I Need An Amp That Will Work For What I Need It For And Have Confused

[TomC 0]

Hey there I've spent weeks scouring the internet for answers and this forum seems to be the only place where people know what they are talking about so Im hoping I can get some assistance.

I've recently played a couple of house parties on borrowed kit and have really enjoyed myself and have had some offers for some more when uni starts again in a few weeks. I've been donated 2 x 100w speakers with these ratings:

# Music power: 100W max.

# Impedance: 8 Ohms

# Freq response: 60Hz - 18 kHz

# SPL @ 1W/1m: 89dB

I have also been given 2 x 200w speakers with these ratings:

#Music power: 200W max.

#Impedance: 8 Ohms

#Freq response: 50Hz - 18 kHz

#SPL @ 1W/1m: 90dB

 

I need to buy an amp and mixer for use at a couple of parties but mainly at home to practice on so I can decide whether I want to carry on after uni. My main problem is what power amp will I need to run these speakers at a decent volume but without risking blowing them and can I run all four of them at the same time from one amp?

Any suggestions of a suitable, reasonably priced amp would be great as well. Ive been suggested this one but not sure whether the information is trustworthy for four speakers: http://shop.wow-coupons.co.uk/index.php?c=...er_2_x_240W_max

 

Sorry for the long winded post I dont understand all the technical jargon yet to cut it down. Cheers in advance for any help and information you guys can give me

[spinner 0]

You need to find the rms power rating for these cabinets, neither pair of which has very good sensitivity - 90db is very poor, for example.

 

Are these professional cabinets or designed for home hi-fi use?

 

"Music Power" is often a fairly large multiple of rms power, rms being the true rating.

 

What brand/model are these cabinets?

 

 

[TomC 0]

The 100W are Skytecs and the 200W are Audio Intimidation. As far as I can find they are all rated at 100W RMS. Like I said they wont be getting heavy duty use its more a case of they were free so thats what im using to practice, see if I enjoy it and if I do I haven't spent much so can afford to upgrade to really good quality ones. Cheers for the response :)

[TomC 0]

O forgot to add they according to the websites Ive looked at they are professional speakers designed for mobile DJ use. Cheers. Tom

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

check out the forum and auction sites for second hand Numark dimention 3 or Behringer 2500 amps..

 

they are lots bigger than you will need for these speakers but when you upgrade speakers later you will have a good amp that will cope with what ever your doing...

 

 

[TomC 0]

I take it that even though they are a lot more powerful than the speakers Im using atm they will be safe as long as I dont crank it up stupidly loud? How would I go about it plug in 2 speakers per channel? Im gonna have a search for those suggested amps now. Cheers again. Tom

[norty303 0]

Yes the amp is a bit big for the speakers but you don't have to run it flat out. With the cheaper end of speakers particularly, they're fairly good at letting you know when they're being pushed as the sound quality deteriorates fairly badly (well worse than where it started from at least :P )

[Andy Westcott 0]

And they start to smell and make odd scaping noises...

 

Marc's advice was good - buy one good amp now and it'll last you, but do be VERY careful of those speakers - don't run them any louder than you do at the moment or you will damage them, and there is a chance that that may damage the amp also, depending on exactly how they fail.

 

As for running all 4 from one amp - yes you can, as long as the amp is designed to cope with a 4 ohm load - that's two 8 ohm speakers connected on each side. Most decent amps will take this no problem, and if you can afford one that'll accept a 2 ohm load, the amp will find it easy work which will lengthen its life a lot, especially when driven hard once you get some proper professional gear.

[maximumdance 0]

Hey there I've spent weeks scouring the internet for answers and this forum seems to be the only place where people know what they are talking about so Im hoping I can get some assistance.

I've recently played a couple of house parties on borrowed kit and have really enjoyed myself and have had some offers for some more when uni starts again in a few weeks. I've been donated 2 x 100w speakers with these ratings:

# Music power: 100W max.

# Impedance: 8 Ohms

# Freq response: 60Hz - 18 kHz

# SPL @ 1W/1m: 89dB

I have also been given 2 x 200w speakers with these ratings:

#Music power: 200W max.

#Impedance: 8 Ohms

#Freq response: 50Hz - 18 kHz

#SPL @ 1W/1m: 90dB

 

I need to buy an amp and mixer for use at a couple of parties but mainly at home to practice on so I can decide whether I want to carry on after uni. My main problem is what power amp will I need to run these speakers at a decent volume but without risking blowing them and can I run all four of them at the same time from one amp?

Any suggestions of a suitable, reasonably priced amp would be great as well. Ive been suggested this one but not sure whether the information is trustworthy for four speakers: http://shop.wow-coupons.co.uk/index.php?c=...er_2_x_240W_max

 

 

 

Sorry for the long winded post I dont understand all the technical jargon yet to cut it down. Cheers in advance for any help and information you guys can give me