I'm pretty sure i've got all my facts straight but i just wanted to double check, i just bought an avatar neo410 8 ohm cabinet and a qsc rmx1850HD which rates at 900 watts bridged. So i just push the bridged button the the qsc and just run from channel 1 into the cabinet and i'm pretty much good to go?
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just making sure
- Thread starter zultimatez
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I'm not sure about that particular model QSC, but they usually require that you have a specifically wired speakon cable to operate a QSC power amp in bridged mono mode. Your typical speakon cable will come wired +1 positive, -1 negative. You'll need to open up the end of your speakon cable and re-wire it such that its +1 positive, +2 negative. This is a VERY simple operation that requires nothing more than a phillips head screwdriver.
DO NOT take my word for it. Consult your owner's manual first. My PLX1602 had a very clear description of the speakon wiring needed to make bridge mode operation possible.
DO NOT take my word for it. Consult your owner's manual first. My PLX1602 had a very clear description of the speakon wiring needed to make bridge mode operation possible.
yeaup, that's what bridge does: send all the juice one way...
holy cow bro, 900 watts of power, just be sure it doesn't make your face melt
holy cow bro, 900 watts of power, just be sure it doesn't make your face melt
I saw what you were talking about in the manual, but my question is do you rewire both sides, or just the side that goes into the poweramp
i'm not going to use it all probably around 500-600, i just like to know it's there, it is an avatar cab so they do max at 1000 according to them but i'm not going to push it that hard
just because you don't have the volume all the way up, doesn't mean you won't pump 900 watts into your cabinet at any given moment
as long as i keep the gain down it's not going to pump the full wattage into the speaker
am i wrong in my logic here, i didn't mean this as a statement more as a question, i even e-mailed qsc direct and told them the specific application it was for and this is one of the amps they recommended
if you pay attention to how your speakers sound youll be fine. im planning on running 700 watts into my 300 watt cab.
its headroom, its fine, as long as you arent stupid about it. you will hear the speakers when they had enough, and also if your clipping that is something too.
youll be fine.
its headroom, its fine, as long as you arent stupid about it. you will hear the speakers when they had enough, and also if your clipping that is something too.
youll be fine.
that's what i thought, i'm definately not going to be dumb, i just like to know the headroom's there even if i don't need or am not going to use it.
It looks to me like in dual mono mode you have 1+/1- and in bridged mode you have 1+/2+. In other words these speakon connectors are a pain in the ass and you'll have to do some wiring to use this thing bridged. I'm getting the impression that this sort of thing is common, why exactly do people like these things?
actually i already rewired the cable, it was super easy, took a whole 3 minutes to do.
i want to rewire mine also, but i dont really know how to go about it.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=400103
i posted that about it, id greatly appreciate a little help. pm me if youd like
Cool, I still wonder about the whole speakon concept where you would need to do something like this. What happens if you plug in the modified cable when using this thing dual mono? You'd have the hot side of both poweramps in phase running to each side of the speaker. That can't be good, can it?
ya i'm sure that would short something out, cuz in stead of corresponding positive and negative, you running 2 positives to pos/neg so maybe at best the amp would fault out
