Listening to the customers

Posted by: awgtitan

Listening to the customers - 11/30/09 07:53 PM

I keep seeing the same requests over and over for three channel, two channel, and larger mono block amps. It seems to me that Outlaw is missing a large consumer segment with these configurations. What I don't understand is that I don't think an entirely new platform is neccsary to accomplish this. The chasis already exist so why not make a 300x3 or 300x2 from the 7900 chasis? Price them fairly and they would sell quickly. It seems like a no brainer that other companies are following.
Posted by: gonk

Re: Listening to the customers - 12/01/09 03:25 AM

I hadn't seen a lot of three-channel amps. That particular arrangement first showed up in the 90's, when center and surround speakers were just showing up and people wanted to keep their existing stereo amps but also add the three new speakers. These days, with the prevalence of 5.1 and 7.1 systems (and even the option of 9.1 if you are messing with PLIIz and have rear surrounds), piece-mealing it with two- and three-channel amps would be a pain and stacks of two or three Model 2200's would be about as easy and would take up about the same (or less) space. And if you look at pricing on packages of Model 2200's then compare that to the price for a 7500, I bet that two 2200's would be the same price or cheaper than a two-channel version of the 7500. That being said, I do think that the idea of a stereo amp using the 7500/7700 or 7900 amp modules could be pretty cool. I just have my doubts that they are likely to build such a product with the 2200 already on hand, since a monoblock allows for complete flexibility for folks who want a particular number of channels and the 2200 is slim enough and reasonably stackable enough to be practical even when combining a lot of them.
Posted by: Jimna

Re: Listening to the customers - 12/01/09 07:22 PM

agreed, a 2 channel amp would complete their line of amps well.
Posted by: Robert Werner

Re: Listening to the customers - 03/12/10 12:57 PM

I thought "mono" meant one, or single.
Posted by: Jimna

Re: Listening to the customers - 03/31/10 08:58 PM

Originally Posted By: Robert Werner
I thought "mono" meant one, or single.
it does, meaning one per channel or speaker. so if you ran a 5.1 system you would need 5 monoblocks + sub.