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Stepchild
Intermediate Member
Username: Stepchild
Post Number: 142
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:16 pm: | 
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What's the differance in these amp's? |
Sonny
Junior Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 20
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 9:26 pm: |
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Stepchild,
normally the HDV after a amps number means High Drive Version say 40 to 60 watt input! |
Wolverine
Intermediate Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 253
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 4:29 am: |
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The Texas Star TS500 has simple switches (Push in/Push out) for hi/low power, SSB etc. The Texas Star TS 500HDV has a variable to control power output from low, to full power (Variable is wide open).
Wolverine. |
Jp1116
Member
Username: Jp1116
Post Number: 82
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 7:50 am: |
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The V means the output is variable. I believe they call it "dial a Watt". |
Kilowatt
Intermediate Member
Username: Kilowatt
Post Number: 102
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 10:56 am: |
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I would spend the extra few dollars and buy the "V" version. I have the standard unit without the "dial a watt," and sure wish mine had this feature. It comes in VERY handy when running AM or FM.
Both of them are identical, otherwise. They both have four 2SC2789 transistors, and according to my Bird meter, you can get approximately 375 watts "2 tone" out of it with 20 watts of drive power. However, a "good Dosy" meter would probably show about 800 or so watt - at least this is what I've been told... :-)
BTW, these are very good amplifiers, in my opinion... |
Sonny
Junior Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 22
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 6:44 pm: |
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Well for a fact HD means high drive, I have a boomer 250 HD it can be drived using 50 watts yes the V can mean varible |
Butcher 318 (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 11:54 pm: |
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While HD does stand for High Drive there are alot of amps that have this stamped on just because it sells. As far as driving your Boomer 250 with 50 watts.....ouch, not gonna happen for long. You will have to step up to a custom built Davemade or X-Force style fan cooled amplifier to handle that kind of swing for a 2 pill. |
Wolverine
Intermediate Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 259
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 8:05 am: |
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Also Sonny, most designated High drive amps are designed for swing, not DK (Dead key) watts. I'm talking here about custom amps. Your Boomer amp is meant to have a 1 and 1/2 to 2 watts dead key- that's it! Your Boomer amp is not a "Custom" amp, and as Butcher put it, your amp is not long for this world. It will join "Amp heaven" in short order, that is, if it isn't on life support right now.
Wolverine. |
Sonny
Junior Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 23
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 8:39 pm: |
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Well I drive it with a 2510 pushing 25 30 watts ssb for 8 years now and MY Bomomer Gold 250 HD
has yet to fry Wolverine |
Sonny
Junior Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 24
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 8:43 pm: |
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Matter of fact its a Boomer Deluxe HD 250, and if a person buys a KLV 1000p its a HD |
Mikefromms
Advanced Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 738
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 10:43 am: |
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The proof is in the puddin. Love it...
mikefromms |
Timberwolf455
Junior Member
Username: Timberwolf455
Post Number: 21
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 7:14 pm: |
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man this is an old post,lol,the only diff. in the two amps is one has a variable and the other doesnt there both high drive |
