Technical Pro amps

[caleb]

I have been looking for a budget power amp that is 4ohm stable bridged. I would be pushing a Titanic MKII 10" for HT use. I began to consider using a "pro" amp after the plate amp I was using failed. The Behringer Europower 1500 brought me to consider "pro" amplification. A friend had 4 10" Ascendant Audio Assassin subs pushed by a Behringer. I was not impress by the subs SQ but the amp could push them way past there limits.

I came across these on ebay and wonder if anyone here has used them.

I prefer component amplification to a plate amp. Some day I may want to drive some infinite baffle subs. A separate power amp will provide me with the flexibility to do this.

[Paul O]

They're JUNK, won't produce the rated power in stereo and certainly are not 4 ohm bridged stable. On a budget you won't do better than the Berry new, but if you were to find a used QSC RMX1850HD then you'ld have something that would run indefinitely bridged into 4 ohms.

[fgelinas]

I currently own 3 EP1500 and had other Behringer in the past. All 3 of them are working perfectly in different situation (Pro sound, home theater, electric bass amplification, etc...). I had an EP2500 that caught fire after 2 hours, in the middle of a show. I replaced it with a EP1500 and the perceived loudness was quite close.

I'd say, if you are really on a budget, get a used EP1500 for real cheap through eBay.

[envisionelec]

I had an EP2500 that caught fire after 2 hours, in the middle of a show.

Behringer's always the better deal.

[caleb]

Thanks for the input. I followed quite a few amps on ebay. I bid low on a Mackie m1400 and what do you know I won it. So far so good. The only thing I want to change is the loud cooling fan. I am not sure what rpm it spins @ but its about 35db loud. I think I could replace it with a quite case fan. Is there any reason I couldn't?

[WmAx]

Sorry to hear about your fireworks amp ... LOL... but to be fair.... that is the 1st time I have ever heard of that failure type on that model.

In regards to performance, the Ep2500 is measured to perform better in every single regard (by a 3rd party , Chasw98 on AVS) as compared to the 'legendary' Crown K2 which has similar factory specs to the EP2500. And, it is indeed 2 ohm stereo stable, 4 Ohm bridged stable. In cases where it (is claimed) switched off when said load was used, I would suggest actually measuring the true impedance of said loads. I suspect that they were actually considerably under this range. The unit works fine to power '3 Ohm' JL W7 subs bridged and I have other friend that uses several Ep2500 units at low impedance loads for PA systems - and they perform fine.

I have 6 pro amps, most are Yamaha and Crown amps, but I do have one Behringer (an EP2500), and I can't find any fault with it, myself. It's build quality appears to be very high and it's performance has been superb so far.

-Chris