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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Smallest amp in the world?

New Arc Mini 125.2
70Wrms x 2 @ 4 ohms

Finally got a hold of one of these. Gave my local retailer a little business. Not retail, but not much less either. I needed it to replace the Pioneer I just bought which is a bit too big for that location.









Size comparison to the amp I am replacing:



Installed in its new home. I wasn't planning on mounting it horizontal until I saw how much room I had to do so:





This amp is for my PRS tweets. Starting gains 1/2 and will work from there. Now my system needs some tuning, it has some flat spots I think. My mids just don't sound right, I tried raising the mid crossover from 2.5hz up to 3200hz, it did lighten up the sound a little. Maybe my TRU amp gain at 1/4 is just too low? I was able to bring my Alpine deck past volume 30 on the way home, so I think its not adjusted quite right. I smelled the burning speakers but it was probably my tweets clipping a tad from that Pioneer amp with 2/3 gains.

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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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nice, but hey couldnt you find a better location for your amp, so that you could of stayed with the big one?
Old Jul 15, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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My big one is on the other side of that fiberglass..

Old Jul 15, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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where and how much? that's pretty sweet man...
Old Jul 15, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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The ARC? Its not sold online at all. Had to get it at my local store.

Retail is $329.
Old Jul 15, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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Whats up with the Dynamat job?
Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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The amp is a lot more powerful than it looks, I really like it. If it wasn't so pricey I'd get another one to run my mids. It has a lot of punch and I need to turn my gains down when I have time. It would be cool to have a triple set of these the size of a shoebox running your whole car. They are coming out with a 4 channel and a mono 500w soon.
Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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i think my Phosgate 400W is smaller....

but i dont have it in my car..
Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by wrxisthebest
i think my Phosgate 400W is smaller....
That must be an awesome amp dude..
Old Jul 24, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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You really have to see it in person to fully grasp how freaking small it is for the power it puts out.

Freaking unbelievable.
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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Man, that's smaller than the Alpine PDX's.
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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about half the size of the PDX













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