Hello everyone....

A few of you know that I have developed quite a collection of these legendary amplifiers. It's time for some of them to go.

What I do have:
A100 - Black - 25w x 2 @ 4 ohm or 100w x 1 @ 4 ohm - $100 - 8.5/10
A300 - White - 75w x 2 @ 4 ohm or 300w x 1 @ 4 ohm - SOLD!- 7/10
Ax400 - Black - 50w x 4 @ 4 ohm or 200w x 2 @ 4 ohm - $200 - 7/10
A600 - Black - 150w x 2 @ 4 ohm or 600w x 1 @ 4 ohm - $275 - 9.9/10

I will have photos shortly - prices include shipping and insurance to the lower 48 states. All of these amps work flawlessly. Some, cosmetically, have seen better days then others (as the ratings at the far right show). All ratings are at 12v and these amps are very conservatively rated. The black amps are especially rare.

All of these amps are pure power - no crossovers (except the Ax400), no bass boost, just pure, clean amplifier!! I have the necessary power plugs for each amplifier as well.

Thanks


Modified by rcurley55 at 4:19 PM 2/25/2004

 

anyone?

 

maybe the 50x4, not sure yet though, i am looking to power my front MB quarts seperately, i am getting too much distortion at the high volume, need another or better amp

 

That's a steal for clean "cheater" amps.

 

i am not real familiar with these amps but i might be interested in the ax400. i am gonna try and find some info on it today.

 

If you want to learn more about them, then you should seach under Art Series, or look for info on A600's, A404's, A300's or A1200's - they are far more common then an Ax400. If you need the owner's manuals, I have them.

Let me give you and others looking at this a brief history of these amps.

The art series is really what gave PPI it's reputation and built the brand to what it was a few years ago as being one of the premier Car Audio manufacturers around. These amps were produced from around 1994-1997. Take a look at any car audio magazine from this era, and you will find the following combo in many of the winning cars - MBQuart comps, Audio Control processors, Alpine head's, JL subs......and you guessed it Art Series amps.

The Art lineup is about the third lineup of amps produced by PPI that I know of. It started with the A line, then the AM line-up IIRC.

The Art lineup followed next, and are almost legendary. These amps have a very unique heat sink design, and each amplifer model had custom art work applied to them. They came in two colors, White and Black. The white amplifiers had colorful, custom silk screened graphics on them - each were hand drawn by an artist - and each model has artwork unique to itself. The black amplifiers had a matte finish with the circuit/component layout silkscreened on the amplifier in gloss black.

These amps also featured a nicely regulated power supply that would keep output constant between 11 and 15V. The nomeclature on the amps is consistant with RMS output - not the overrated - only if it's hit by lightning it makes this power naming style that is so popular now. Therefore, an A600 is 600w x 1 @ 4 ohm mono, or 150x2 @ 4 ohm stereo - and so forth. Power, as FoxSi alluded to is underrated.

PPI only included crossovers on two amplifiers from this era - the Ax606 and the Ax400. The Ax606 was 50 x 6 at 4 ohm mono, but the last two channels were optimized for 1 ohm stereo operation. It also included a FRX-456 in the chassis for a fully electronic crossover that you could bandpass - if you want a system amp that will run it all - this is the ticket. The Ax400 is a 50 x 4 amp and the crossover is controlled by some switches on the bottom of the amp.

These amps were built like tanks! A testament to that fact is that out of the 10 that I purchased from different sources on the internet - all 10 work flawlessly!!! Despite the fact that some have seen better days, they still work like new and sound beautiful!

These amps were built back when craftsmanship meant something to manufactureres. You will find some A series that included custom colored silkscreening from the factory (call up most MFG's and ask for that now...) and there was even a water cooling option!!

This amps simply won't disappoint, and are really a part of car audio history!

 

how well do you think it will play 2 12in solobarics (the A600) that you have, very interested

 

u love giving a history lesson on these dont u? i think this might be the 2nd or 3rd time i read a freaking essay from u about these amps. im surprised ur going to sell these. wouldnt it be like selling ur own kids away?

anyhow, i vouch for these amps... i had one myself, the A404, and it was amazing. unfortunately, i sold it along with my speakers to EVOL.

 

[QUOTE=ATF Kuk]u love giving a history lesson on these dont u? i think this might be the 2nd or 3rd time i read a freaking essay from u about these amps. im surprised ur going to sell these. wouldnt it be like selling ur own kids away?[QUOTE]

Haha...history lessons are fun though....when I find something I really like - I preach on brotha

It's funny that I'm getting to the age where lots of people don't know or understand what these amps are all about. I've collected so many of these that I had to let some go after putting together the perfect set of them.

 

I have read tha that history lesson at least twice. Considering 94-97 was when I was really into car audio that is saying a lot. These amps were way to expensive for me back in the day though.

BTW, I used to be able to do sub enclosure calculations by hand back then from memory

 

i know wut u mean by people not knowing much about these amps. if it wasnt for my brothers, i wouldnt know wut they are either. im only 21, so when these amps were available, i was only 11. i rememeber from before that these amps were the ****, my brother taught me all about them. he never had one, but i said to myself that one day i will own one of these amps. last year, i finally got one. i liked it a lot, but i still prefer arc over them. but thats just me... ARC BONER!

 

damn, i am 18 and want one of these from rcurley, just need the cash. I was considering doing a straight up old school system for the fun of it in a friends car, just to scare people and freak them out. cassette deck, speaker level inputs for the amps, build my own kick panels and do custom door panels in the back. Everyone would look and laugh, but once they heard it they would crap themselves.

 

the a600 and ax400 looks tempting....shall i get it?

 

Funny you say old school most of the older amps blow todays amplifiers away.

 

I'm going to add a white A200 up there as well - 9 out of 10 cosmetically. Price 125 shipped for it.

I also have a single IDMAX12 v2 d2 that is NIB - never seen power, flawless. $215 + actual shipping

 

The art series are one of the best amps out there. Very clean and very powerful. Much better than the newer PPI stuff.

 

One other thing....I have a near mint white spacer as well if anyone is interested...

 

the max is pending....

 

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Modified by rcurley55 at 9:11 PM 2/23/2004

 

bump for some bang for the buck amps...

 

damn those amps are sweet, how do those connections work. AHH I HATE LIFE AND LACK OF MONEY

 

The connectors are plugs that push on with set screws to hold the wire. So all you have to do is strip the bare wire, then attach to the plug...then push the plug onto the amp.

Accepts direct connection of 6ga power and 12ga (maybe 10) speaker wire.

 

photos have moved...pics of the A200 up.

Cmon people, don't be scared of these "little" amps - that A100 will rock a sub and is a tiny little thing...can you say stealth!

New photos here:
http://home.comcast.net/~wc500....html

 

A200 is gone...I will only bump this thread one more time...get them now before they go to ebay!

 

those amps are sooo sweet i wish i had the money to buy one. we hooked one of those up to an infinity kappa perfect in a sealed box in my buddies 1gen DSM. the amp was the A300. that system beat really hard and clean for only 300 watts.