Comments on: Why car amplifiers usually have higher wattage than home amps? http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/why-car-amplifiers-usually-have-higher-wattage-than-home-amps Subwoofer drivers Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: N2Audio http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/why-car-amplifiers-usually-have-higher-wattage-than-home-amps/comment-page-1#comment-7856 N2Audio Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:06:59 +0000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/why-car-amplifiers-usually-have-higher-wattage-than-home-amps#comment-7856 There are big home amps. They're more complex to build which makes them expensive. Plus it doesn't take as much SPL to sound loud in the home because you don't have the noise of the car to contend with. On top of that home audio consumers aren't usually bass-heads like the majority of people looking for big sound in the car so Kwatt+ amps for subs aren't that common. The issues are current and AC. It takes current to produce audio power. In a car there is endless current (100A+ from the alt @ 14v -- 300A+ from the battery @ 12v)compared to what's available in the home - most circuits have 15A fuse breakers. Plus, the first step for a home audio amplifier is to convert the ac voltage to dc which is then converted back to ac for the output. Car audio (DC) amps get to remove the ac to dc step entirely. Partsexpress has a 1000w rms sub amp and a couple 500w plate amps, plus a 950w dayton rack style.<br><b>References : </b><br> There are big home amps. They’re more complex to build which makes them expensive. Plus it doesn’t take as much SPL to sound loud in the home because you don’t have the noise of the car to contend with.
On top of that home audio consumers aren’t usually bass-heads like the majority of people looking for big sound in the car so Kwatt+ amps for subs aren’t that common.

The issues are current and AC.
It takes current to produce audio power. In a car there is endless current (100A+ from the alt @ 14v — 300A+ from the battery @ 12v)compared to what’s available in the home - most circuits have 15A fuse breakers. Plus, the first step for a home audio amplifier is to convert the ac voltage to dc which is then converted back to ac for the output. Car audio (DC) amps get to remove the ac to dc step entirely.

Partsexpress has a 1000w rms sub amp and a couple 500w plate amps, plus a 950w dayton rack style.
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]]> By: Tia http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/why-car-amplifiers-usually-have-higher-wattage-than-home-amps/comment-page-1#comment-7855 Tia Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:16:59 +0000 http://www.acoupower.com/car-amps/why-car-amplifiers-usually-have-higher-wattage-than-home-amps#comment-7855 Yeah, so car amplifiers just have than home amps. It's always been that way and that's the way that it in all probability will stay<br><b>References : </b><br> Yeah, so car amplifiers just have than home amps. It’s always been that way and that’s the way that it in all probability will stay
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