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Impulse buy: Carvin BX1500

scottfeldstein

scottfeldstein

Roots and fifths and a little extra.
Jun 20, 2011
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I have a few goals with my bass gear right now. One is that I should have a backup amp in case something bad happens. Two, I'd like to have more watts available. And three, I'd like to move stuff less.

And so I have just impulse bought a used Carvin BX1500 off Ebay for $333. It will do 900w at 8 ohm bridged or 1500w at 4 ohms bridged.

Maybe my GK MB500 will become my backup/apartment amp now.

What have I done?
 
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BassmanPaul said:
I do NOT recommend that you bridge it.
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I was kind of thinking that same thing, especially for my current cabs: a pair of GK Neo 115-III. They're probably not going to take much over 200w each in the real world. One day when I have a pair of 8 ohm Fear-based cabs, maybe I might like having those extra watts, but not today.
 
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scottfeldstein said:
I was kind of thinking that same thing, especially for my current cabs: a pair of GK Neo 115-III. They're probably not going to take much over 200w each in the real world. One day when I have a pair of 8 ohm Fear-based cabs, maybe I might like having those extra watts, but not today.
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Try as I do, one cabinet on each channel. I find that this way there is more than enough power. :)
 
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Another happy BX1500 owner here. I also do not bridge mine anymore. When I bridged mine with 2 Eden cabs as soon the volume knob got to the point where the amp was making sound it was already too loud.

scottfeldstein said:
I was wondering about this! Does the Drive and Master control the output of both amps? (I think the Amp 1 and Amp 2 knobs are just for biamping with the crossover, no?)
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The Drive and master are for both amps. When you run the amp with the crossover off you have two full range amps running that you can then attenuate the power each one is putting out with the amp 1 and amp 2 knobs. With the cross over on one amp sends out low while the other send out highs and you would uses the amp 1 and amp 2 knobs to adjust the power going to your highs and lows separately. If you run the amp bridged, which is stupid loud, the amp 2 knob is disabled and you would use the Amp 1 knob to attenuate the power going to the cab.
 

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