Been offered some BGW VX660's and 440's any good? |
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Roman
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Posted: 31 May 2019 at 5:05am |
I am building (4) quads. So 16 subs total. JBL 2245H drivers. If I get 4 VX660's for the subs then each VX660 is spec'd at 1050W at 4 Ohms. So 525W per driver with two drivers per channel. The JBL's are 8 Ohms. So 2 of them parallel os 4 Ohms.
These are 30Kg old amps. The guy selling them says he wouldn't go near these old heavy type amps because light weight amps are more efficient, lighter etc. Some people on speaker plans still vote for heavy older amps. I like the idea of old heavy amps. I am an inexperienced sound man. But I assume that with so many cones pushing air, I won't have to drive them very hard to get a big wave of smooth pillowy bass. Anyone know of these amps? Any good? I've never heard of them. Ok, I will shut up and google now.
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Digbethdave
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Depends on the box that's on the other end of the speaker cable
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Roman
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Ok, so I take it the amps are considered good. I am completely inexperienced with big power amps and their qualities.
I've got good speakers. Just need to make good cabinets and I should have something decent for people to dance to. There isn't much talk on the net about BGW amps, but the few comments seem positive. The BGW website dates the release of these VX660 and VX440 at 2002. The resulting sound probably also depends on what is fed into the amps. |
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Bams
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As far as i recall the BGW amps were mostly installed in cinemas and had their moment of fame in the 80's. A company over here in the netherlands is selling arond 200 of the performance 3 (2x800w@2ohm) at half the price of comparable touring brands (crest and so on) and seems not to sell one of them. so there has to be something odd about them when touring them. never heard or touched one tough..
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Digbethdave
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Probably a lack of spares. I've used 750's, GTA and GTB on many occasions
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