Just dont bridge it. Wont bridge into your 4 Ohm 410, and its way too much power for one 210. So your best bet will be to run the 410 on one side, and both 210s on the other.
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The "Help Me Buy a Power Amp Today" Poll
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Just dont bridge it. Wont bridge into your 4 Ohm 410, and its way too much power for one 210. So your best bet will be to run the 410 on one side, and both 210s on the other.
I voted for the IPR; our band uses 2 of them in our PA (one for main, the other for monitors). We love these amps.
Perhaps this is an uninformed question, but with the wattage of your cabs, why do you want to bridge the amp? If you use both amps, you can set independent volumes for the cabs you drive. That would seem to be ideal.
--Steve
Hey Baird, I'm switching from my M-Pulse 360 actually, just want something that has a little bit more power. I'm looking at around the same wattage amps to drive my 4 ohm Mesa Powerhouse cab. Mesa has served me well amp wise, but it's time to go the power/pre route.
The top two power amps I've been looking at are the Crest Pro-Lite and the IPR 3000. I'm hoping to get out and try out both of these amps this weekend, and I'll report back if I end up going out.
My vote is almost leaning towards the IPR because of the very light weight, but the Mesa M-Pulse series amps have a tube in the pre and I don't wanna lose the sound too much by moving to a power/pre setup.
I'm running 2 Sansamp RBI's FYI. Good luck
The top two power amps I've been looking at are the Crest Pro-Lite and the IPR 3000. I'm hoping to get out and try out both of these amps this weekend, and I'll report back if I end up going out.
My vote is almost leaning towards the IPR because of the very light weight, but the Mesa M-Pulse series amps have a tube in the pre and I don't wanna lose the sound too much by moving to a power/pre setup.
I'm running 2 Sansamp RBI's FYI. Good luck
Hi guys, I'm looking at going the preamp/power amp route. It's my first time looking into this option and just trying to learn as much as I can with it. I have an Ampeg 410HE cab, and a Gallien Krueger 410mbe cab as well, both 8ohm cabs. The GK is rated at 800watts and the Ampeg about half I'm thinking. What I'm looking at getting after much review is the Peavey IPR2 5000 power amp and the Tech 21 RBI preamp.
Please share absolutely any info on what you think of this or how I should run it. Like I said, this is all new to me, I'm not even sure exactly on how bridging works?? All I know is I need more power to cut through the mix, as I play in a very loud band with 2 guitarists.......
Please share absolutely any info on what you think of this or how I should run it. Like I said, this is all new to me, I'm not even sure exactly on how bridging works?? All I know is I need more power to cut through the mix, as I play in a very loud band with 2 guitarists.......
If you call Northern Sound and Light on the phone to get their price on the Crown XLS2500, you'll find it's much, much lower than the price you've listed - not a heck of a lot more than the Carvin, and you'd have a Crown amp rather than a Carvin.
I have an HD1500 on it's way to me. I don't see the point of bridging although I've been using stereo power amps for decades. There is simply no need to try and get every last watt out of the amp. Your two cabinets can be safely run one per channel in parallel mono.
