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Bennett: Anything to say about the 21IPAL?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Van Duker" data-source="post: 50466" data-attributes="member: 1113"><p>Re: Bennett: Anything to say about the 21IPAL?</p><p></p><p>Well, there are some serious disadvantages to a 1 ohm load if the amp isn't located very close to the speaker, and there's also quite a bit more current going through the connectors -- I think it would really only work for a powered cabinet. As for the specs they've posted, you can read between the lines a bit. They rate the amp at 8500 watts output, and with a 1 ohm load, you can simply take the square root to get the voltage and amperage (assuming it's resistive, which of course it isn't), to get 92 volts and 92 amps. They spec the amp as being able to swing quite a bit more voltage and current, so it looks like the amp is pretty well suited to running the driver.</p><p></p><p>Bennett, thanks for the extra info. I was having some thoughts about putting together a Kickstarter campaign to build a couple different projects with the driver, and get the quantity up to whatever the minimum order is, but it sounds like even that wouldn't be quite a big enough deal to be worthwhile to B&C and Powersoft. I imagine that they also wouldn't want to risk damaging the reputation of the gear with a poor implementation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris Van Duker, post: 50466, member: 1113"] Re: Bennett: Anything to say about the 21IPAL? Well, there are some serious disadvantages to a 1 ohm load if the amp isn't located very close to the speaker, and there's also quite a bit more current going through the connectors -- I think it would really only work for a powered cabinet. As for the specs they've posted, you can read between the lines a bit. They rate the amp at 8500 watts output, and with a 1 ohm load, you can simply take the square root to get the voltage and amperage (assuming it's resistive, which of course it isn't), to get 92 volts and 92 amps. They spec the amp as being able to swing quite a bit more voltage and current, so it looks like the amp is pretty well suited to running the driver. Bennett, thanks for the extra info. I was having some thoughts about putting together a Kickstarter campaign to build a couple different projects with the driver, and get the quantity up to whatever the minimum order is, but it sounds like even that wouldn't be quite a big enough deal to be worthwhile to B&C and Powersoft. I imagine that they also wouldn't want to risk damaging the reputation of the gear with a poor implementation. [/QUOTE]
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