NEAR (Bogen) speakers?

John Chiara

John Chiara

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I am helping upgrade a small baseball stadium. They have a bunch of these, they appear to be 70V models, but they are running off a 6 channel Rane amplifier that does not have 70V output. They are doing little or nothing. Would this setup damage those models? Not sure why they are being used.
 
Re: NEAR (Bogen) speakers?

If they are 70V models then they are just being underserved. pop in a real amp with enough power for the load plus overhead (you do have a proper impedance meter right?) and you'll be good to go

Jason
 
Re: NEAR (Bogen) speakers?

Check to see if the are using the optional Rane MT6 six channel output transformer device or other output transformers. Also, many of the NEAR speakers seem to be available in both low impedance and constant voltage versions that are otherwise identical while at least one model can be operated as 70V with several tap options or as 16 Ohm.
 
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