I pulled the trigger on one.  I figure that if it does nothing but sit in the closet for a few years I can turn around and resell it easily enough.

I pulled the trigger on one. I figure that if it does nothing but sit in the closet for a few years I can turn around and resell it easily enough.

Nice buy! I just picked up a mikro iv from Sean.. Got the horns to install and my midbass action.

Got the Zapco and holy crap is it a monster.  Shipping weight said it was 22lbs but I swear it feels more like 30lbs, lol.  Again, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it but it was too good a deal to pass up.  I found one other store still selling it online and they had it priced for $600 so the $270 I paid shipped is a steal IMO.

 

 

Here's just a few pics for the fun of it.  One VERY interesting thing I found out about the amp is that all 7 channels have their own separate gain knob.  Is that not odd, or at least different from the norm?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

neat!

Crazy!

thats pretty cool, how does it handle the gain when the channels are bridged? 

No idea actually.  The book is pretty well devoid of any very useful information.  I'm going to email Zapco on that very subject and a few questions on the switches for the crossovers.

 One VERY interesting thing I found out about the amp is that all 7 channels have their own separate gain knob.  Is that not odd, or at least different from the norm?

It's old school. Back in the day that's how most amps were.

 

 One VERY interesting thing I found out about the amp is that all 7 channels have their own separate gain knob.  Is that not odd, or at least different from the norm?

It's old school. Back in the day that's how most amps were.

 

 

Awesome, that must really be old school.  I've had a few older amps over the years, probably very early 90's to late 80's at the oldest and had never seen it.  

 

As Brendan asked though, what the hell do you do when you bridge the channels?  Match the voltage on them stereo so you know they're equal when bridged?  That's the only solution I could think of.  Zapco hasn't responded back to the email I sent them yet.

Match the gains on each channel with a DMM. That's what I did with my Coustic DR's that had independent gain controls.

Installed an Audison AV5.1k the other day. That's a badass amp. Expensive as all hell but wow.