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Ok guys, here is MY personal Review of the Taramp HD8000 I personally own Three of them. I purchased two use from DangRebel here, and the third directly from Shizzzon. One of used ones from DangRebel went into protect immediately upon hooking up. And the BNIB from Shizzzon also went into protect while demoing Sunday afternoon while at Slamology. Here is a few pictures of my installation for Reference. On the chargers. So to explain my experience in total. My system consist of One DC Power 240XP, 100ft of 3/0, Ten Batteries. I also should mention I run each amp at 1.5 ohm, the amps are the Two ohm version. Now, the drive down to Indiapolois is about 5 hours long. For the better half of the trip, I would turn the gain up half way, couldn't take much more than that, (pressure wise). So the most my voltage would drop would be .1-.3 Volts. During some testing at the shop, we clamped 3200 watts starting at 2.7 rising to 8.1 pulling a little over 300 amps of current. The first time demoing there that Friday night, I was able to burn up 2 300 amp fuses while playing full tilt after 2 or 3 songs. Replaced the fuses, back up and running. Saturday, I beat ALL DAY. Was still having engine issues. So for 87% of my demos were at battery voltage. Since the engine was off, that also means no rear A/C to cool them, still no issues. Yes, they did get warm. On sunday, got warm enough to not hold your hand longer than 30 seconds. But again, it wasn't THAT hot lol. To describe how the amps are mounted. The rear wall is 3" thick of High Quality MDF. Which an another layer of 3/4" wood mounting plate is attached. Then the steel rack. Then the amps are mounted onto an 3/4" MDF mounting baffle, that is mounted onto the steel amp rack. Shizzzon informed me that there was still too much vibration, and wired too low, which is why the bottom amp failed. I was able to verify that the amps were indeed moving, but from what I could see, it was only becuase the truck itself was moving. Not much else I can do about that. So in sum, these amps, in my opinion, are the better choice for us in every aspect, EXCEPT durability. If you think of where these amps come from and their origin, it makes sense for what I see is their biggest flaw. These amps are MUCH more sensitive than Koreans. The output section especially. We had I believe 3 other Team IAK members whom amps failed as well. One was becuase the wrong gauge was used for the speaker cable. One was for no reason, there's mine, and one other. So, for advice for other users. It is ok to run these amps, they do power, cheap, small, and stupid efficient. To run these long term usage, have these key items. 2-3 Group 31s PER HD8000. Use the appropriate size for the output section. 8 gauge min. Ensure there is NO to VERY min. vibration. And wire to the proper ohm load. I wouldn't even risk burping lower than rated. Do not count on box rise. Please note, that the ENTIRE weekend I beat the living piss out of my system lol. Most people, demo for 20-30 seconds at most per demo. I would play full songs full tilt, had no issues. I played my system for at least 4-10 hours in total over the weekend. The amps gave me no issues until Sunday afternoon. Which was a much hotter day, maybe 5-10 degrees more. There was no smoke, just protect light. Yes there was troublshooting performed. Turn system off, let cool down, unplug everything, let cool down, remove RCA/Speaker cables, etc. Moving forward, I will Continue to run these amps. At four ohms each for now, then at World finals run at 2 ohms.

Taramp's Official Group Buy The Group Buy will end February 16, 2014 11:59pm EST on a Sunday night. We expect all orders to come in and ship out domestically between week one and two of March. We expect all orders to be delivered to customers in the Group Buy before SBN 2014 which is March 22-23, 2014. All prices set below for immediate payment include shipping and is good for the lower 48 states. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, other territories of the US and all International orders are subject for custom shipping quotes which shall be done via contacting me at- [email protected] All amplifiers (unless otherwise noted) come with custom Wire inputs used to run extra or larger cables to amp to prevent unwanted voltage drop. It IS POSSIBLE that some amps may not have their inputs manufactured on time(mid March). If this happens, we will let you know and ship them out for free immediately after receiving them. We just want to let everyone know this just in case our deadline is not met. Warranty coverage is 1yr from manufactured date. We offer alternate warranty coverage that is described in this link- Warranty Services Explained And now, the pricing- HD Series Full Range SMD(Surface-Mounted Device) Technology based Class D amps. These amps range from 5Hz-10HZ - 15KHz, Power rated at 0.3-0.5% THD and have on-board subsonic, low pass and bass boost* with efficiency ranges in the 72-78% range at low ohm stability range. When placing your order, PLEASE put into text field which ohm stability version you wish to purchase! The power rating next to the amp model will be it's capability at specified ohm version. IE- 1,439w amp can be built for 1 or 2ohm rating. Certain amps may or may not have additional ohm versions but ALL versions will be listed next to each amp. Power supply range- 10.5v-16vDC HD8000 9,595w @13.8v @0.5% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" X 2.56" X 19.57" Weight: 13.47lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 - 4/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $795 shipped HD6500 7,796w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 18.82" Weight: 11.46lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $729 shipped HD5000 5,997w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 17.6" Weight: 11.44lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $659 shipped HD4000 4,798w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 14.76" Weight: 9.08lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $615 shipped HD3000 3,598w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 11.34" Weight: 6.86lbs Wire input adapter- 4awg to 1/0 terminal Price- $469 shipped HD2500 2,998w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 9.53" Weight: 5.73lbs Wire input adapter- 4awg to 1/0 terminal Price- $425 shipped HD1600 1,919w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1, 2 or 4 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 9.53" Weight: 5.52lbs Wire input adapter- 6awg to 1/0 terminal Price- $376 shipped HD1200 1,439w @13.8v @0.3% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Dimensions (WxHxD): 9.02" x 2.56" x 8.08" Weight: 4.37lbs Wire input adapter- Unavailable Price- $332 shipped HD800 959w @13.8v @0.5% THD Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Frequency Range- 20Hz - 30KHz Dimensions (WxHxD): 7.68" x 2.2" x 7.91" Weight: 3.53lbs Wire input adapter- Unavailable Price- $295 shipped HD400.4S All ratings are at 0.02%THD at 13.8v Ohm versions- 2 ohm only 4x100w @2Ω / 2x100w @2Ω + 1x200w @4Ω 4x60w @4Ω / 2x200w @4Ω / 2x60w @4Ω + 1x120w @8ohm 4x33w @8Ω / 2x120w @8Ω / 2x33w @8Ω + 1x66w @16ohm Frequency Range- 10Hz - 38KHz HPF / LPF Fixed @80Hz Dimensions (WxHxD): 5.94" x 2.01" x 7.99" Weight: 1.4lbs Wire input adapter- Unavailable Price- $174 shipped T Series Besides the T500, this line is Taramp's extreme high output series with efficiency ranges from 71-89% at 1ohm(and at 1 or 2ohm on T500). These amps are also full range for use for bass and midbass\range as well going up to 5KHz with subsonic and low pass filter. All power ratings based on 12.6v with power supply voltage range from 10.5-15.0v. T20.2KW 20,200w @0.3%THD 23,800w @13.8v Frequency Range- 5Hz - 5KHz Ohm versions- 1 ohm only Dimensions (WxHxD) - 11.46" x 2.2" x 28.74" Weight: 31.09lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 - 4/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $1829 shipped T14.2KW 14,200w @0.3%THD 16,800w @13.8v Frequency Range- 5Hz - 5KHz Ohm versions- 1 ohm only Dimensions (WxHxD) - 11.46" x 2.2" x 28.74" Weight: 29.76lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 - 4/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $1659 shipped T10.9KW 10,900w @0.3%THD 12,890w @13.8v Frequency Range- 5Hz - 5KHz Ohm versions- 1 ohm only Dimensions (WxHxD) - 11.46" x 2.2" x 24.88" Weight: 22.71lbs Wire input adapter- Triple 1/0 - 4/0 Insert with Protective Insulation Price- $1399 shipped T500D 500w @0.5%THD 599w @13.8v Frequency Range- 20Hz - 30KHz Ohm versions- 1 or 2 ohm Bass Boost HPF / LPF fixed at 100Hz Dimensions (WxHxD) - 8.27" x 6.61" x 2.05" Weight: 2.65lbs Wire input adapter- Unavailable Price- $189 shipped