Recommend 3-way Plate Amp for Active Center Channel

[eriksquires]

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has used and has comments on a plate amplifier with built in DSP capabilities with 3 built in channels. So far I've found:

• Hypex FA 253
• Marani PDA530P/F

miniDSP has a couple of ICEpower based plate amps but with a maximum of 2 channels but I really don't want to build a hybrid passive/active. Same for Dayton audio AFAIK.

Requirements:

• 3 amplifier channels
• 100 w/channel or more
• Delay per channel
• LR/4 crossover slopes
• The usual PEQ capabilities of peak/dip filters, shelving, etc.
• Level control in 0.1 dB increments of each channel

Am I missing another good 3-way plate amp? Are either of these too hard to use?

Best,

Erik

 

[YSDR]

+1 for the FA253. Hypex DSP programming may not the easiest for a beginner, but really is not that hard if you are used to it. Top stuff, if you don't need FIR filtering.

 

[eriksquires]

Thanks @YSDR !

Do you have a good US source? I've been looking at the pricing, Madisound is charging a $200 premium over Hypex online.

 

[Tenson]

I was going to ask this exact question, so want to give this thread a bump.

Any 3-way plate amps on the market? I would be happy with 50watts for the woofer and 25watts for mid and tweeter (so 100watts per speaker). Speakers are going to be about 88dB sensitive.

Thank you!