Pieter1267
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Hi,
I have a Quad 34 wich supplies power to its Quad 606 mki power amp through a switched connection. You can even hook up the Quad Tuner plugging it into the 606 so all units can be turned on or off with the Quad 34 switch.
Its made for a max of 6 amp so after measuring the power consumption of my D class PA amp (behringer inuke 6000dsp, wich supplies my Subs) and satisfied its consumption was well within the Quad 34s output limits (the quad 606 runs through a minidsp crossover anything from 100hz, and total consumption measured was 200 watts at peak - the Behringer didnt even get above 160 watts) I did some work and made a connector brick wich goes into the quad so as to have the behringer on the same switch.
Except a problem appeared. Whenever I turned off by clicking the switch on the quad 34, a loud pop came from the subs. So I turnd down the volume outputs but still, again a pop after switching off at the quad.
Then I took out the Behringer from that connector brick and plugged it into a dedicatde outlet that wasnt shared with anything. Then I turned on theBehringer. Then I took out the behringer plug in the socket. Again, a loud pop from the subs.
Digging on internet and some posts here I learned this behrnger, or a lot of high power subs, have some cirrcuitry that allows a delayed switching of, as so the amplifiers capacitators (correct me if im wrong) can bleed out their charge slowly. Thats why switching off with the button doe snot produce a pop. If you take out the plug from the powersocket whilst the amp is on, the amp cannot slowly bleed the caps and instead discharges fully, and that creates the pop noise.
I read some solutions, also here, for instance
- put a speaker selector/switch between the amp and the speakers, and just switch off the physical connection between the amp and the speakers, and then turn off the amplifier by removing the power plug from the socket.
I asked a few people and many warned me about that. Also I read most of these switches are not made for high output amplifiers.
My question to you, the community is: is it still wise/safe to buy such a speaker selector/switch, or even just DIY make a switch, and before turning off the amp, just break the connection with the amp?
Is there another solution to turn on and off the amp by remote?
I also figured, maybe I can open the Behringer PA amp and solder some wires to the on/off switch itself and then make a switch close where I want to be able to do those actions.
The reason for this is: I want to put the amplifier away, out of sight, in a cabinet or somewhere i cant access easely. And convenience.
Some people elsewhere said it might also be just a specific problem of Behringer amps.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance.
I have a Quad 34 wich supplies power to its Quad 606 mki power amp through a switched connection. You can even hook up the Quad Tuner plugging it into the 606 so all units can be turned on or off with the Quad 34 switch.
Its made for a max of 6 amp so after measuring the power consumption of my D class PA amp (behringer inuke 6000dsp, wich supplies my Subs) and satisfied its consumption was well within the Quad 34s output limits (the quad 606 runs through a minidsp crossover anything from 100hz, and total consumption measured was 200 watts at peak - the Behringer didnt even get above 160 watts) I did some work and made a connector brick wich goes into the quad so as to have the behringer on the same switch.
Except a problem appeared. Whenever I turned off by clicking the switch on the quad 34, a loud pop came from the subs. So I turnd down the volume outputs but still, again a pop after switching off at the quad.
Then I took out the Behringer from that connector brick and plugged it into a dedicatde outlet that wasnt shared with anything. Then I turned on theBehringer. Then I took out the behringer plug in the socket. Again, a loud pop from the subs.
Digging on internet and some posts here I learned this behrnger, or a lot of high power subs, have some cirrcuitry that allows a delayed switching of, as so the amplifiers capacitators (correct me if im wrong) can bleed out their charge slowly. Thats why switching off with the button doe snot produce a pop. If you take out the plug from the powersocket whilst the amp is on, the amp cannot slowly bleed the caps and instead discharges fully, and that creates the pop noise.
I read some solutions, also here, for instance
- put a speaker selector/switch between the amp and the speakers, and just switch off the physical connection between the amp and the speakers, and then turn off the amplifier by removing the power plug from the socket.
I asked a few people and many warned me about that. Also I read most of these switches are not made for high output amplifiers.
My question to you, the community is: is it still wise/safe to buy such a speaker selector/switch, or even just DIY make a switch, and before turning off the amp, just break the connection with the amp?
Is there another solution to turn on and off the amp by remote?
I also figured, maybe I can open the Behringer PA amp and solder some wires to the on/off switch itself and then make a switch close where I want to be able to do those actions.
The reason for this is: I want to put the amplifier away, out of sight, in a cabinet or somewhere i cant access easely. And convenience.
Some people elsewhere said it might also be just a specific problem of Behringer amps.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance.
