Members nin4269 Posted June 18, 2007 Members Share Posted June 18, 2007 What is a light weight, high quality amplifier that has power appropriate for the high freq. driver for a cabinet? I notice most amps have way more power than necessary. Most horns are happy with 100W - 200W but most amps in series that I like are more power than that (unless they're multi channel, which isn't really what I'm looking for). What would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted June 18, 2007 Members Share Posted June 18, 2007 Budget? I'm using a Crown XTi and it seems like the 1000 would be perfect for highs. 275W - 8 ohm Stereo (per channel) 500W - 4 ohm Stereo (per channel) 700W - 2 ohm Stereo (per channel) 1,000W - 8 ohm Bridge-Mono 1,400W - 4 ohm Bridge-Mono Runs about $500 bucks and weighs 16 pounds or so. Do note that there's a discussion thread about this exact amp going on right now with regards to the on-screen DSP settings, internal crossover, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flanc Posted June 18, 2007 Members Share Posted June 18, 2007 Even though Mark is not excited about amp sales...perhaps his recently discussed 802 amp http://www.audiopile.net/products/Amplifiers/PS-802/PS-802_cutsheet.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted June 18, 2007 Members Share Posted June 18, 2007 What is a light weight, high quality amplifier that has power appropriate for the high freq. driver for a cabinet?I notice most amps have way more power than necessary. Most horns are happy with 100W - 200W but most amps in series that I like are more power than that (unless they're multi channel, which isn't really what I'm looking for).What would you recommend?Depends on the horn and the rest of the cab. 1", 2" exit? Just one horn per amp channel? The little single space ART power amps might be worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stvcmty Posted June 19, 2007 Members Share Posted June 19, 2007 I used an art SLA-1 to run horns on a pair of Yamaha S15e's. The art works well for that. Stv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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