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Will Carvin BX600 have enough juice?

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panaran

Dec 1, 2008
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I bought a BX600 to power my Avatar 410Neo. I ordered it off ebay brand new through Carvin a couple of days ago. The next day I found a good deal on an Avatar 212 Neo so i picked that up to.

I bought the BX600 thinking it was only going to be for the 410. Im wondering if you guys think it will power both cabs? They are both 4 ohms, so i will be running the amp @ 2ohms which is 600Watts.

I'm not sure this is going to be enough, but i have a 10 day trial period where i can test it out and return it if i want. Just wanted to see what you guys think. Both should be here early next week.
 
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BigOldHarry said:
Yeah, but make sure you fire the whole rig up and go LOUD within 10 days -- it would suck to sort out you aren't happy months down the road...
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Oh..trust me it definitely wont take 10 days :bassist:

Thanks for the input guys. I was just concered about it because the 410 is rated @ 1000watts and the 212 is 600+ as well (not exactly sure)

but my backup Backline600 powers the 410 with more than enough so i think i should be alright, just wanted to hear what you guys thought. thanks
 
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I have the BX600 too, (at least until It gets bought) I bought it as a combo with the Neo 15 cabinet, the 15 inch speaker that came from Carvin is 4ohm and I also run an Avatar Neo 212 4ohm cabinet, the BX600 easily powers both cabinets. The specs are: 225watts at 8 ohm,400 watts at 4 ohm and 600 watts at 2 ohm. This head is designed to safely run at 2 ohms giving you 600 watts to power even the biggest cabs out there.
 
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Yes, it will be loud enough. Just played an outdoor gig yesterday with a BX600 with 2 Carvin 210's. One BRX10.2 and one BR210. Had Drive and Master Vol at 3. We did have PA support though. But played a practice the other day with just the BRX10.2 cab. Had Drive at 3 and Master at 3. It worked. Used to have an Aguilar AG500 and Markbass LM11. Master and pre were always at 5 on both amps. I just play small clubs etc. Hope this helps.
 
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panaran said:
Thanks for the input guys. I was just concered about it because the 410 is rated @ 1000watts and the 212 is 600+ as well (not exactly sure)
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Just because your power ratings for the cabs far exceeds the power of your amp, doesn't mean you need a more powerful amp. In fact, it's pretty irrelevant. What matters is 1) the sensitivity of the cabs, and 2) your absolute volume requirements for the gigs you play.

The only potential issue with running a couple of full-size cabs with this amount of power would be limited headroom. But that is quite dependent upon how hard you have to run the amp in order to generate the SPL you need. Because even if each cab gets proportionally less power than one would receive if you used only one, the increased total speaker cone area of using two cabs generally would more than compensate for this factor in available volume - thereby making hard driving of the amp less necessary, or completely unnecessary anyway.

MM
 
#13
Yeah I think it will be enough power. My little Backline600 powers the 410 pretty well at less than half volume. I dont think the Avatars need very much power relative to other 410s. At least it seems that way to me. But it should all be there this weeks so well see how it sounds.
 

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