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Last time I pointed that out it got deleted :(

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Editing anything in a forum defeats its purpose. Ultra shady behavior to do so as well.

And Kevin, wake up, this isn't the board embarrassing you as that is something only you can do to yourself. Either your posts are blatant lies or you are hiding something. It ought to be really easy to refute that statement, it'll just take a couple teeny facts. I'll wager you'll cower and cry again instead of addressing a very simple question that is really pertinent to the design and development of your amplifiers.

M5, I am not concerned over whether or not you think I "Cower & Cry", or if I don't answer your questions. My customers are taken care of 100% and I did answer in that thread. I am glad you have enough time in the day to waste though worrying about things like this...I assure you SKAR is doing quite well and whether or not you claim your defamation is intentional or not, we both know that you just don't like the brand - which is fine - but also the reason you were instructed you were are not allowed to post in the SKAR section a bit ao,... because clearly other people on this forum see you also wasting your time trying to stir up problems with a company that you have no interest in, etc.

Is your world really that small?

First off, I never said anything about not liking the brand. Personally could care less. I don't buy into brand boners, never have, never will and this works in both negative and positive directions. What I don't respect is lying, cheating, hiding, scamming and the like. My intentions are very simple. To call out any bullshit that happens in front of me so things are exposed for what they are. Please feel free to do that to me as I encourage that sort of openess out of everyone. Needless to say as the voice of Skar you are regularly hide, cheat, and misrepresent. Obviously I won't do business with you and would encourage everyone else to stop as well, unless you choose to straighten up and actually run your business like you care about your customers and stop the BS. i realize you see this as me embarrassing you again, but reap what you sow. I couldn't type anything if you weren't the one posting the junk that made this all possible. It truly is really simple. Either state the facts and back them up, or don't state stuff. Welcome to the world of internet business. You get to choose your destiny.

One other clarification. I was NOT told I couldn't post in the Skar section. Surely can. Still have mod powers there. I was asked, because of your wee little man hood, if I would avoid posting in your section as a favor. My response was to say, sure, but that means I won't post in ANY non-topic section. Since then I've violated my own promise less than a couple times, but they were pretty off topic posts anyways.

Your "clearly" is confused. There are no honest manufacturers on this board that have beef with me. They may not prefer that I wear my opinion out in public, but guess what, this is a forum.

The most amusing thing is that you see me as trying to stir up problems. Not my goal. I have no gain nor intent for that purpose. Obviously you see it that way since a very informative and innocent question you take in a defensive manner because you are hiding something. Stop acting like a child and instead act like a company representative and you wouldn't at all see my posts that way. My responses have sold more gear for other manufacturers than you'll ever sell total, but that's right you know better. ROFL.

Oh, and why do you think I'd personally give a shit whether Skar is doing "quite well"? Need to puff your chest up much? Pathetic.

M5,

Whatever floats your boat sir...If you think I wake up in the morning to "Puff" my chest for you - I laughed....

On a side note - I apologize to anyone's post who got deleted earlier today in the SKAR section, and welcome anyone to revisit and ask questions as needed and they will get answered.

Regards,

Kevin

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Editing anything in a forum defeats its purpose. Ultra shady behavior to do so as well.

And Kevin, wake up, this isn't the board embarrassing you as that is something only you can do to yourself. Either your posts are blatant lies or you are hiding something. It ought to be really easy to refute that statement, it'll just take a couple teeny facts. I'll wager you'll cower and cry again instead of addressing a very simple question that is really pertinent to the design and development of your amplifiers.

M5, I am not concerned over whether or not you think I "Cower & Cry", or if I don't answer your questions. My customers are taken care of 100% and I did answer in that thread. I am glad you have enough time in the day to waste though worrying about things like this...I assure you SKAR is doing quite well and whether or not you claim your defamation is intentional or not, we both know that you just don't like the brand - which is fine - but also the reason you were instructed you were are not allowed to post in the SKAR section a bit ao,... because clearly other people on this forum see you also wasting your time trying to stir up problems with a company that you have no interest in, etc.

So instead of actually answering the question at hand with numbers and real world answers you just zone in on M5's post, your beef/bash with him, and bring up your CS skillz?

I don't see anyone stirring up problems, people just want answers. It's easy to give them, believing you did test them at the "real" power.

The real numbers will be posted as soon as I am able to do so...I want to make sure they are properly clamped and I am in the middle of a move into a new warehouse. I am not going to clamp them for true results in my personal Ford Five Hundred. That was just done for a ball park idea originally. The sheet specs will do just fine for the interm week...

What worries me the most is that you obviously don't understand the uselessness of clamp results, especially how they relate to rated power specifications, or you do understand the difference and are perfectly happy to mislead your customer base into purchasing one of your products.

And before anyone else mentions it, yes companies like Sundown also report clamp results on their forum. But if you notice, Jacob is always very careful of how he words the information provided. He never refers to it as anything more than it is; his clamp results. I've never seen him use them as proof that his amps are underrated, or seen him refer to them as "actual higher numbers", real output, etc. People mistake them for that. But I've never seen Jacob represent them as such.

Skar, on the other hand, is apparently planning on releasing these clamp results as proof of their "actual higher numbers!" compared to rated power. It would be nearly impossible to find a more inaccurate description of clamp results. It would be even more difficult to find any reputable amplifier manufacturer who doesn't understand the usefulness (or lack thereof) of clamp results and who would mislabel them as "actual higher numbers!". It essentially puts Skar on equal footing with the Pyramids of the world.

The fact you consistently delete posts out of your forum that you either can't answer or won't answer is the complete opposite of the principles of this forum. The members here take great pride in the fact SSA is different from other forums because information isn't filtered. People are free to disagree and question without retaliation. Unfortunately, that ended when you got a subforum. Being a vendor on this forum, you not only represent Skar but you also represent SSA. Your actions not only reflect poorly upon yourself and your business, but also upon Mark, Aaron and the great members of this forum. The reason Skar catches so much shit is because of your consistent display of childish, unprofessional and unscrupulous actions along with a past that you can not deny is shady as hell. Your present actions under Skar don't seem to show that you've changed much over time. As Dr. Phil always says; the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. I think you realize all of this to be true, you just don't give a shit and would rather carry on about your typical ways.

Impious,

On the contrary anyone who has dealt with me & SKAR Audio can attest to the fact they have been treated with more professionalism then most car audio companies. Not saying we are 100%, no one is, but we sure do try to come damn close when serving our customers. I do take offense to that, and I have always treated Mark & Aaron well in their dealings with SKAR, and they can attest to that fact. Feel free to ask your questions in the SKAR section, no matter how much of my time you are trying to waste - I told Aaron that they would not go unanswered from now on.

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Editing anything in a forum defeats its purpose. Ultra shady behavior to do so as well.

..... (shorted this up to save space please view up to see what went down!:) )

..... (shorted this up to save space please view up to see what went down!:) )

Is your world really that small?

..... (shorted this up to save space please view up to see what went down!:) )

Oh, and why do you think I'd personally give a shit whether Skar is doing "quite well"? Need to puff your chest up much? Pathetic.

M5,

Whatever floats your boat sir...If you think I wake up in the morning to "Puff" my chest for you - I laughed....

On a side note - I apologize to anyone's post who got deleted earlier today in the SKAR section, and welcome anyone to revisit and ask questions as needed and they will get answered.

Regards,

Kevin

I would like just a few questions initial answered from above!

SK-800.1D

Price - $299.99

Specifications (Keep in Mind these are sheet specifications and under rated compared to actual higher results!)

RMS Power @ 4 Ohms : 340W x 1

RMS Power @ 2 Ohms : 570W x 1

RMS Power @ 1 Ohms : 820W x 1

RMS Power @ 1 Ohms @ 16V : 1000W x 1

SK-1500.1D

Price - $449.99

Specifications (Keep in Mind these are sheet specifications and under rated compared to actual higher results!)

RMS Power @ 4 Ohms : 500W x 1

RMS Power @ 2 Ohms : 930W x 1

RMS Power @ 1 Ohms : 1680W x 1

RMS Power @ 1 Ohms @ 16V : 1900W x 1

That leads to 3 questions:

1) What are these "actual higher results"?

2) What was the test methodology for determining these "actual higher results"?

3) Why is the amplifier not rated at the "actual higher results" if that is the level of their true performance and you're just going to add a disclaimer that the rated power is less than their actual power anyways?

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M5,

Whatever floats your boat sir...If you think I wake up in the morning to "Puff" my chest for you - I laughed....

On a side note - I apologize to anyone's post who got deleted earlier today in the SKAR section, and welcome anyone to revisit and ask questions as needed and they will get answered.

Regards,

Kevin

Not for me, at me. Your persona, you can do what you like. Either way I am unaffected.

As for your side note, why don't you just restore the stuff you removed as that would be the ethical and logical thing to do.

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1) What are these "actual higher results"?

-Actual results are still pending testing on production models for final numbers. We have a rough idea from prototype testing at the build house. Should have production results posted soon.

2) What was the test methodology for determining these "actual higher results"?

-Higher quality parts were used in the final production models that should amount to a 8-10% increase in power. That is why the claim for actual "results" are higher then the sheet specs posted.

3) Why is the amplifier not rated at the "actual higher results" if that is the level of their true performance and you're just going to add a disclaimer that the rated power is less than their actual power anyways?

-We are waiting on the final results from our engineer at the build house to post exact results on new power ratings compared to those of the prototypes which lacked the upgraded parts used in the production run.

Kevin

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And that is what I was looking for thanks for your reply and helping me understand what was going on and modifications that were made

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Honest response added

1) What are these "actual higher results"?

-Actual results are still pending testing on production models for final numbers. We have a rough idea from prototype testing at the build house. Should have production results posted soon.

=ie, no actual tests so no actual test results to share currently

2) What was the test methodology for determining these "actual higher results"?

-Higher quality parts were used in the final production models that should amount to a 8-10% increase in power. That is why the claim for actual "results" are higher then the sheet specs posted.

=no tests means I cannot share test methodology as there isn't one. I could share how the initial prototype testing was done, but I'll choose not to.

3) Why is the amplifier not rated at the "actual higher results" if that is the level of their true performance and you're just going to add a disclaimer that the rated power is less than their actual power anyways?

-We are waiting on the final results from our engineer at the build house to post exact results on new power ratings compared to those of the prototypes which lacked the upgraded parts used in the production run.

=Because it won't do the actual higher results I am implying, I sure hope it will but I am not confident enough in the design or ramifications of the changes to be sure that is the case. At this point, I am hopeful and basically sticking my finger up in the air and saying it will do more. I am also clever and am not including the distortion or uncertainties in the measurements so I can waffle later

Kevin

Please note, I added all the comments after the "=" sign and not Kevin.

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Ok, Kevin answered the questions in his section and he said he will aim to answer other future questions. And he stated that when he has more definitive data he will get it up on the forums. If people have any SKAR related questions, let's take them back to the SKAR section. I just don't want anything to become a bashing fest. I'm exhausted.

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Pretty simple fix for that. Restore all the questions he removed and answer them. Only way for him to save face really....although I suggest an answer like mine more than what was attempted above unless there is truly some more meat to be shared.

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Another option might be to apologize for deleting things. Just isn't acceptable.

I realize he did for today, but today is just a microcosm of what has happened.

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What a piece of work... So much bullshit and he can't provide anything more than his customers are happy... I would respect him more if he just came out and admitted he had no f'n clue. Good luck with your company bro lol

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What a piece of work... So much bullshit and he can't provide anything more than his customers are happy... I would respect him more if he just came out and admitted he had no f'n clue. Good luck with your company bro lol

Thanks for the support!

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Ok, I think this topic has run it's course. Please, if there are any specific SKAR questions, start a new topic in the appropriate section. :)

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