Tuppy68 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hi there can anyone help im looking for a 1u power amp to power some ev sx80,s 175 watts @ 8 ohm for dj monitors whats the best I could hope for with spending under £150 if possible thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbotsmike Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 You may struggle, and it will most likely be second hand, but some of the samson amps are well regarded for the price, and appear for that budget fairly often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 You will struggle. The only one that comes to mind is a Behringer EPQ900 but expect to pay closer to £200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppy68 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Thanks for the quick replies, I forgot to ask aswell what sort of power do I need if the peak is 175@8ohms thanks again everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Thanks for the quick replies, I forgot to ask aswell what sort of power do I need if the peak is 175@8ohms thanks again everyone Spec...Nominal Power 175 Watt RMS Peak Power Handling 700 Watt The usual rule of thumb, for speakers that aren't going to be thrashed, is to go for an amp rated at twice the speakers RMS rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppy68 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Thanks Brian most excellent forum cheers again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calder Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I have an old 1 U amp in my folks garage left over from when I moved out a few years ago, I would have to go and dig it out to found out what it is. PM if you want details. Thanks Calder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 http://www.bkelec.com/Pro/Amplifiers/MXF1200D.htm Nice amp but over budget!If you can source a Chevin research A300 amp, they are nice, 1U and run coolly. They seem to be out of production now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemeftv Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 You could try the w audio amplifiers from prolight they seem to be the best price for watts. in a 1u housing with XLRs and speakons hopefully that helps graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&L Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 CPC are or were very recently doing a pulse 1u switch mode amp. no idea of the quality of the pulse amps tho' I assume they are another chinese unit badged. I looked at it recently for a monitor amp (300w a channel at 8 ohm I think). £130 plus VAT I recall. In the end I picked up a factory refurbished 2u IMG unit (it was only for back up anyway) for £50 ish...bloody heavy tho. kind of wishing I had picked up a switch mode instead....I can Highly recommend Behringer's EPQ units, light ish and crystal clear - I picked up and EPQ 2000 recently based on chatter here and am impressed. read the web site data carefully tho for their true performance and even then in the real world the data feels a little optimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilflet Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 You could try the w audio amplifiers from prolight they seem to be the best price for watts. in a 1u housing with XLRs and speakons hopefully that helps graeme Iv got one of the smaller ones of these running some small speakers, reliability seems ok so far- only light use but its been 4 years. One thing I will say: put some tape over the blue led, its the brightest thing iv ever seen on sound gear ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppy68 Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hi all there is a Phonic 500/ 240w 1u power amp on eBay for £80 buy it now is this enough to do the job on my ev sx80 cheers for all your replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.cam108 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hi all there is a Phonic 500/ 240w 1u power amp on eBay for £80 buy it now is this enough to do the job on my ev sx80 cheers for all your replies I was going to suggest the Phonic Max500 - http://www.thomann.de/gb/phonic_ph_max_500.htm We use a couple of them for foldback in the church. However, it will out put out 90W into 8ohm a side and you did ask for 175W in your first post. For DJ monitors, it may be enough - I've seen some stupidly loud DJ monitors in the past however. Colin C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I've found 4kW to be lacking for DJ mons before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilflet Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I've found 4kW to be lacking for DJ mons before... I think they may be thinking a bit smaller scale than you are.off topic a bit but the thing with DJ monitors like that (think decent side-fills but about 20ft nearer to the ear than theyd normally be) nothing ever seems loud enough again, and unless the DJ is wearing earplugs they'll pretty soon want/need more to seem loud enough again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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