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Egnater / Randall Modular Amps
First gig with MTS....amp died 10 minutes in.
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<blockquote data-quote="Jaded Faith" data-source="post: 131338" data-attributes="member: 1068"><p>This is one of the most misunderstood topics regarding amps out there. Wattage is a measure of electrical power. Most people NEVER approach using the quantities of horsepower under the hood of any amp, certainly not for a sustained period of time.</p><p></p><p>If you blew speakers, it's typically the result of a MASSIVE transient peak forcing over excursion and not at all related to the wattage of your amp. My suspect is a fracture in you Master Volume pot based on all the info you posted below. Until it's replaced, you are subject to experiencing it again.</p><p></p><p>True story to illustrate the above point:</p><p></p><p>In 2010 my band was heading a Friday night gig at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The Stage Manager thought he was lending me a hand at load in by rolling in my Mesa Vert 2x12 for me. My pedal board was on top and took a dive right next to the stage. I didn't notice one of the patch cables had come slightly unplugged, neither visually or sonically.</p><p></p><p>About 50 minutes into our hour set, there was a thunderous crackle emitted from my cab. Sure enough, the subwoofers under the stage were directly under my pedals and it had shaken the patch cable out. The transient spike it caused forced my 50 watt head (only on about 11:00, which might be around 25 watts of output) to blow one of the to Celestion G12-K100's in my cab.</p><p></p><p>There you have an amp putting out around 25 watts blowing a 100 watt speaker in a cab that had 2 inside. It's the only blown speaker I have ever experienced in 17 years of active gigging.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaded Faith, post: 131338, member: 1068"] This is one of the most misunderstood topics regarding amps out there. Wattage is a measure of electrical power. Most people NEVER approach using the quantities of horsepower under the hood of any amp, certainly not for a sustained period of time. If you blew speakers, it's typically the result of a MASSIVE transient peak forcing over excursion and not at all related to the wattage of your amp. My suspect is a fracture in you Master Volume pot based on all the info you posted below. Until it's replaced, you are subject to experiencing it again. True story to illustrate the above point: In 2010 my band was heading a Friday night gig at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The Stage Manager thought he was lending me a hand at load in by rolling in my Mesa Vert 2x12 for me. My pedal board was on top and took a dive right next to the stage. I didn't notice one of the patch cables had come slightly unplugged, neither visually or sonically. About 50 minutes into our hour set, there was a thunderous crackle emitted from my cab. Sure enough, the subwoofers under the stage were directly under my pedals and it had shaken the patch cable out. The transient spike it caused forced my 50 watt head (only on about 11:00, which might be around 25 watts of output) to blow one of the to Celestion G12-K100's in my cab. There you have an amp putting out around 25 watts blowing a 100 watt speaker in a cab that had 2 inside. It's the only blown speaker I have ever experienced in 17 years of active gigging. [/QUOTE]
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