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Is it possible to combine multiple amplifiers to get higher power?
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<blockquote data-quote="Riley Casey" data-source="post: 216818" data-attributes="member: 125"><p>An important thing to remember is that the "passive subwoofer (Yorkville LS1208) that requires "Power program 2000w (4000 Peak / 1000 continues)" doesn't REQUIRE 2000W to operate, it can accept up to 2000 watts before damage occurs. Your Crown amps delivering about 500 watts per channel will 'run out' of power about 6 db before the subwoofer has capacity for. If you want to increase that by 3db then yes go ahead and run one of the Crowns in mono to deliver 1000 watts to the subwoofer. That will allow you to operate the sub up to 3db less than it's maximum output, a fairly small amount of sound output. This is all pretty dependent on how loud you want to operate the sub of course but as long as you keep any amp cool and out of clipping in mono it should work fine. If you are routinely running out of low frequency capacity with your subwoofer, running the amp into clipping and your sound rally needs that extra low end boost then go ahead and buy a larger amp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley Casey, post: 216818, member: 125"] An important thing to remember is that the "passive subwoofer (Yorkville LS1208) that requires "Power program 2000w (4000 Peak / 1000 continues)" doesn't REQUIRE 2000W to operate, it can accept up to 2000 watts before damage occurs. Your Crown amps delivering about 500 watts per channel will 'run out' of power about 6 db before the subwoofer has capacity for. If you want to increase that by 3db then yes go ahead and run one of the Crowns in mono to deliver 1000 watts to the subwoofer. That will allow you to operate the sub up to 3db less than it's maximum output, a fairly small amount of sound output. This is all pretty dependent on how loud you want to operate the sub of course but as long as you keep any amp cool and out of clipping in mono it should work fine. If you are routinely running out of low frequency capacity with your subwoofer, running the amp into clipping and your sound rally needs that extra low end boost then go ahead and buy a larger amp. [/QUOTE]
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