So if this bass amp head cannot be used on a PA/DJ speaker then what is the Direct out for ??? I'm confused
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The direct out is a balanced send intended for recording or to send signal to the PA mixer. Typically where an engineer/user would EQ the bass volume on the mixing board (not the bass amp)and tone to match the PA setup which would presumably be a full range system with a crossover where he could send any frequencies at a certain Q point to the subs (You do not want to send low frequencies to the horns). Using the DI will not send any power to the PA speaker you intend to use, simply send signal. If you are using a powered speaker then yes you can do this, but once again you are not going to get optimal bass guitar tone running this setup. Hope it helps!
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I have tried it with a P-bass. The cleanest sound was distorted. No bass type bottom end. Turning up the gain made a grainy hi-mid distortion. Not really usable for anything I would play or practice with. You can hear your notes so it might be of use to some players.
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There isn't a line out or DI output built in, so I'd have to say no, it won't work going direct to your console...unless you run one of the speaker outs (there are two, and you can select 16, 8 or 4 ohms resistance) into an attenuator that also has a DI built in...that way, you would provide the needed resistance for the amp (so you don't kill it) and be able to go direct while cutting the speaker output and keeping the tonal coloring of the amp. Hope this helps!
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DO NOT USE THIS AMP WITH A BASS! It will blow out the speaker. when you turn on the amp and turn the volume all the way up and start playing, the light dims and sometimes goes out completely. Hope this helped :)
756399
There is a specific AmPlug version for a bass guitar (my wife has one). You could probably get a signal through this version, but the filtering etc would be wrong.
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There is an input to bypass the amp called "speaker level input" but that would really take away the nice part of this speaker. I would try to get a line level output from the mixer if possible and use the subs power
1093060
This is a dual digital to analog converter which also functions as a marginal headphone amp for low quality headphones. This unit would not have sufficient output to drive speakers. Why take an analog source, vinyl, run it through a phono preamp to boost signal, through a DA converter to output to??????????
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You can run 2 sets of speakers off the pm8004. A or b. Or a and b. The power amp direct lets u use this amp for an additional 2 channels when connected to a 5 channel receiver or pre amp. It can be used in many applications where u want additional 2 channels or as its own 2 channel stereo amp.
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You should be able to. I have only used it to amplify the sound from my bass, but it should work.
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What you are suggesting will most likely create feedback and/or damage the unit (any brand). If you are using it as a monitor try to get your input feed from the PA. If you can't get an isolated monitor mix from the PA then plug your mic into the B205D and use it to reinforce you own stage mix. Run the output to the PA but...Don't loop back!
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This unit is designed to patch into a PA mixer.....then from the mixer.. you go to the amp and finally to the speakers
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Before you buy you might post this question on the PS Audio forum. The designer of the DirectStream DAC, Ted Smith, will likely be able to answer your question. Your amps' grounds are at differing potentials and I am thinking that the transformer is not going to help. Using the balanced and unbalanced together breaks the "balanced" aspect of the line but the ground loop is a different animal.
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Source direct honestly pumps the direct input through. It will sound as good or as bad as the sound you put into it.This amp is terrific for producing great sound. Nothing truer.
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the head unit will work with any application.but I think that amp puts out 450 watts @ 4ohms on 1 channel if its a class d amp 800 watts @ 2ohms on 1 channel and 1100 watts @ 1 ohm on 1 channel just be sure to check your amp on what it puts out per channel like I said the #s I show are for a class d mono amp these #s will change if its a 2 or 4 channel amp the d class are for subs but you probley know that hope this helps
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I use it with my bass as it is still an amp modeler, it's just not optimized for bass amps so much. That being said there are several amp and boxes and knobs to turn to lower the gain and distortion. Plus the several reverb effects you can use and just bypass everything else. If you play bass mostly, there are models optimized for bass, but this has been a jack of all trades for me, though I'm not all that advanced so I'm not competent to advise any further than that. hope it helps.
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Do you know you can not use these speakers with today's tuner/amplifiers? check it out before you buy.
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Gary these transducers are rated at 50 watts. A preamp output is not what you should consider for driving this load. Think Amplifier not Preamp! An amp that is capable of more than 30 to 35 watts should be best suited for this purpose. If you download the manual for this product you can find warnings not to surpass the 50 watt per unit rating. All* of those prior answers were Internet noise. #1. Neither helpful nor informative #2. Borderline helpful but not informative #3. What? & Wrong! #4.* I might be too hard on Sara. She is right to drive a group of these with hundreds of watts of power and Sara is also correct in guessing that the low preamp power will not work with the Bass Shaker. My contention with her response is that the harm of testing is that it is a complete waste of time. It is sort of trying to see if your toaster will work without power. How could it?