does anyone have an install manual for an art series a100 power amp, and does anyone know if its two ohm stable in mono? [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

 

anyone....anyone.... [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

 

Pssssssst email Directed, attn PPI tech, they will email you the manual. Been there done that many times, on ol skool stuff.

 

Art series will run 2 ohm mono, but will not make more power into it, in fact as I recall, it'll actually make less, atleast the .2 did and I think the original ones did too. They essentially had a "choke" on them to limit output and keep the smoke inside.

 

Yes, both the Axxxx and the Axxxx.2 series both do it.

2 ohm mono will yield 1/2 the power of 4 ohm mono. The power output is a pyramid centered on 4 ohm mono. So,


8 ohm mono = 50W
4 ohm mono = 100W
2 ohm mono = 50W
1 ohm mono = 25W
etc

Ted

[ October 30, 2004, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Ted Badiuk ]

 

Please do not run your Art Series amps @ 2 ohms mono. Yes it will do it but you'll be slowly killing it. PPI designed the amp to cut back on power instead of blowing components when the amp senses a low impdeance such as a dead short. PPI was nice enough to do this so you wouldn't damage anything, unfortunately too many people take it as "Sure it can run @ 2 ohms mono, watch".

The ONLY ONLY ONLY Art Series PPI amps that will SAFELY run at two ohms mono are ProMos and ProARt amps.