SAE 2HP-D power amplifier Specifications

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Description: Two-channel, solid-state power amplifier. Inputs: 1 pair balanced, line-level (XLR). Outputs: 2 pairs WBT binding posts. Rear-panel controls: one 3.3–24V remote trigger, 4/8 ohm selector, fan on/off, two 20A IEC jacks, two main power on/off, magnetic breaker switches. Front-panel controls: standby, screen on/off, screen selector (RMS/peak & real-time spectrum analysis or power meters). Output power, both channels driven, 20Hz–20kHz, <0.01% THD, 600Wpc into 8 ohms (27.8dBW) 1200Wpc into 4 ohms (27.8dBW), 1200W into 2 ohms (24.8dBW); 1kHz, <0.01% THD, 746Wpc into 8 ohms (28.7dBW) 1350Wpc into 4 ohms (28.3dBW), 1350Wpc into 2 ohms (25.3dBW); 1kHz, 0.01% THD, 1/1.75/1.75 horsepower; 1kHz, 1% THD, 860Wpc into 8 ohms (29.3dBW) 1400Wpc into 4 ohms (28.45dBW), 2000W into 2 ohms (27dBW). Frequency response: +0/–3dB, 5Hz–150kHz into 8 ohms. Voltage gain: 27.8dB. Input impedance: 47k ohms (balanced for each phase). THD+N: 20Hz–20kHz, 0.01% into 8/4/2 ohms; at 1kHz at rated power, 0.005% into 8 ohms, 0.006% into 4 ohms, 0.008% into 2 ohms; at 10W, 0.0015% into 8 ohms, 0.003% into 4 or 2 ohms. Intermodulation distortion (SMPTE or Twin-tone): <0.01%. Signal/Noise (A-weighted): 128dB ref. rated output. Damping factor: >600 at 100Hz. Slew rate: >60V/µs. Channel separation: >110dB. Power requirements: 117/230V AC, 50/60Hz. Power consumption: <1Wx2 in Standby, 1800Wx2 maximum. Trigger input: 3–24V DC, steady-state.
Dimensions: 19" (483mm) W by 9.75" (247.4mm) H by 21.5" (546mm) D. Weight: 98.75 lbs (44.8kg).
Serial number of unit reviewed: 2HP 0014.
Price: $19,995. Approximate number of dealers: 30. Warranty: 7 years.
Manufacturer: SAE (Scientific Audio Electronics), 1749 Chapin Road, Montebello, CA 90640. Tel: 844-4HEARSAE, (844)443-2772. Web: www.hear-sae.com.

COMPANY INFO
SAE (Scientific Audio Electronics)
1749 Chapin Road
Montebello, CA 90640
844-4HEARSAE
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Anon2's picture

I enjoyed this review on a variety of fronts. I am glad to see SAE back on the scene. I had an SAE tape deck back in the day, before abandoning cassettes for my first Kyocera CD player.

I hope that SAE comes out with some more products.

This review was also a walk down memory lane of California entrepreneurship from the 1980s. The story of rise, fall, and rising again (in the 1980s, 1990s, and today) provided lessons going far beyond the audio hobby. It's good to see a legacy California business bringing back brands once left for dead. It's even better to hear of an existing electronics manufacturer in the US, standing in the shadow of downtown/East LA and Dodger Stadium.

It's "To Die and Live (Again) in LA" with this great historical essay on SAE, Southern California industrial resourcefulness, a comeback that none expected, and a repurposed and retooled operation that was in the background but never really went away.

As an epilogue to this story, Tokai bank itself was swallowed up in a merger with Sanwa Bank (I remember the Sanwa Bank tower in downtown LA). Later these components all fell into the current Bank of Tokyo/Mitsubishi UFJ conglomerate.

It's another great testament that SAE, in light of all of this, now comes back as an independent brand, still tethered to its original founders, while the one-time creditor has now been absorbed through a series of mergers back home.

georgehifi's picture

These sort of arc welders are good for speakers like Wilson Alexia, which with the their negative phase angle plus load can represent a combined load of .9ohm

Cheers George

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