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Amplifier for passive subwoofers
On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 4:43:13 PM UTC-4, Howard Stone wrote:
What I think I need is a powerful transistor amp with exceptional bass. I= was very tempted to buy a Crown DC-300A because it has such a good reputat= ion for bass, it's affordable and available in the UK. However it turns out= to have a very bad reputation for doing DC and frying speakers -- so no! Crown: Purchase an industrial blender. Purchase two bottles of decent beer= .. Drink the beer. Break the bottles. Insert in Blender - run blender. Crown= Amp. Good move, avoiding same.=20 You don't need a huge amount of power to run subs. But, I agree that to get= those bombard pipes properly, you will need 100-watt transient capacity, a= t least. If you had 100-watt rms capacity, you would get anywhere up to 500= + watts of transient capacity - and your speakers would handle that just fi= ne, and a lot more as a transient.=20 Peter Wieck=20 Melrose Park, PA |
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