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[vroomy 10+ year member]

Any ppi gurus here can tell me what the true ouput of an A1200.2 art series amp is when bridged mono into 8ohms?? I know if we go the rule of thumb it should be half the output at 4ohms which would be 600w, but wondering in a real world test is it any better?

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[The Camry]

Any ppi gurus here can tell me what the true ouput of an A1200.2 art series amp is when bridged mono into 8ohms?? I know if we go the rule of thumb it should be half the output at 4ohms which would be 600w, but wondering in a real world test is it any better?

http://www.precisionpower.com/Manuals/Amplifier%20Manuals/Precision_Power_Art%20Series%20Axxx.2%20Amplifiers.pdf

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

im pretty sure they where rated close to spec with .005% thd

 

[vroomy 10+ year member]

Thanks for the manual link i already have that, but it has no power figures for bridged into 8ohm

 

[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

no one test amps at 8 ohm man it should be between 450-600 probably more like 500.. only way to know is wire it and clamp test..

 

[bigblank69 10+ year member]

Thanks for the manual link i already have that, but it has no power figures for bridged into 8ohm

Take the figures at stereo for 4 ohm and add them together. There is your 8ohm bridged value, which for that amp is 600W. Lots of people when doing dyno tests on a multichannel (4Ch) amp will do a 8ohm bridged test on both channels of the dyno to get the 4XWRMS value at 4ohm.

 

[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

Take the figures at stereo for 4 ohm and add them together. There is your 8ohm bridged value, which for that amp is 600W. Lots of people when doing dyno tests on a multichannel (4Ch) amp will do a 8ohm bridged test on both channels of the dyno to get the 4XWRMS value at 4ohm.

crap thats exactly right.. so yeah it should be 600..

 

[Forcefed2002]

Big fan here. Had an A1200.2 & had to sell. Was part of a trio with an A600.2 & A300.2 (which I still have)

Can't help with #'s but am curious in what you end up doing with it...cheers

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Why 8 ohms? Unless your running it in your house....I would worry about the 4 ohms or 2 ohms wattage.

 

[Forcefed2002]

Why 8 ohms? Unless your running it in your house....I would worry about the 4 ohms or 2 ohms wattage.

He was talking about 4 10's in a diff post, maybe that why?

 

[vroomy 10+ year member]

So what happened is i managed to swap my power hx2 15 with a friends t1d415 which works alot better in a smaller box going by rockford recommendations. Prob is i have this A1200 with a sub at either 2 or 8ohm load. Am trying to avoid spending excess money

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

He was talking about 4 10's in a diff post, maybe that why?

I had 4 10's in the past, so I can relate.....but was @ 2 ohm load.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Any ppi gurus here can tell me what the true ouput of an A1200.2 art series amp is when bridged mono into 8ohms?? I know if we go the rule of thumb it should be half the output at 4ohms which would be 600w, but wondering in a real world test is it any better?

Should be pretty honestly rated give or take 10%. I'd expect 600W and I think you'll be happy how an old schooler like that sounds and performs (stays cool) at 8 ohms bridged.

 

[Forcefed2002]

Agreed, they do sound nice & the .2's are the regulated version of the art series, so that's nice.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

So what happened is i managed to swap my power hx2 15 with a friends t1d415 which works alot better in a smaller box going by rockford recommendations. Prob is i have this A1200 with a sub at either 2 or 8ohm load. Am trying to avoid spending excess money

So run @2ohms mono bridged.That amp should put out some great power at 2 ohms mono/bridged mono.Just give it some air space underneath to keep some air circulation to help keep cool