The top indicator light illuminates at 0 dB full scale and indicates limit (not clip), the third illuminates 6 dB below full scale, indicating the output power has hit 1/4 power. An increase of 5 dB at 20 Hz sounds twice as loud.
1/4 power is as little as 110 watts if the amp was driving a stereo 8 ohm load, or as much as 750 watts if the amp is bridged in to a 4 ohm load.
The amp has loads of internal DSP, there really is no reason to use any outboard "bump box". The extensive limiter features could allow you to get your sub sounding twice as loud without damage.
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Thank you. I've asked elsewhere about the lights and was told anything above the first few is too much, risking damage to amp, sub, etc. What they said didn't sound right as I knew the lights don't indicate clipping, but it's easier to call them that.
Yet incorrect and gives the wrong idea. They're signal lights. Seems easy enough to call them what they are ;^)
The iNukes are pretty good amps wrt DSP options. They're missing some options though that would make them just about perfect IMO.
One is the ability to sum the two input channels when in BIAMP1 or BIAMP2 mode, and perhaps even offer a SUMMED-MONO mode, At the moment the only way you can get the DSP to sum the channels is by setting the amp to BRIDGED mode.
The other is providing a LINE-OUT option, so you could use a DSP'd signal to drive one or more downstream non-DSP iNuke amps. Or even a pass-through option so multiple iNuke amps in a rack don't need to have separate input feeds.
Another factoid that might be of use to anyone using these amps - the iNuke 3000DSP consumes at least 28W (measured with my wattmeter) when on and idle, which isn't bad at all.
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