Is This Legit Pro Audio? Pyramid PA800X Amplifier with VU Meters 

For real i have a pyramid car amp for 20years n still working

Some don’t know but in the 90’s the Super Pro/Super Blue we’re Made in the USA by Eminence from about 91-98 and they were pretty good subs. The later ones were made in China so no where near as good. Also the white Super Pro amps of that time period also made in the USA manufactured by PPI for them. Both pretty good lineups.

Me too, I loved Radio Shack.

I have radioshack piwer amp and sound incredible better than my monster receiver yamaha rx z11

@@especialistqap I still have my Archer power protection strip that I purchased from RS in 1988, still works great.

Back in the day, Radio Shack actually had some minimum quality standards. After the 80s, their QC became increasingly less.

it has always just been the car audio that was crap

Wilson X1 Grand Slamm. That's what im looking for. Yeah Boyyieee!!!

In the 90s I was in charge of running an electronic shop in Washington DC. They had an account with Pyramid, Pyle and all the name brands. This series of amplifier always had the same issue. A problem with grounding causing a buzzing sound to come through the speakers. Then difficulty reproducing anything other than mid-range. Yes I've used equalizers, crossovers and different brands of speakers. Had to refund a customer because I was not able to eliminate that buzzing noise. Even called the manufacturer spoke to their technicians told me there's really nothing that could be done. It was the nature of the unit.

I have the same model ! Absolutely correct definitely a great gem of an amp, very good sound quality. I tried it On a pair of JBL HP520s at 4ohms each and that MPA-250 handled them with no problem with great bass from the dual 8 inch internal bandpass woofers. It was a Dj monitor amp for years.

It has a DC protection relay to disconnect the speakers in the event of an offset condition. One I repaired it was holding back the output from destroying the speakers, so it must actually work.

It has speaker protection, you hear it click when bigD powers it on. Amplifiers with that amount of power really need it. Imagine having a party and the dj drops the bass or something pops inside and you see the speakers are up in smokes and flames.

i never used pyramid equipment because it was always cheap stuff. in fact a few years ago i read articles and reviews of people having actual fire problems with their equipment so i'm curious what particular models have you used. thanks

@@mgtow-balance3409 I've used a variety of Pyramid equipment from car audio to their big industry equipment. These rack mount power amplifiers are actually widely used for auditoriums and other large venues. And I can say, they are insanely powerful and usually more powerful than the speakers connected. I would have 2 dual 15" with the big horn towers with a dual 18" sub and I could very easily over power the speakers. I even hooked up 4 of the towers reducing the ohm load and doubling the speakers and still have more power than the speakers could handle. We had other brands, one that was supposed to be double the power of the Pyramid, but by far wasn't. It claimed it was 5kw, not even unless the 2k Pyramid was producing 10k. And I can also say, the Pyramid amps had no difference at all to JBL amps. And with decades of use on the Pyramids, none burned up and were more reliable than most others. Now, with all that praise, I think Pyramid needed to stay out of the car audio market. Not sure why they made phenomenal rack equipment, but their car audio products probably shouldn't even be sold at Walmart. Their amps were basically car stereo built in amps in a big enclosure and their speakers didn't even come close to the bottom end Audiovox speakers. Although, the clear subs they used to make in the early 90's were pretty cool both for sound and looks. But pretty much stopped there. And their best amps pretty much stopped at their powered EQ's. Pyramid was decent back in early 90's late 80's, and I guess their car audio division was probably bought over with Jensen. While their studio and auditorium equipment is still the original untouched devices. Who knows, maybe they just never changed their rack stuff and just outsourced production and that is what keeps the company alive.

You obviously haven't seen a power amp built like a tank. This unit is a lightweight weighing in at 27 lbs.

Me too. I was waiting for it, then yesssssss!

Sounded ok, didn't blow me away by any means. But those RF DJ speakers aren't the Elac's either. I'm totally spoiled by those!

You and me both

What do you do to produce Bass I had no luck in that area dealing with these. Vocals horns piano everything in the mid-range area sounded fine even using an equalizer I was not able to reproduce any Lows. What's your experience with sound?

it's just for the VU meters, doesn't boost anything except range of the meters

Hopefully you can open the case and see if it has a fuse for each channel in addition to the main fuse on the back. My adcom amp in the past had that type of setup, the prior owner didn't know it and sold it to me dirt cheap at the time because it only had "one of two" channels working. Replaced the right channel fuse and used it for about five years till I gave it to a friend, who ended giving it to someone else.

@@MrWirelesscaller That's interesting. Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.

I guess I should watch more than 15 seconds before I open my mouth :D It was a good amp and ran my CV DX-3s pretty well.

LOL, no! Crown can run bouncing off limiters 12 hours a day in a club for years. Their I-Tech series are amazing amps. Macro Tech too but you need strong roadies to carry them! ;-)

I truly believe you wrote this to get attention 😂😂😂. Blasphemy!