Amp Choice for Martin H2

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   Recently acquired 4 Martin H2 cabs and planning to run a pair per side on top of of dual 18'' reflex bins. Running the cabs in passive mode it's around 360 @ 8 ohm per cab, i have the following amps spare which i can use but have following issues

1) EV P1250  - provides 550@4  so it might be slightly under power
2) Yamaha XP7000 - provides 1100@4 might be too much for the cabs

I had a QSC RMX 2450 which i recently sold which would have been an ideal choice i think, what you guys think of the above 2 or should i go for something different.

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yodominic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 18 December 2008 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 749	Post Options Post Reply Quote yodominic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Amp Choice for Martin H2 Posted: 11 September 2009 at 11:57am
	Recently acquired 4 Martin H2 cabs and planning to run a pair per side on top of of dual 18'' reflex bins. Running the cabs in passive mode it's around 360 @ 8 ohm per cab, i have the following amps spare which i can use but have following issues 1) EV P1250 - provides 550@4 so it might be slightly under power 2) Yamaha XP7000 - provides 1100@4 might be too much for the cabs I had a QSC RMX 2450 which i recently sold which would have been an ideal choice i think, what you guys think of the above 2 or should i go for something different.

jonnyhonda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 20 January 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote jonnyhonda Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 September 2009 at 11:29pm
	Wouldn't worry about the yamaha, just don't spank it too much.....

Cyklist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 14 December 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 711	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cyklist Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 September 2009 at 10:30am
	I use a crest ca9 and sometimes a macrotech 2400 on my 4.
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yodominic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 18 December 2008 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 749	Post Options Post Reply Quote yodominic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 September 2009 at 2:48pm
	Ideally something like CA9 or 2400 would have been perfect, i also sold my QSC RMX 2450 which would have been similar to these two. When i stack the 2 H2s on top the reflex bins do they need to be tied to stop them slipping?

Cyklist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 14 December 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 711	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cyklist Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 September 2009 at 2:59pm
	for safety ya as reflex bins can get fairly bouncy, i prefer to have the reflex bin horizontal and a hollow box (purpose built) on top so i can put the h2's beside each other to get wider dispersion and not point comps/mids at ear level.
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