hi everyone
really appreciate the thorough discussion of this amp in a different forum and I apologize if this is out of line. I have this amp and have been happy with it. But I have a power level and config question. I'm driving 6 200watt speakers around my pool. channel 1-2 are going into the first pair as non-bridged (8 ohm load). channels 3-4 are driving the lefts of the final 4 speakers (bridged and 4ohm load) and channels 5-6 are driving the right side of the final 4 speakers (bridged and 4ohm). I have those last 4 channels level turned down to about 50%.
It sounds really good but when volume is turned up to 100% the power level led on channels 1-2 is pretty solid red while on channels 3-6 the led levels never leave the blue. I have plenty of ventilation around the amp and I've never felt it get hot and we typically do not listen to the music at 100%. I kind of want to redo the bridged channels and make them non-bridged but not sure if having the amp drive in the yellow or red for any length of time is bad for it on this particular amp.
Also, not sure how to setup my 6 speakers so that the amp is not over driven.
Any help appreciated!
really appreciate the thorough discussion of this amp in a different forum and I apologize if this is out of line. I have this amp and have been happy with it. But I have a power level and config question. I'm driving 6 200watt speakers around my pool. channel 1-2 are going into the first pair as non-bridged (8 ohm load). channels 3-4 are driving the lefts of the final 4 speakers (bridged and 4ohm load) and channels 5-6 are driving the right side of the final 4 speakers (bridged and 4ohm). I have those last 4 channels level turned down to about 50%.
It sounds really good but when volume is turned up to 100% the power level led on channels 1-2 is pretty solid red while on channels 3-6 the led levels never leave the blue. I have plenty of ventilation around the amp and I've never felt it get hot and we typically do not listen to the music at 100%. I kind of want to redo the bridged channels and make them non-bridged but not sure if having the amp drive in the yellow or red for any length of time is bad for it on this particular amp.
Also, not sure how to setup my 6 speakers so that the amp is not over driven.
Any help appreciated!