Brick_top said:Will it give me aproximately the power of a 100watt tube amp?
Brick_top said:Will it give me aproximately the power of a 100watt tube amp?
Sixstring said:Brick_top said:Will it give me aproximately the power of a 100watt tube amp?
The general rule of thumb is with SS power you need 5 times the power rating to achive the (head room) of a 100 watt tube head. So going by that rule you would want to use 500 wats of power. The SLA-2 Bridged would give you this. The GX series amps are not bridgable so the GX5 would be the better choise with the QSC
Brick_top said:So if for example I buy a QSC GX3 which is rated for:
2x 500W/4ohm, 2x 350W/8ohm
And since my cab is 4ohm/16ohm - mono or 8ohm - Stereo
I would probably have enough power right?
Brick_top said:what about sound quality and noise?
Which is better ART Sla-2 or QSC GX3?
Fat Albert said:I use a ART SLA2 into my 1960A, and it can go as loud as my 6505+ (120 watt) head does at show volume in a loud rock band setting, with a small bit of headroom left to spare.
Brick_top said:[quote="Fat Albert":2wwfz47b]I use a ART SLA2 into my 1960A, and it can go as loud as my 6505+ (120 watt) head does at show volume in a loud rock band setting, with a small bit of headroom left to spare.
Sixstring said:An SLA-2 in bridged mode into your 1960 cab will be plenty... trust me.
tubetonez said:Sixstring said:An SLA-2 in bridged mode into your 1960 cab will be plenty... trust me.
Do keep in mind that this amp cannot run bridged into a 4 ohm load, so the cab would need to be set for 16 ohm mono. In which case, it will get exactly as much power as when running the amp in stereo with the cab in 8 ohm stereo mode. So bridged mode alone doesn't offer any power advantage in this case, the only advantage would be plugging in one speaker cable vs two. Personally I would run it in stereo to get some spread in the FX, even if you run mono to FOH.