Dirt cheap power amp for floor monitors?

[KingRazor]

I'm looking to replace a couple of older power amps. One of them has only one working channel. The other one is old, heavy, and noisy.

Looking for something that is road worthy, and has two working channels. More than willing to buy used. Most importantly, it should be inexpensive. It doesn't have to have a super clean sound as long as it doesn't have excessive noise. The purpose will be for powering a pair of floor monitors.

The floor monitors are 8 ohms rated 150 watts continuous.

Any ideas?

 

[testing1two]

I know price is a big factor but don't replace crap with crap. In this day and age you can get a Crown XLS 1500 for $400 and it has a warranty, weights 9 pounds, and has DSP.

 

[impactwrench]

get something light. we lugged around a mesa rack with 2 heavy power amps, the mixer board, and other related stuff. We called it "the beast" because it took 2 of us to move it and must have been 125 lbs.

 

[KingRazor]

I know price is a big factor but don't replace crap with crap. In this day and age you can get a Crown XLS 1500 for $400 and it has a warranty, weights 9 pounds, and has DSP.

$400 would be a lot of money right now.

Plus, I don't think DSP is at all necessary for a pair of floor monitors.

 

[KingRazor]

If we ditched the amp with only one working channel, we'd be left with this:

YAMAHA POWER AMP | eBay

I'd rather have something better than that, but if we're not going to get anything better for under $200, then I guess we'll just keep trucking with it.

 

[steveksux]

How about $299 for a Crown XLS1000? You can run one monitor per channel (215W per channel @8 ohms, or run both monitors off one channel (350W @ 4 ohms=175W per 8 ohm monitor), and have another channel available to drive mains in case whatever you're driving the mains with also does later.

Otherwise check local music stores for used gear, craigslist, ebay, music go round, etc.

Randy

 

[mellowinman]

Find a Crown Power Base used on eBay. They last forever, and you could get one under $300.00 easily.

 

[seamonkey]

If it's not local, the big old heavy amps cost a fortune to ship off ebay. And heavy is more prone to shipping damage.

Find the stores that say "Call for price", they will cut you the best deal. They just can't advertise it.

 

[No Neck Shrek]

Just buy this and be done with your worries.

You don't even have to leave your house, they will ship right to you. (weight is 8.6 lbs)


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USED CROWN XLS1000 1000W AMP W/XOVER @225 9.0 NO H

Details » Live Sound Guitar Center Concord
Concord, California 94520
925-363-7770

Now Only
$200.00

 

[JumboJack]

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[walterw]

used QSC RMXs are dirt-cheap, powerful and bulletproof. they're just heavy, is all.

 

[Zooberwerx]

used QSC RMXs are dirt-cheap, powerful and bulletproof. they're just heavy, is all.

As above. I have 4 RMX units (1450's and 2450's) and don't recall paying more than $200 for any of them. It's hard to justify paying top-dollar for any used amp (or repairs) when you can snag new technology for ~$400.

Riis

 

[projectMalamute]

on your local craiglslist:

RMX 850 for $150: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I own 3 of these things, they sound fine and are easy to work on.

 

[projectMalamute]

Here's another RMX850, this one for $170: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[srxplayer]

Used Carvin DCM's
Used QSC RMX and GX Series amp.
Used Crown XLS models.

All of these can be found petty cheap used.

Stay away from the Crown CE Series amps. You can find them cheap in the used market. They have very fragile circuit boards and will give you fits if you load in/out a lot. There is a reason they were discontinued.

 

[scowboy]

I've been running a Peavey IPR1600 on my separates bass rig (Eden Navigator) driving my two Bergantino AE112's for about a year now. 7 lbs and a couple hundred watts per channel at 8 ohms. Bought it for like $239 as an open box from American Musical Supply. Even at full pop I'd say it is worth the asking price. The Crown's other mention are probably great too.

The fans in the QSC QMX get pretty nasty noisy after a while. We've got a rack of them for other uses.

 

[MNAirHead]

The other one is old, heavy, and noisy.

Any ideas?

Is her name "Tanya" we may have been married.

"cheap" sometimes isn't what you want... cheap power amps are many times heavy boat anchors.

IPR?

Crest

 

[Munjibunga]

Call Northern Sound and Light on the phone, and ask their price on a Crown Drivecore XLS-1000. Don't look at the price on their website. 866-796-6232.

No affiliation. You won't find a lower price.