Re: [linux-audio-user] OT - Power Amp?

From: Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Feb 07 2006 - 04:23:05 EET

Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

>I could ask this question a number of places, but I like you
>folks. :^)
>
>I'm in the market for a ~400W/ch @ 8 Ohms amp to replace my aged,
>and now broken for the 4th or 5th time, JBL power amp.
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>I've got some experience with QSC amps in band practice settings,
>and in live performance settings. All I can say is that they
>never seem to be problematic, and always seem to do their job.
>I haven't used one in a studio setting. I'd almost just go buy
>a QSC today, unless someone here would warn me off. I do need
>an amp quickly as I was just about to mix some ardour recorded
>music. What advice do you people have?
>
>Thanks....
>
>
>--
>Kevin
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I picked up one of the 450 per side QSC amps in a pawn shop for
$125.00. New they retail around here for $450.00. They are "value"
priced and in my experience that is a hand off in terms of some form of
quality. I have pushed this one through a set of Bag Ends with midi
programing, vocals, acoustic guitar and also with a BBE Sonic Maximizer
in line. It seems to hold down a reasonably tight bottom end with not
too much sacrifice in upper freq response. But I have not been able to
push it to its limits in my musci room. If you hunt around on Ebay, you
can probably find one for around $250 - $350. I will be doing an
outdoor gig with this amp in 2 weeks. I will then be able to tell you
how much punishment it can take before sound degradation.

R~
Received on Tue Feb 7 08:15:04 2006

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