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a quickie about the JBL 1200.1

Old Dec 31, 2003 | 01:30 PM
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This is a mono amp, which means it puts out power onto one channel. If this is true, how come the amp has outputs for two speakers? (2+'s and 2-'s)
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Old Dec 31, 2003 | 01:55 PM
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paralelled internally? so if i hook up a 4ohm sub to each pair of outputs, the amp will see a 2ohm load?
Old Dec 31, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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Can you use four 8ohm subs ? That would be nice.
Old Dec 31, 2003 | 03:22 PM
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that you could, as long as them amp is 2 ohm stable.

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Old Dec 31, 2003 | 03:40 PM
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the amp is 1ohm stable but i think it is 2 ohm optimized correct?
Old Dec 31, 2003 | 05:57 PM
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Originally posted by DWVW:
It does the same power into 2 or 1 ohm. I would stick with 2 ohm personally.
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Old Dec 31, 2003 | 06:38 PM
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I'd run them at 1 ohm, they are very stable there. They put out a bit extra power there even.

We gained 1.0 dB's by loading them down to ½ ohm. They were ran daily like that for 2 months, ended up smoking some drivers, and still remained in immaculate condition.

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