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Seymour AV ICE Block Monoblocks
Seymour AV was showing off their ICE Block amps at the Audioholics State of the CE Union event. They had two of their new Ice Block amplifiers on display. Both were the 1000w models (which retail for $1299) in the brushed stainless steel and black pearl blue five-coat glossy paint. The monoblocks come in 200w, 500w, or 1000w models and run from $899 to $1299. They are exactly half-standard width, allowing for a pair to fit on a standard shelf. Because they are ICEpower amps, they run extremely cool (and efficiently around 80% versus ~20% for a Class A and ~50% for A/B) so you can stack them if needed.
Discuss "Seymour AV ICE Block Monoblocks" here. Read the article.
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Thanks for the thread. Those baby's are very sleek and stylish. I like them alot. 1000 watts for $1200 that not so bad at all....
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I'm with Jamie - thanks for the article. I like seeing what's out there for the new ICE modules. Cool running and lightweight. Two pluses in my book!
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The price in the AH summary at the top of the article and the amp's web page list the price as $999-$1399, which is different from the text of the article at $899-$1299. Is that an AH SOTU discount price?
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I really like the looks of those and they have the Ben & Jerry's (or at least Jerry's) stamp of approval.
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Those look very nice. I just wish the price of Red Dragons would come down. Gotta love the ICE. These are an excellent value along with those offered from D-Sonic and Wyred4Sound.
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Originally Posted by Davemcc
Actually, it is the store discount. I meant to specify that. I'll go back and edit.
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These class D, G, H and other high efficiency types of amplifiers are the way to go, I think. Now that they have reduced their distortion levels to below audible, there is no reason not use these more efficient designs. They are lighter, cheaper and more energy efficient. The pro audio world is turning to them as well. I use a class H amp myself for driving my public address system. I think this kind of product represents a meaningful improvement in audio wrought by technology.
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Nice amps but hate odd form factors. Those are not standard width from what I can tell. It's not a huge deal, but when you have nice equipment, you sometimes like to display it in a nice cablnet and create that cool look of stacked equipment. I just don't get the odd sizing. Just my 2 cents.
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Question. On the store page for these, the last photo shown for the black models (under "Photos" on the product description pages)...what is that? It almost looks like an image of a perforated black skin that allows the lighting to show through.
Just curious. Thanks.
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