Video: 2013 Pioneer car amplifiers
Compact and stable powerhouses
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Zak: I'm at the Pioneer booth at CES 2013, and Harry, I'm hearing good things about Pioneer amplifiers this year.
Harry: I'll bet you are Zak. We are, we've got a couple of new amps that are really killer, and they're very special designs - new designs from Pioneer. We're gonna start off with the GMD-8604. It's a four-channel Class D full range amp, okay. Max power on it is about 1200 watts, and it can go all the way down to 1-ohm, which is something that's pretty new for Pioneer.
Okay these two over here, GMD-8601 and right behind you 9601, okay. They're both monoblock amps, and pretty big power handling, or power output, okay - 1600 watts here and 2400 watts output power here. It's got a very cool carbon fiber look to the whole thing, which kind of matches up with some of our new subs, with a very cool carbon fiber look to them as well on the cone.
Zak: Great. Thank you, Harry.
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