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What Power amp(s) do you use?

2800 watts carried with one hand.
QSC 2402's, here pushing four ACME B2's(one per channel) at daughter's dance recital(why tolerate lame sound systems when your bass rig sounds better!):
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I use a QSC RMX 850 that I got back when this one music store was going out of business,I got it like 40-50% off and QSC happened to be giving away free 6 year extended warranties on their stuff at the time so I got that as well.
 
Crown Microtech 2400. With a quiet fan ordered from Crown.

Don't need anything better (if one even exists), but might get something smaller depending on what my next gig is. Right now, I'm only playing in a jazz quartet and it's a wee bit overkill...

Marshall
 
In my bass rig , Carvin power amps, because they are only 10 inches deep. I use the DCM2500, lots of power at hand. However in my PA system, I run a Peavey Deca528 on the HF Horns, a Behringer1500 on the mids, 2 Behringer2500s for the subs, and another Behringer2500 runs the monitors. All of them are very reliable. All power amps are when used properly, and never clipped, and never run with too low of an Ohm load. Those two things are what kills power amps. Stay away from those two things, and they will last a lifetime.