Sorry. Stupid question.

[SuperSonic!!!]

Sorry about this guys, yes I have searched and read the stickies but I am still a tad confused. So anyway...

I am set to aquire an Ashdown Superfly. It is rated at 500w into one cabinet and 250w into two (it has 2 250w digital power output stages). But heres the thing - it is rated at 2x250w at 4 ohms (so 500w into one cab at 4 ohms) and my cabinets are an ashdown 2x10 (8ohms) and a 1x15 (8 ohms).

From what I have read on talkbass, this supposedly means that because of the ohms, I will not be able to get the 500w even in one cab because the amp is 4 ohms and each cab is 8ohms. Would anyone care to clarify this for me?

 

[getz76]

I do not believe the Superfly is can bridge the amplifier section. It is a stereo amp, with 250 watts @ 4-ohms x 2.

You can run both 8-ohm cabinets, but you will likely get about 150-200-watts to each one.

Shoot an email to Ashdown, they are VERY quick to respond most times. Nice folks.

 

[Chef]

If only it could do 1x500 at 4 ohms...I don't want or need two cabs.

 

[enim]

Sorry about this guys, yes I have searched and read the stickies but I am still a tad confused. So anyway...

I am set to aquire an Ashdown Superfly. It is rated at 500w into one cabinet and 250w into two (it has 2 250w digital power output stages). But heres the thing - it is rated at 2x250w at 4 ohms (so 500w into one cab at 4 ohms) and my cabinets are an ashdown 2x10 (8ohms) and a 1x15 (8 ohms).

From what I have read on talkbass, this supposedly means that because of the ohms, I will not be able to get the 500w even in one cab because the amp is 4 ohms and each cab is 8ohms. Would anyone care to clarify this for me?

The only way i see to get 500W would be to connect the 115 to the 210 to the amp, with the amped bridged. This will show the amp a 4 ohm load, and the rig will get 500 watts give-or-take

 

[Boomer]

Since you haven't aquired the amp yet, I hope, the best thing I can see to do is find an amp that actually does what you want rather than trying to force it to do something it is not designed for.

Just my $.02