How is the input sensitivity? Does it get loud enough if you crack the gain on this power amplifier to the max? What gain level are you comfortable at
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Depends on what you are using it for. I use 3 of them each dual channel for stage monitors in a rock band, so the gains are wound 3/4 or so the way up and I send the appropriate levels to it from the board to control volume. If you need it for mains, step up a couple notches instead of bridging this one as another comment implies. I run my mains dual channel with an older xti 4000 for reference.
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Bruh ima b honest with u... it really depends on what u are using it for... I have this amp bridged with 4 12s and an equalizer... and for the most part I only use it for watching movies... n the music is good as well esp when the bass hits... for a mid size room I have the gain controls about on half and the equalizer bass nobs about on half so I'm good so with that said, it's still very loud n u can see the the speakers moving hard from the bass... So that's loud enough for me! If u r one of those hardcore bass freaks then this level may not be suitable for u.. u may need to get the 2500 model and 4 18s!! Bruh ima b honest with u... it really depends on what u are using it for... I have this amp bridged with 4 12s and an equalizer... and for the most part I only use it for watching movies... n the music is good as well esp when the bass hits... for a mid size room I have the gain controls about on half and the equalizer bass nobs about on half so I'm good so with that said, it's still very loud n u can see the the speakers moving hard from the bass... So that's loud enough for me! If u r one of those hardcore bass freaks then this level may not be suitable for u.. u may need to get the 2500... » Read More Bruh ima b honest with u... it really depends on what u are using it for... I have this amp bridged with 4 12s and an equalizer... and for the most part I only use it for watching movies... n the music is good as well esp when the bass hits... for a mid size room I have the gain controls about on half and the equalizer bass nobs about on half so I'm good so with that said, it's still very loud n u can see the the speakers moving hard from the bass... So that's loud enough for me! If u r one of those hardcore bass freaks then this level may not be suitable for u.. u may need to get the 2500 model and 4 18s!! « Show Less
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I use an 8 channel Behringer mixer to control the sound. The left and right channels are backed off 3 notches from max. Using these settings, and two JBL 1000W loudspeakers, If I go over about two thirds volume it is too loud in a 30X50 foot hall. Using my system outside, the same settings are perfect for a 60X80 yard area where people have ample room not to be too close to the speakers. I push roughly 700 watts to drive both speakers with very good sound quality. At max levels, I still have no distortion. I hope this is helpful to you. I love this amp and highly recommend it. It reduced the weight of my road box by around 25 pounds. I would definitely purchase another to replace the one I have when that time comes.
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I have plenty of gain on my setup but I'm using it for my sub woofers and it work great
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Plenty of power/ gain. 1/4 volume is comfortable moderate volume. Great clean sound.
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I use this amp for live sound. Each owner will give you a different answer to how they use it. I have both of the gain knobs maxed on this amp. Have done that with every power amp I own. The signal going to the amp is controlled via a mixing console..... I do not use gain knobs to control volume. That is what a mixer is for. According to the manual the Sensitivity for full power is( @ 8 ohms is 1.4Vrms). This amp has great headroom. I use the Peak limiter on both channels and have yet to have any clipping issues with my top boxes. For the money you can't beat the performance of this amp.
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I would always suggest to use a dbx Drive Rack at the input and set up the amplifier. This is the best way. The amplifier would usually then be set up with a 12 o'clock gain position and you will have enough head room
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I keep the level of this pretty high when I feed it into a power amp (15 watts) for lower volume practices. While i have never plugged it into a headphone amp I have plugged it into my mac for direct recording some with good success. I hope this helps a bit.
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The version of the amp I received has adjustable line inputs. This allows high level (speaker) or low level (preamp) inputs. The input adjustment range is from 6V-0.2V. When you first setup the amp, you start at 6V (which would be a speaker level input voltage) and slowly adjust the input sensitivity to allow "more" input. The manual explain how to do this. BTW, there are 3 different sets of input level adjustments dials - 1 for front (channels 1 & 2), 1 for rear (channels 3 & 4) and 1 for the sub input (channel 5). You can use 1, 2 or all 3 independently. Hope this helps.
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Effects sound ok if you run the amp clean. If you use the amp gain it gets too muddy. There is not much clean volume either so keep that in mind.
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Mine came tested from alpine at 580 watts. I'm running a 300w 4 ohm dual voice coil at 2 ohms. The amp is set on 50% and it kicks. The added bass boost sets it over the top.
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Generally speaking with any power amp you usually have the volume control turned all the way up and vary theinput audio to the desired loudness. There are several factors to consider with power amps and speakers. One is impedance of the circuit and the other is the efficiency of the speakers. Not knowing your application, I use two PQA3100 as monitor amps in a practice studio and they have plenty of sound and do a great job for the price.
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believe it or not im pushing 2 with a 500 watt dual brand amp and it sounds great i wasnt after loudness as much as clarity and ritch bass and i get both with less amp then trying to run max.
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That would depend on your speakers. Cheap speakers? Probably not going to cut it for you. Very nice speakers like Klipsch LaScalas? You'll probably never turn it all the way up.I used one of the first commercial t-amps way back when. It was 'only' 6w per channel and ran on 8 AA batteries. When hooked up to a walkman cd player pushing those LaScalas.. Absolutely incredible how loud some speakers can get with very little input. I'm sure there are other speakers with excellent sensitivity and sound quality. They won't be cheap (LaScalas aren't). That would depend on your speakers. Cheap speakers? Probably not going to cut it for you. Very nice speakers like Klipsch LaScalas? You'll probably never turn it all the way up.I used one of the first commercial t-amps way back when. It was 'only' 6w per channel and ran on 8 AA batteries. When hooked up to a walkman cd player pushing those LaScalas.. Absolutely incredible how loud some speakers can get with very little input. I'm sure there are other speakers with excellent sensitivity and sound quality. They won't be cheap (LaScalas aren't).
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Upon turn on, there is a brief spike of current draw at 2.1Amps. Idle is about 0.3A. And most of my listening experience stays under 0.6A at moderate levels. However, I am sure that if you push this thing to its limits, it will exponentially increase. The highest draw I have pulled was 2.5amps, but this is due to apartment living and I am very limited to what levels I can achieve. It was very loud though!
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My comment is that I agree that underpowered receivers or amps will easily damage your speakers. I learned the hard way when I was a teenager 25 years ago and the receivers I used then blew tweeters. Then I bought a Carver amp and felt the difference. At this time, I have Carver amps driving L/R/C/Sub Channels on my system. It is safer to have a 250RMS Watts per channel amp than a 40watt receiver. Of course if the Low Frequency Driver is damaged, obviously it was defective.
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I would check three things.. is there enough bass.. is the sensitivity adjustment correct and is the master / slave switch in its correct setting. Mine came with it in slave mode and I had to switch it to master.
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Hi Dean If you turn up the volume control on the inline amplifier to the max, you will get a good volume that will just about equal the volume that your radio is set at. If you want it louder, just turn the volume control on the radio and at that point it would probably far too loud for anyone to listen comfortably to it. I hope this makes sense to you. Alistair
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I've had mine almost a year and once it was broken in it sounded incredible. Find a good quality amp and you'll be a happy camper.
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Bro I'll be 100% honest it's a good amp but it's for sure not pushin 3000 amps. It hits hard but it has it's limit and will shut off if pushed too hard...one you have it set and equalized right it's a solid amp I have 2 bridged subs on it and it works perfect. Out of the 4 mths I've had it, it's only overheated once and shut off maybe 3 times because I turned it past it's limit lol but overall it's pretty good man iwould suggest it for a good sound for sure!
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If i remember correctly the rms wattage rating was 250, but i run a RF 500 watt mono amp in mine at about 60-70% gain and it hits really nice. It might be a little overkill but you can lower the gain.
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Hi Tyrus,I think the amp is more than sufficient. Please start at low volume otherwise it may damage the speakers. I have used this amp with a couple of speakers between 300W to 500W and it performs well.Thanks and I hope this helpsFernando
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You can't adjust the volume/gain on this amp.You have to connect it to a receiver or preamp that controls the volume.