PPI Art Series Pro 50

[BOHICA 10+ year member]

I just got this amp from a friend and I know its suppose to be a good amp, but what is it that is so "good" about it... I dont really know anything about it, so any info on it will help.

Thank you,

Lance

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[Bake 10+ year member]

The Pro series amps were stable to one ohm, or two ohm bridged. It should do at least 400@2ohm mono.

 

[BOHICA 10+ year member]

Thank you for the info... But Right now I have it bridged at 1 ohm and I am not haveing any issues... Its not getting hot or anything... Is that not normal? If it is, any idea on how much it will puts out at 1 ohm mono?

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

Should be twice the 400, so around 800. I'm not super familiar with those amps though, so I'm not sure it is meant to be 1 ohm mono stable... I'd get a for sure answer before you leave it that way...

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Can you take a pic of it...

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

I have heard of guys running them down to 1/2ohm so you may be okay at 1ohm if you don't beat on it too hard. I didn't want to put that in my original post because I wouldn't want your amp to fry because I told you it would do it. It was rated at two ohms mono so anything below that may put your amp at risk of failure. If that is a risk you are willing to take, go for it.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I use to put my old MTX Terminators amps through some crazy abuse...they used the same board....

 

[Vermithrax 10+ year member]

If your question was what is so good about the Pro Arts compared to all other amps, the Art series in general were regarded as some of the best sound quality amps you could get. As has been pointed out, the diff. between the Art series and the Pro Arts was the stability at lower impedance loads.

 

[Vermithrax 10+ year member]

I use to put my old MTX Terminators amps through some crazy abuse...they used the same board....

Those were built by PPI for MTX. The Terminator MTA250 was almost identical to the Pro Art 50.

 

[BOHICA 10+ year member]

What did you want a pic of Louisiana?

And I have been neating the hell out of it and it doesnt get warm or anything... I dont know I just figured i would try it and see what happened and it worked... so i left it. I got the amp for free so it wasn't a loss to me.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

It won't do 800W at 1 ohm bridged. The power supply isn't stout enough for that.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

It won't do 800W at 1 ohm bridged. The power supply isn't stout enough for that.

You're right.

Precision Power ProArt 50

2 x 50W @ 4 ohm

2 x 100W @ 2 ohm

2 x 200W @ 1 ohm

1 x 200W @ 4 ohm bridged

2 x 400W @ 2 ohm bridged

Fuse: 60A Maxi-Fuse

Manufactured in 1996

http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/PPI_ProArt_50/