ZXX-3200.1D
Ive got this amp and was planning on using it to power 4xQB69 800wRMS@1 is perfect
Gonna laser cut my own name plate to replace the audiobahn though
This was my first amp on 2 12 inch solo barics and they slammed.
What size fuses did that thing come with , I have aduiobahn 1800d that came with 5, 30 amp, still kicking to this day no problems , bought it in 2001
Wanna sell
@@kevinhancock7166 sorry man I had it in my Escalade with 2 JL 13 w 6s in a nice ported enclosure, I sold the vehicle recently, and I am pretty sure the sound system sold it 👍🏻
My cousin had these amps in his truck and believe it or not it used to hit hard
The rumors really started with the 2300HCT which was rated @2400w but could only reach that and go further if you replaced the fuses from a 40amp to a 50amp (do at your own risk lol)
I've worked on many amps way more class d and a/b these two classes are only regulated power supplies you can look up regulated vs unregulated class b high current
I try my best at explaining facts why this should handle .5 ohm ratings and why it's high current unregulated pwm high voltage means higher output rms
Has anyone tested a DD M2B? And if so a link to it. I can't find that test.
I really wanna see a hct2300 on the dyno 😁.
I have 3 2300hcts and 1 2300hcx put up. Would love to see what they will do. I know its probably not rated, but still.
Can you test the Autotek mm4020.1d?