My new Class D power amp!!!

Christmas came early for me, and my better half let me try out my present for this year. I plugged my GED-2112 into it, and I ran the “Drive” channel into one side of the new Yamaha PX5 and its “Deep” channel into the other side of the PX5. Each channel of the PX5 powered a separate Mesa PH212.

I didn’t get time to put in a bunch of playing time; my wife was hollering at me to turn it down , and my daughter said the basement was shaking!

Anyway, here’s a photo. When I picked up my new amp, I took my 18 year old Crest CA9 with me to get its top removed, and get the dust blown out. It’s still working like a champ, btw.

Here’s the new amp: and here’s my old, reliable CA9 This new PX5 looks to have programmable LPF and HPF functions. I’m super inept at these things. If anyone reading has suggestions on where to set these functions, I’d very much appreciate your help!

 

Thank you!

I had completely forgotten about Yamaha power amps, too.

I was looking to buy either a new Crown or Crest class D power amp, but with supply chain issues, and what not, my local dealer didn’t have either in stock. At least the models that had the output wattage that I was looking for. He suggested the Yamaha and a QSC GX, and I decided to try the Yamaha. I remembered that they were one of the local “Go-To” brands in PA systems when I first started playing gigs.

I only got to put in about 10 minutes before I had to shut things down, but the Yamaha seems like a really nice amp.

As far as the GED-2112/stereo power amp/separate cabinets for “Drive” and “Deep” are concerned, I personally think it’s fantastic. It’s not a setup that I get to use often, and it is a lot of gear to load in and to load out. But on the rare occasions that I’ve had to use it, I’ve really enjoyed it.

I have a Christmas Party gig coming up, and that will be handled by my Aguilar TH500 and a pair of Aguilar GS112s, which IMHO is a great setup.

But I really, really like having that feeling of my bigger speaker cabinets “pushing” me in my back while I play.

 

Thank you!

 

Thank you!

I believe it weighs around 12 pounds.

 

Thank you!
And Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!

 

I fully intended to do a comparison. I have to wait until my house is empty, and I’ll post my findings here.

 

Thank you! My CA9 has really been an awesome amplifier for a very long time. I hope it keeps kicking for many years to come.

I have it racked with another “Old Faithful”, my Demeter HBP-1 preamp.
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