NEW Dayton Audio Subwoofer Amplifiers with DSP
These seem like a somewhat new development and I haven't seen any discussion about them. Looks like they've been on the site for a few weeks but I hadn't seen it.
Shame they're priced pretty steep. Puts them in competition with miniDSP's PASCAL plate amps which I think I'd definitely prefer if I were in the market. They seem much more home-audio oriented though, which could make them attractive for some people. Still very cool to see new options.
These seem like a somewhat new development and I haven't seen any discussion about them. Looks like they've been on the site for a few weeks but I hadn't seen it.
Shame they're priced pretty steep. Puts them in competition with miniDSP's PASCAL plate amps which I think I'd definitely prefer if I were in the market. They seem much more home-audio oriented though, which could make them attractive for some people. Still very cool to see new options.
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I was wondering about these units as well. It looks like these are made by the same supplier used by SVS in some of their finished powered subwoofers.
My main concern about the Dayton units is the fan cooling...not a problem if the fans run on demand, but I would not want fans running all the time.
Gary Dahl
My main concern about the Dayton units is the fan cooling...not a problem if the fans run on demand, but I would not want fans running all the time.
Gary Dahl
Interesting but Pricey
Spent a few hours looking at them on PE's and Dayton's sites and the PDF's provided. A lot of nice features and they have balanced inputs but for my build I would need 4 which would be $3600 US + and I could probably get the same kick with 2 INuke6000DSP tucked away in the basement for $800 US+. For a build only needing 1 and not having a way to do in room measurements it may be viable.
One advantage with going outboard is if you do have a failure and amp is discontinued you don't have to improvise your cabinet. Second is the thought of all those solder joints getting banged around at hi spl.
Just my opinion.
Cheers
Derek
Spent a few hours looking at them on PE's and Dayton's sites and the PDF's provided. A lot of nice features and they have balanced inputs but for my build I would need 4 which would be $3600 US + and I could probably get the same kick with 2 INuke6000DSP tucked away in the basement for $800 US+. For a build only needing 1 and not having a way to do in room measurements it may be viable.
One advantage with going outboard is if you do have a failure and amp is discontinued you don't have to improvise your cabinet. Second is the thought of all those solder joints getting banged around at hi spl.
Just my opinion.
Cheers
Derek
Very pricy.
I bought a chinese one with dsp and self measured 800w @4ohm , 1100w @2Ohm. All test where done with 5 seconds sine waves at 50hz.
No fan to the outside, only one regulated fan on the power supply section.
Looks like the bigger one shown in the link, but without any labeling.
PCS-T - Englisch
The only thing that was a little bit surprising, it has a full working 3/4 channel DSP Sektion, which can be fully controlled, but the XLR-output on the plate amp is just straight through from the Input and can not be controlled via the DSP. It has three channels plus a Main-setting for the DSP.
But if you set a limiter at one of the channels the limit led will come earlier.
I looked at the DSP chipset , but there was no labeling on the ICs.
I asked the supplier for the price of the three channel amp, PCS-11XB - Englisch
and got no answer.
I bought a chinese one with dsp and self measured 800w @4ohm , 1100w @2Ohm. All test where done with 5 seconds sine waves at 50hz.
No fan to the outside, only one regulated fan on the power supply section.
Looks like the bigger one shown in the link, but without any labeling.
PCS-T - Englisch
The only thing that was a little bit surprising, it has a full working 3/4 channel DSP Sektion, which can be fully controlled, but the XLR-output on the plate amp is just straight through from the Input and can not be controlled via the DSP. It has three channels plus a Main-setting for the DSP.
But if you set a limiter at one of the channels the limit led will come earlier.
I looked at the DSP chipset , but there was no labeling on the ICs.
I asked the supplier for the price of the three channel amp, PCS-11XB - Englisch
and got no answer.
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