I was lucky enough to have been sponsored by Soundstream back in the late 90s in there prime! Had 4, 15” SPL subs in a wall in my 86’ mercury cougar! Had 2, Chrome Class A 10.0s running the subs and the class AB Reference 1000 on my mids and high running stereo! It was a monster for SPL! I competed with USAC and earned the 501-1000 watt world record for a year in 1998 with 157dB on the dash legal SPL!! It was an amazing system that would produce 162+ SPL with the windows down!! I still have my presentation book with pics!! Not sure what happened to Soundstream after the early 2000s but they used to be elite!!
Boss. The 90's was Sooo freakin exciting for the car audio scene. So many new and crazy things coming out, never seen before and records falling that would make you run when reading about !!! Hahaha
The decorative cover on the Human Reign is a type of epoxy resin very similar or possibly the same as used for large collectible figurines. I believe that amp is actually a slightly modified Rubicon 804 under the shroud. The Tarantula...Legendary.
I always wanted a pair of the Trans, and at least one of the Reigns..Were always out of reach for me to foot the bill. Still some of my all time favorite amps..other than those old and Rare Surf board Sansui amps,..Zapco had a couple I always wanted to try as well S. Boards.Absolutely still very clean amps for sure/ well taken care of and stored nicely
You have no idea. The old school original Reference series from back in the day was built a lot better. When Soundstream was built in the US. A lot of us were upset when they sold out and went over seas, they aren't built like they used to be...
Nice vid. love old soundstream. Im runnin a 18yr old rubicon but that face sculpture is butt-ugly. What were they thinkin? Old chrome reference amps were so beautiful. Subbed btw
If power and decibel level ie: how fucking loud it can go, are your main priorities then you are part of the reason why shitty amps with fantastically inflated specs exist. There's a huge difference between quality of sound and how fucking loud it will go. True audiophiles want superb sound quality first then power. Audiotards only care about a ridiculous, unnecessary amount of power to make their subs thump and their tweeters screech like fucking hyenas.
I helped my brother set up a soundstream tarantula (original model, 2000x1) to a cv stroker 18, but the capacitors we used slid down the brass mounting ring and shorted the input. Amp now goes into protect. Anyone still do work on these old beasts?
I had a customer come in and ask about this amp last week actually and it sounded like he knew a lot about them. If I hear from him again I'll put him onto this video.
I agree with you that peak power ratings are "shit". R.M.S. ratings are to tell how much power an amp can produce with A (meaning one) sine wave of a given single frequency. I listen to music, not sine waves of one frequency. From what I've witnessed on you tube dyno tests of amps, many high quality amps don't put out much more "dynamic power" or "music power" than their R.M.S. ratings.This seems to be especially true of amps with tightly regulated power supplies. This shouldn't really be any problem if the buyer just figures out how much dynamic power he needs and buys an amp with at least that much R.M.S. power. Even if the R.M.S. rating is higher than the speaker can handle it shouldn't be a problem if you are listening to music. But a 20 second burp at 40hz might just send the woofer up in smoke, shorting the coil and possibly cooking the output transistors.
i got one...thniking of hooking it as a living room amp...hook it with 1000w psu.. with focal kevlar series components and a 10" sealed CDT dvc subs.....on the otherhand thinking of selling it off too :D....
@@SuperEightOneEight id be interested- - a1000w power supply like form computer wouldnt run it i bet, or well it would run it, but well and perhaps safely- you need like a 50a or 100a astron supply or something- id be interested in it tho- for fun to have and use as shop tunes
BULLSHIT...MY SOUNDSTREAM TARANTULA 4000.D IS AMAZING AND DOES EXACTLY AS IT SAYS IT DOES PER A RECENT DYNO TEST. NOT ALL SOUNDSTREAM AMPS ARE GOOD ANYMORE, BUT THE TARANTULA IS STILL GANGSTER! OVER 2000 WATTS RMS AT 1 OHM DYNAMIC BURST.
I was lucky enough to have been sponsored by Soundstream back in the late 90s in there prime! Had 4, 15” SPL subs in a wall in my 86’ mercury cougar! Had 2, Chrome Class A 10.0s running the subs and the class AB Reference 1000 on my mids and high running stereo! It was a monster for SPL! I competed with USAC and earned the 501-1000 watt world record for a year in 1998 with 157dB on the dash legal SPL!! It was an amazing system that would produce 162+ SPL with the windows down!! I still have my presentation book with pics!! Not sure what happened to Soundstream after the early 2000s but they used to be elite!!
Badass memory man! You were a part of the soundstream prime days! Congrats to you 👍🤘
Boss. The 90's was Sooo freakin exciting for the car audio scene. So many new and crazy things coming out, never seen before and records falling that would make you run when reading about !!! Hahaha
Drooooooool !!!
The human Reigh amp always reminds of han solo frozen in carbonite
Very cool amplifiers! 👍👍👍
BigDWiz yeah boy!
I wish you could find one of these to test!
Love to see a dyno of these bad boys. Whats up BIG D!!
What about the Davinci? Didn’t it look like these except gold?
REAL Soundstream amps! Not the b.s. they are selling now.
These are the best sq amps ever man literally
Hook it up to a amp dyno! Or ship to big D wiz to test 😉
the text on the tape on the capacitors says 풀어야 함 in korean. it translates to 'Untie'.
The decorative cover on the Human Reign is a type of epoxy resin very similar or possibly the same as used for large collectible figurines. I believe that amp is actually a slightly modified Rubicon 804 under the shroud. The Tarantula...Legendary.
I always wanted a pair of the Trans, and at least one of the Reigns..Were always out of reach for me to foot the bill. Still some of my all time favorite amps..other than those old and Rare Surf board Sansui amps,..Zapco had a couple I always wanted to try as well S. Boards.Absolutely still very clean amps for sure/ well taken care of and stored nicely
funny to see the cooling under the amp glad that the amp got in now on the side. cool vids like always
You have no idea. The old school original Reference series from back in the day was built a lot better. When Soundstream was built in the US. A lot of us were upset when they sold out and went over seas, they aren't built like they used to be...
Wow. I wish you can dyno both. It will be epic....
(Human Reign) Not crowded inside due to power supply and audio output transistors located on reverse side of circuit board. (Same as reference series)
That's a 2nd generation Tarantula. The original had the spider cut out and lit up in neon blue.
Gotta love those old red board 👈soundstreams
Yes sir very similar to my 98 Rubicon as far as pretty boards...lol
Nice vid. love old soundstream. Im runnin a 18yr old rubicon but that face sculpture is butt-ugly. What were they thinkin? Old chrome reference amps were so beautiful. Subbed btw
Jeff Barton me too, I have Rubicon1002, bought new in 98 I believe
300 amp fuse, jesus christ.
That tarantula was my all time holy grail amp that i could never afford when i was young. Now i run 10 times that much power and its not enough.
george elve You must have a BIG alternator.
If power and decibel level ie: how fucking loud it can go, are your main priorities then you are part of the reason why shitty amps with fantastically inflated specs exist. There's a huge difference between quality of sound and how fucking loud it will go. True audiophiles want superb sound quality first then power. Audiotards only care about a ridiculous, unnecessary amount of power to make their subs thump and their tweeters screech like fucking hyenas.
I helped my brother set up a soundstream tarantula (original model, 2000x1) to a cv stroker 18, but the capacitors we used slid down the brass mounting ring and shorted the input. Amp now goes into protect. Anyone still do work on these old beasts?
I had a customer come in and ask about this amp last week actually and it sounded like he knew a lot about them.
If I hear from him again I'll put him onto this video.
Get with SMD meade916 Steve Meade, he still has a buddy who does amp repairs. He's legit.
Did you ever do anything with the tarantula did you wanna sell it?
Garbil Huler Search the audio forum for amp repair techs. There are several that hang out on DIYMA.
Do you still have this amp?
on the soundstream reign how many watts is the peak power on the amp??
Joe Gotti peak is shit
Joe Gotti focus on the RMS, son
Victor Baray can't believe people still even bother to use it. Nobody falls for that crap anymore.
I agree with you that peak power ratings are "shit". R.M.S. ratings are to tell how much power an amp can produce with A (meaning one) sine wave of a given single frequency. I listen to music, not sine waves of one frequency. From what I've witnessed on you tube dyno tests of amps, many high quality amps don't put out much more "dynamic power" or "music power" than their R.M.S. ratings.This seems to be especially true of amps with tightly regulated power supplies. This shouldn't really be any problem if the buyer just figures out how much dynamic power he needs and buys an amp with at least that much R.M.S. power. Even if the R.M.S. rating is higher than the speaker can handle it shouldn't be a problem if you are listening to music. But a 20 second burp at 40hz might just send the woofer up in smoke, shorting the coil and possibly cooking the output transistors.
Joe Gotti Peak power doesn't mean Jack shit. These aren't some flea market crap amps... these amps are LEGENDS!!!
Did you sell them amps already?
There is no e-mail
how much?
still have that human reign for sale?
i got one...thniking of hooking it as a living room amp...hook it with 1000w psu.. with focal kevlar series components and a 10" sealed CDT dvc subs.....on the otherhand thinking of selling it off too :D....
@@SuperEightOneEight id be interested- - a1000w power supply like form computer wouldnt run it i bet, or well it would run it, but well and perhaps safely- you need like a 50a or 100a astron supply or something-
id be interested in it tho- for fun to have and use as shop tunes
How much are u selling them for??
Come in and make us an offer.
ever heard of steady camera work? this isnt an action movie...chill out on the movement!
One guy is selling the tarantula for $600 what you think guys? They wort the money?
Abel Catalan id offer $500 cash in a heart beat! Its got that much in electronics inside! They are rare collectors pieces if working condition!!
Stuntman D29 me too
The eyes light up on the hr4 soundstream doesnt make quality anymore
BULLSHIT...MY SOUNDSTREAM TARANTULA 4000.D IS AMAZING AND DOES EXACTLY AS IT SAYS IT DOES PER A RECENT DYNO TEST. NOT ALL SOUNDSTREAM AMPS ARE GOOD ANYMORE, BUT THE TARANTULA IS STILL GANGSTER! OVER 2000 WATTS RMS AT 1 OHM DYNAMIC BURST.
Boy you dont know enough about either of those amp to be making a video next time do your research before so you dont make amps look bad
soundstream sucks these days
Not the 90s model tho bro and hard to find too
When soundsteam was a good amp, now they're over rated junk.