Does this require a separate preamp to power passive speakers or will the onboard preamp do? If so, what's the watt rating on the internal preamp?
1662240
You need an external amp to power any passive speakers. Main outputs of the mixer is +22dBu.
1662241
There is no internal power amp. The pre-amps are very good but you need a power amp for passive speakers. I am using 4 Mackie active speakers and they work great with this board.
1662242
You need to connect the mixer to an amp to power passive speakers, or powered speakers.
1662243
Yes, it requires a separate amplifier (not "pre-amp") to power passive speakers. This mixer only outputs pre-amp level signals that need to go to a power amplifier to increase the signal enough to drive unpowered speakers. You need to feed the output of this mixer into an amplifier, whether that amplifier is standalone that in turn drives speakers, or the amplifiers are built into powered speakers.
1573243
It is passive... so you will need to run it though something like a guitar amp or an unbalanced input on a mixer to get sound out of it.
360727
It has no internal amp, if that's what you mean. So you have to amp your output or use "powered" speakers, which is how I run it.
1614433
Eric this is a pre-amplifier. It doesnt put out any power to drive your speakers. You need to pair this unit with an external power amplifier. If your on a budget, I would recommend Emotiva amplifiers. I personally own one and its been running amazing, a big difference from receivers with built in amps.
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Hi, I purchased this amp for a two channel configuration, and I am very happy with the results; it has much more power and more fidelity than an integrated receiver. I think that maybe you only have to configure your system to provide the same power level to all the speakers; if not, the front speakers will sound louder than the rest. Regards.
636729
what about speakers with 150-watt maximum input power? I'm a novice at this stuff
1709053
I used it to replace a faulty active preamp, I'm not sure if it will work with passive pickups, but I think it should.
1139307
no,i would run the speakers without a passive crossover don't change nothing it'll work fine you donot want to take from the normal pure quality
983116
You do not power a sub through preamp. Your sub is powered when you plug it in a wall socket. the recieverdoes not drive the sub it drives itself whereas, the other speakers are driven by the receiver which can notgive enough power to 5 or 7 speakers they each want. It is better to over power than underpower speakers.
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Biamping is sending power separately to the Woofers and Tweeters for instance.....I wouldn't really recommend this on this type of system as oppossed to a very high end system(where you could actually TRI-AMP IT with the proper High End Speakers) but that is a WHOLE other ballgame in Audio and very expensive.....If you add a major powerful Power Amp to great speakers that's all you should need(without Bi-Amping to different parts of the same speaker)...but it will be moot if your speakers aren't good enough or can't handle it....
1637596
In order to use a passive sub you would need a separate power amp, or one of Denon's 7.1 receivers and assign the rear surround amp to the sub output.
1298526
One is plenty loud. You'd only need two if you wanted the sound in stereo. I'm not sure if it will power a passive speaker.
1085709
Mine does a great job powering 4- 6 inch speakers . But I dont have a sub installed . if you want a strong bass I would look into a mono amp for the sub and this one for the speakers
1660425
I purchased the "Dual LU43PB" indoor/outdoor speakers to go with this amp. They work well and relatively inexpensive. They are currently available at Amazon for the price of $38.85. The 40 watts is ample to fill the room with audio without breaking the windows. Hope this info is some help. Les----
2207567
I believe you can use the input/thru XLR on this to pass back to an amp that powers the passive speakers. But this will NOT power your passives, if that's the question.
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Yes, ass a passive (as opposed to active) subwoofer, it receives its power from the receiver. The only connections to the subwoofer are for speakers IN and speakers OUT.
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You should do some more research as answers vary. Are you running 2channel? Bridged? Read the instructions, I don't recall the output in each mode, but it depends on the resistance of the speakers. Seems to me 250w rms speakers will do fine with that amp...