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Bugera Bxd15a

Romexxisbass

Romexxisbass

Oct 11, 2019
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I recently bought my Bugera amp through zzounds.com. i noticed , like a few others i saw here, about the amp having an led issue , where the orange around the volume knob turned red, and there was nothing in the manual about it whatsoever. Here is what i figured out.. maybe it will help.
I at first thought it was maybe a clipping register, however, noticed no issue in sound quality. The amp is 1000 watts , and i made several calls trying to get customer service, on the amp through Bugera/Berhinger. So i played a gig out (my first one with this powerhouse little combo) and I noticed, that no matter how hard i played or how loud i got, it never showed up a red light on my amp. My thought now, is that these may be another issues entirely. I was on stage and my amp was the only thing pulling power through the plug in /circuit on my side. I think this red light showing up, is if the power supply isnt strong enough to support the amp drain. And it redlights to let you know it hasnt got enough juice to maintain, the amp draw. I had no red light flash, not even once in the venue. Maybe this will help others out..
 
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Yea I have this same amp, and absolutely love it. I have had mine over a year and have played several shows with it, but I use mine mainly as a monitor as we always have foh support and I run from the di out from the back of my amp.

But I have ran into the problem you described from the orange led turning red around the volume knob, and like you I tried everything you had mentioned....I got mine from Sweetwater and attempted to contact them to no avail.

At first I thought I might be pushing the amp to hard, but the light would never be a constant on all the time, it would only flash from time to time...your description of what it possibly could be sound good to me, whether that's what it is or not it sounds plausible.

I just wish the manual was more descriptive when it comes to things like this.
 
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I absolutely agree. They could have made it easier lol. But what i got to debating was, this thing is 1000 watts. So it pulls tremendously for a combo. And it happens only when im in circuit line with another amp, or strong draw on that circuit. I think it brown outs my power pull. Its literally the only think i can think of that makes sense at the moment.. lol
 
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Romexxisbass said:
I absolutely agree. They could have made it easier lol. But what i got to debating was, this thing is 1000 watts. So it pulls tremendously for a combo. And it happens only when im in circuit line with another amp, or strong draw on that circuit. I think it brown outs my power pull. Its literally the only think i can think of that makes sense at the moment.. lol
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If you are running it alongside another amp and other equipment, it is very possible that the amp is seeing a voltage drop from the circuit and that is what it is indicating. Are you running the 2 amps off of the same power strip, or just on the same circuit in the building? If on the strip, that may be your culprit. Long length and small wire gauge of an extension cord can cause that kind of thing to happen too.

Romexxisbass said:
No sir. 1000 watts solid state mosfet preamp. Look the specs up.
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Bugera rates their amps at "Maximum output power" which is different from many other manufacturers that rate theirs at "RMS Power" (like Mesa, for example) which is usually about 1/4 the value of the maximum output power. Not to say Bugeras are not perfectly good amps, as I think they are; I have the "2,000 watt" bv1001t tube pre/class D head, and I think it sounds great and gets plenty loud, but it certainly is not 20x more powerful than my 100 watt Ampeg V4B.

Just want to help alleviate confusion and avoid comparing apples to oranges...
 
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Absolutely. I think bc i was plugged straight in on the tally show, to my own wall circuit, is why it didnt. Ive been on the same circuit with a blue voodoo head (tube) at the practice room. And thats usually when the red light chimes in..
 
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I knew it wasn't 1,000 watts when I got the amp, as I did a lot of research before buying this amp, and reading the comments on sweetwater.

I knew that I wanted a combo amp and this one really appealed to me, so I bought it and I tell ya what, I have not been disappointed with this amp at all, it sounds fantastic and I've got nothing but compliments on the sound of this amp.....along side my Sterling SUB Ray 5, I have found the perfect little bass rig for me....lol
 
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The AC input power drawn by the amp per the specs in the manual is 140W at 1/8th max power. So max power draw would be 1,120W (8 X 140) or about 9.3 amps at 120V. Typical US circuits supply 15 amps, so plugging this amp and a couple other amps into a single circuit would not be good.

As for the speaker being 250W, that's immaterial as far as the amp's output power goes. If the speaker is say 8 ohms impedance, 250W would be the max power at that particular impedance. A 4 ohm speaker, if the amp supported it, could do 500W. Some Class D amplifiers can drive 2 ohm speakers, which would entail another doubling of power.

The Bugera and other Class D amps have limiter circuitry to prevent clipping and speaker damage. From what I've read, when the volume knob lights up read instead of orange it means the limiter is active.
 
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Ya. Shur. 1k watts. It catches fire at 1001. Just like a harbor freight hand truck holds 350lbs. Disintigrates beyond repair at 351.

Look, bugheringer stuff is really great if you're on a budget. It even performs pretty well and sounds ok. Dont get snowed by their "optimistic" (and I'm being nice) specs. Maybe at some super controlled lab setup bench on a prototype it ticked the 4 digit mark before setting off the fire alarm. Ok. You have a 500 watt amp at best.

Works for you, you like it. Thats all that matters; but please understand that no one with experience using that brand or that has been on TB for any lenght of time believes what they publish.

They arent selling junk, but oh boy can they spin a tale in their spec sheets.
 
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basscooker said:
Ya. Shur. 1k watts. It catches fire at 1001. Just like a harbor freight hand truck holds 350lbs. Disintigrates beyond repair at 351.

Look, bugheringer stuff is really great if you're on a budget. It even performs pretty well and sounds ok. Dont get snowed by their "optimistic" (and I'm being nice) specs. Maybe at some super controlled lab setup bench on a prototype it ticked the 4 digit mark before setting off the fire alarm. Ok. You have a 500 watt amp at best.

Works for you, you like it. Thats all that matters; but please understand that no one with experience using that brand or that has been on TB for any lenght of time believes what they publish.

They arent selling junk, but oh boy can they spin a tale in their spec sheets.
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My 30w Behringer BX300 blew away the comp in it's price range when I bought it. My current BX4500H head is as loud as my old GK700RB, which was 430w. It's rated at 450w. Both quite reliable. You'll find the reviews of the Bugera Veyron heads to be quite good, especially in performance per dollar. Behringer's digital PA mixer is being used at clubs all around me and there's quite a few of them.
 
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basscooker said:
Ya. Shur. 1k watts. It catches fire at 1001. Just like a harbor freight hand truck holds 350lbs. Disintigrates beyond repair at 351.

Look, bugheringer stuff is really great if you're on a budget. It even performs pretty well and sounds ok. Dont get snowed by their "optimistic" (and I'm being nice) specs. Maybe at some super controlled lab setup bench on a prototype it ticked the 4 digit mark before setting off the fire alarm. Ok. You have a 500 watt amp at best.

Works for you, you like it. Thats all that matters; but please understand that no one with experience using that brand or that has been on TB for any lenght of time believes what they publish.

They arent selling junk, but oh boy can they spin a tale in their spec sheets.
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I don't buy into the whole 1000 watt thing either, but it's always funny when people give Bugera/Behringer a bad review simply because of the overly inflated power rating. Here's how I look at it, you are getting a 200-250 watt (to the speaker), kickback, aluminum speaker combo amp for $329. The Rumble 200 combo is $500 and only puts out 140 to the speaker. The Rumble 200 does have a speaker extension jack as well as a defeat able horn which is nice. Not downing the Rumbles at all, but the Bugera is a nice sounding powerful amp that can hang volume and tone wise with the Rumble 200s and 500s for a fraction of the price. I've extensively compared the Bugera and the Rumble 500 (I own both) and am really surprised how great the Bugera sounds compared to the 500.
 
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bordinco90 said:
I don't buy into the whole 1000 watt thing either, but it's always funny when people give Bugera/Behringer a bad review simply because of the overly inflated power rating. Here's how I look at it, you are getting a 200-250 watt (to the speaker), kickback, aluminum speaker combo amp for $329. The Rumble 200 combo is $500 and only puts out 140 to the speaker. The Rumble 200 does have a speaker extension jack as well as a defeat able horn which is nice. Not downing the Rumbles at all, but the Bugera is a nice sounding powerful amp that can hang volume and tone wise with the Rumble 200s and 500s for a fraction of the price. I've extensively compared the Bugera and the Rumble 500 (I own both) and am really surprised how great the Bugera sounds compared to the 500.
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Read it again. Here I snipped some.

basscooker said:
...Look, bugheringer stuff is really great if you're on a budget......Works for you, you like it. Thats all that matters.....They arent selling junk, but oh boy can they spin a tale in their spec sheets.
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