Am I gonna blow my cab?

I've been running 1500 watts into my Aguilar 410 for over a year and a half. So long as you don't clip your output section, you'll be fine.

 

I guess that depends on how many drinks you've had first.

 

There's a difference between driving a cab rated for 700W with an amp rated for 1600W and actually putting 1600W into a 700W cab.

That being said, it's fine to run the GS410 with the PLX 1602 as long as you're not driving it too hard. If you're seeing more than the odd flash of a clip light (or a limiter light if the amp has limiters) you're in the danger zone.

Note that having clip limiters on the amp won't necessarily prevent you from blowing the cab up in this situation.

 

THAT caused soda to fly from the nose! Classic.

 

I'd have to say maybe.

Runnning it on one channel will be safer, but running it bridged will let you drive the cab to its maximum potential with a little more risk.

If you run it bridged, make sure you know the capabilities of the cab. You might be inclined to keep turning it up if you want more volume ("just a little more..."). If you don't know what the actual limit of the cab is you could damage it. I personally wouldn't want to run an amp that could put 1600W into my 700W cab that way, but alternatively I would want more than the 500W of the single channel. I would personally want the PLX 2402 with 900W per channel at 4 ohms for your application.

Geoff

 

it'l work either way
you just have to be judicious when using the 1400 watt version and you need to listen to the cabinet when doing so. In time you should get an idea about just how much the cabinet can take and be able to translate that into amplifier settings

one thing to remember is that youre only going to get a 4db increase in volume by going from 500 watts to 1400 watts