Nice! For y'all wondering: - at 4ohm the amp doesn't activate any of the "smart" features that limit the sine wave amplitude. The output will go all the way up to rail limits, which is why clipping and dynamic results are very similar, because the limit is a physical wall being the rail voltage. - at the lower impedances, the amp will artificially "clip" or limit the sine wave amplitude to keep the overall power across the output section to around 3k. In order to limit, it needs to read the curent drawn initially, so there is a small delay before the reduction in amplitude is applied. The slow ramp up of the clipping tests allows this to work as intended. However the dynamic burst is so quick that the amp doesn't have enough time to apply the limit before part of the first cycle of the pulse has already happened. That's why you're seeing crazy dynamic figures. For those pulses, the sine wave is allowed to briefly for a fraction of the first cycle swing to near full rail limits ignoring the smart limit feature. On paper, if we ignore internal voltage drop this would mean: 3000wrms into a 4ohm load is a 109v sine wave, so that's where the rail limit caps off at. Put the same 109v sine wave into a 2ohm load and the amp will try to make 5900w 109v into a 1ohm load it will try to make 11881w 109v into a 0.5ohm load it will try and make 23762w This would only be the case if the amplifier was able to maintain a solid 109v into the applied load without dropping voltage internally, having the supply to support it, and without overloading the components and catching fire. Obviously these numbers are outrageous and there are many factors greatly preventing this happening aside from the component limits - the smart limiter kicks in after only a fraction of the first cycle quickly ramping down the sine wave voltage so the RMS of that cycle is far lower - also there is considerable rail sag under heavy load. But the reason that the dynamic burst power readings are so high is due to the voltage of the pulsed sine wave for the first part of it being much higher than the amp wants it to be. This will cause the amp to sound a bit different to an older amp that can just make the power straight up, because when the bass hits it will slap hard asf for the first quarter second and then seem to taper off into a lower level, which may or may not be noticeable.

Plz put the quad box in the car with the smart 3 bass and meter it. U metered the quad box on 50 watts. Let's see it on real power

4k likes, and he'll put the quad box in his car with the smart 3k bass! Please like y'all! I gotta see this lol.

When we get a "Wow" from you, it means something ;-)

I just ordered one of these and I'm waiting for it to arrive. Glad you put up a video. I was curious what these did. Now I know 👍👍👍

I bought this amp after watching your review and love it! It pounds and sounds good! Thanks!

It definitely made up for its lack of power in 4 and 2 ohm by surpassing the power output in half an ohm. I'm impressed and to not blow is another plus

I have this app ran to a single Skar 12" ZVX in a custom ZVX box. I have had multiple systems in cars with 15 inch subs and this pounds way harder than any multi subsystem I’ve had thanks to this amp! This app is a beast!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

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I really like seeing when an amp has control over the drivers like that. It's just really cool watching drivers act the way they spose ta.

you are the second youtuber im willing to watch videos on fullscreen

Bought one of these for my son to play with because of ths video. We tested it on 2 Fi Audio Team 15" subs. It moved them pretty good.

Rockin those cymbals in the background!

!!! That's really all I have to say about that half ohm run at the end. Watch the whole video to the end, folks...

I'd like to see another Trauma amp tested. I bought the 3K based completely off of Big Ds review of the 2k. Best purchase I've made to date

We're gonna have to change our thinking a bit. When I walk up to a SPL ride I expect to see a lot of things...unfinished interior, pro audio drivers galore, and multiple huge 10K surfboard amps with waterhose size power and grounds. These look like the next wave for the SPL crowd. Should be a huge space saver. More room for subs I guess! 😁

Man that amp gets down I think I'm going to buy one just to have one. love the vids brother keep them coming🤙🏼

Please continue with playing ‘Bass I love you too’ when testing.. sounds awesome 👏

I bought one of those screwdriver kits for a phone repair kit and it came with a ton of stuff. Works great for amps too!

These amps bang i have it on my 10' skar subs 1500 watt. Never cut off

Derek, thank you for the awesome review , now I can properly power my four subwoofer with one amp. Taramps ftw

Greatest AMP ever. Good job @williston audio keeping us informed with latest technology

Thank you for doing this. I got smart 3k and just seen the bass 3k. Awsome

i have it noe almost 5 years. still working great.

I've watched hours and hours and hours (yes hours ^ 3) of amp and sub videos and I've decided the Smart 3 Bass and a Kicker Quad Box is what I'm using for my next build. Thanks Big D (and the other guys I watch) for making this an easy decision.

I just hooked it up to a sundown zv6 12 and it broke my box. I need someone to build me a custom enclosure for it. Great video.

I would be surprised if he hasn't already tried it out in his rig. I bet it will sound dope.

Another great vid from Big D! Thanks for the terrific content as always. Bought my OG Smart3 last year round the time you reviewed it & it's performed flawlessly since day 1. (Knock on wood, last thing I need is bad juju)

I have one of these on 2 Skar VXF 1500w rms. Well worth the money and it delivers unlike most bass amps you’ll come across. I’ve done Alpine, Pioneer, this amp has a very wide bass spectrum. I have the MD1800.1 on highs and mids, let me you, it’s an opera house on wheels.

Darnit, now I have to get this one for my subs and my current Smart3 for my tweeters.

Fantastic amps, got this Smart 3 powering my four CT sound MESO 6.5's and they love it. Have a taramps 8K coming for my big build too.

Obviously they optimized it to run at 1ohm and theoretically still be safe. The fact it made significantly less power into 2 or 4 seems to indicate it doesn't put out even close to the same rated power into 2 ohms. Would have been nice if it could.

oh yes this baby has some BURST Power Greetings from Germany

Thanks for the vid, I just got mine in the mail yesterday along with a pair of Kicker Q Class L7 10”s to add in my boat because the Kicker 10” CompR bass tube just wasn’t cutting it lol

Thank you for reviewing the product.

They don't use mosfet anymore. They're currently going with dilithium crystals. With matter-antimatter converters.

Just bought a smart 5 bass, gonna be great as i swapping it from my soundigital evo 5k, the smart 5 bass will be worlds apart

I really like my Taramps Smart3k. My only complaint is that the subsonic is set at 30hz. Good power and very efficient and I love the 2000 watts at 4 ohms. It is perfect for my Dayton Audio Kraken 21" with it's rms power handing of 2000 watts.

Is it jus me or is more amps Makin rated power now days? I rember when I started if u wanted 1k u had to get a 3 to 4k amp to get close lol

I would love to see this amp as one of the first to play the KICKER 3min test!

Love the vids bro, thanks for posting.

Can you do a part 2 of testing at 12.4 volts if you have time thanks.

About one year ago. I don't see the WARNING LABEL on the Dyno. I don't know if I can believe the numbers without that sticker. I know that always matters.

Taramps always remind of a power inverter

Hope you dyno the sundown S.I.A 3500 next .. I want to see what it can do .

Thanks for the video I been waiting on you to do the smart 3 bass in getting one and put on 2 American Bass Hawks 12s

I just ordered this amp from Taramps how did you hook up to the single input? Clean video bro

I'm very surprised with this amp. I have it on 2 American bass xfl 15s and it's working perfectly with the pair at 1ohm.

He said that was insane I love watching your shows😅

I got a smart 3 and let me tell you it Powers my resilient sound subs really well but I wish it had more controls. I recommend getting the amp

Love my Taramps im runnig then sense 2015

She gots the beef!

I bought one the other day love it

Taramps is where it’s at… Yes’sir

Clipping like crazy in the dynamic test.

Tramp amps for the win! 😊👍

They have a JL sub on their amps 😂 The Bart atleast you tried cake clip was funny

Great video, thank you. My recent purchase of the smart bass3 by Taramps confirms the lack of bass knob, kind of a bummer but the amp replaced my Skar RP2000 (which is a workhorse). However, being able to run a single sub at .5 ohms was huge for me. The new amp woke my sub up!!!! (Harmony Audio HA-ML18 1OHM). The cable included with the amp had a clip indicator though, that's a really cool addition so you can tune your system to clipping, then add a bass knob later after setting your gain and other settings. Worked great for me, perhaps not others. Edit: This little amp, at .5 ohms is absolutely amazing. Buy it.

I think I'll keep my original Smart 3 and pass on this one. Thanks for another great video as always. -Cheers

A lot of people hate brasil amps because they are AMP hungry and they like to overheat. So. They are stepping up their game

Man the last .5 ohm test make me pucker a bit when it hit the 7k digit. Regulated power supply keeping in the magic smoke. Excellent content as always man. BTW what did you have the quad box wired down to?

No clue why I keep watching these videos. I'm home audio, not car audio. Yet here I am. Probably looking for the car wreck, errr..amp wreck.

Taramps for the win!!!🦾🦾🦾

I stuck the smart 3 in my gfs car powering two skar 12s. Pretty happy for the price (like 265 or something, I can't remember honestly).

I was a kicker fan in 2004. I had 4 L512s in my s10 extended cab and it was KING shit. Now there's tons of beef cake brands that cost about the same or less.

Crazy where the hobby has gone today. I remember when $1 per watt was the rule.

Great video . I'm sure your neighbors will overlook the garage door noise . They should be accustomed to occasion bass .

I just bought 2 of these. The inputs are not 1/0 they are 1 awg. I bought inputs from tool metal works specifically made for these amps. 1/0 to 4g inouts work too. Had to buy 2 female to 1 male splitters for the rcas. Im going to be switching to my D1 avatars. Run 1 to each sub at .5. hope they hold up. Uodate. So far so good. I think one of the amps fans went out. But they definitely put out.

May gawd this is like 10cents a watt. Amazing!

Quick question: what happens to all these amplifiers after they get tested?

Love your vids Let's see the quad box and amp installed with a real demo comeon

Loved my 800 watt BASS.

That's incredible 👏 😍

Just ordered the last one !!!!!

What's the efficiency at 0.5 ohm?

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MISSED YA MAN

'bout time for a SMART10BASS!!!

Big D question real quick if you see this: already having the original version of the Smart3 amp, do you think I should upgrade to the new Smart3 BASS amp??? I've been wondering this since I first saw they had released a BASS series of the Smart3 amp. I'm currently using my amp on a single 18" sub at 1 ohm. Has me curious if with this BASS Smart3 amp I'll be able to eliminate the higher frequencies (voice, lyrics) from playing through my sub that I'm currently hearing seldom while using my old Smart3?? Also wanting to find out if this amp provides better cone control, tonality & deeper hard hitting bass when compared to the original model...

Almost at 4,000 likes. Time for the test soon 😀

Thumbs up for metered quad box!

Top review 🇧🇷🇺🇸👏👏

omg you said it right, been staring hard at the name while people say tara amps.....

Beating that garage door up

There isn't a single Korean board I would ever trade my smart3 bass for...feed it and it's a wonderfully amp.. it's hilarious when folks try and guess the amp pushing my subs .and jaws drop when I say it's this amp..

Little monster amp😈💪🏻💯

just a note to everyone if running stock electrical can get by with running dual 0 input and a secondary battery lol i have big 3 and upgraded dual alt 0 wires just upgraded to a bass5k they are both power hungry!

Great video u recommend the Smart3k over the smart bass 3k

Still a powerful amp

Unreal power!

BRAZIIILLLL!!

Would this Amp be too much for a 12" DVC 2000 watt Rms 2 ohm sub wired in parallel to 1 ohm?

Well I hear a difference between this amp and the smart 3 k I know the base one you can wire down a half an OHM but the smart 3K is a cheaper amp to buy so I'm just thinking well I hear a difference if not then I'll buy the cheaper one and not the bass

Dam this little amp is a beast👌👌👌👍👍👍💯

That .5 ohm powa doe! Just wow!

Thanks for this

Wonder the power it’ll put out on lower voltage

Running this at .5 ohm what size alternator would I need?

Wow Tara's really builds a good amp.... or Taramps build you and shipped you specifically, there pre-tested and insane custom built amp. Try buying one yourself off the shelf, or getting one from a regular consumer and show test. 🤔

Why did I bother watching this video without my headphones? 🎧 Whatever, I’ll just watch it again later.

Lets get 4k likes for Big D to do something special guys!! 👍🏼