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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Murphy" data-source="post: 4795" data-attributes="member: 1805">Hey everyone.A question for the more experienced.I was going to dump some old &quot;stuff&quot; and look around for a UCS1PB and later when I have more money get another.While looking at the specs I noticed that it weighs 155 lbs. Hey that&#039;s almost as much as I weigh! LOL I&#039;m almost 60, &lt;5&#039;10&quot;, 160lbs, and in good shape but I don&#039;t want to be lifting 155lb subs.I see the UCS1(non-powered) weighs a lot less at 118 lbs. and I have a pair of Mackie 1400i amps that I was going to sell. One hardly has any time on it although it&#039;s at least 12 yrs old and the other I&#039;m not sure of. Both seem to work fine. I know &quot;Mackie&quot; doesn&#039;t float a lot of boats here but I&#039;m wondering if I&#039;m better off going with the UCS1&#039;s (less weight and &lt; 1/2 the cost of the UCS1PB) and using the Mackie&#039;s until I have more money for better amps? The Mackies are rated at <a href="mailto:850W@8">850W@8</a> Ohms and <a href="mailto:1200W@4">1200W@4</a> Ohms (Bridged). If I used a 1400i in bridged mode I&#039;m assuming I&#039;d be better off using one amp/box at 850W rather than 2 boxes in parallel at 4 Ohms/1200W because then each box would only see 600W. Yeah....Nay?Or is there a Powered Sub that&#039;s as good as the UCS1PB that doesn&#039;t weigh nearly as much as I do in the same price range?Or...buy two USC1&#039;s, dump the 1400i amps and buy a..&quot;X&quot; amp?Thanks Murph........</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian Murphy, post: 4795, member: 1805"] Hey everyone. A question for the more experienced. I was going to dump some old "stuff" and look around for a UCS1PB and later when I have more money get another. While looking at the specs I noticed that it weighs 155 lbs. Hey that's almost as much as I weigh! LOL I'm almost 60, <5'10", 160lbs, and in good shape but I don't want to be lifting 155lb subs. I see the UCS1(non-powered) weighs a lot less at 118 lbs. and I have a pair of Mackie 1400i amps that I was going to sell. One hardly has any time on it although it's at least 12 yrs old and the other I'm not sure of. Both seem to work fine. I know "Mackie" doesn't float a lot of boats here but I'm wondering if I'm better off going with the UCS1's (less weight and < 1/2 the cost of the UCS1PB) and using the Mackie's until I have more money for better amps? The Mackies are rated at [EMAIL="850W@8"]850W@8[/EMAIL] Ohms and [EMAIL="1200W@4"]1200W@4[/EMAIL] Ohms (Bridged). If I used a 1400i in bridged mode I'm assuming I'd be better off using one amp/box at 850W rather than 2 boxes in parallel at 4 Ohms/1200W because then each box would only see 600W. Yeah....Nay? Or is there a Powered Sub that's as good as the UCS1PB that doesn't weigh nearly as much as I do in the same price range? Or...buy two USC1's, dump the 1400i amps and buy a.."X" amp? Thanks Murph........ [/QUOTE]

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