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JonnyBoy wrote:Really try and scour the Earth for an MC100. I think you will be happiest with that. A MC2100 is basically 2 MC100's but much more weight. An MC250 will suffice too, but if you find you need more wattage from bridge/mono, you'll have to rewire the speaker terminal on stage. I preferred to run it in stereo 50 watts per speaker and it was pretty loud, but I could see me needing a little more outdoors. I know I have enough no matter what with the MC100 though.... Good luck!!+1
JonnyBoy wrote:Really try and scour the Earth for an MC100. I think you will be happiest with that. A MC2100 is basically 2 MC100's but much more weight. An MC250 will suffice too, but if you find you need more wattage from bridge/mono, you'll have to rewire the speaker terminal on stage. I preferred to run it in stereo 50 watts per speaker and it was pretty loud, but I could see me needing a little more outdoors. I know I have enough no matter what with the MC100 though.... Good luck!!Aren't you getting the same wattage to 2 speakers if you run the MC250 in stereo (1 channel/speaker) as you would if you bridged mono and had both speakers wired in parallel and hooked up to the mono? Or were you just referring to if you were using only 1 speaker on the MC250?
TRG wrote:JonnyBoy wrote:Really try and scour the Earth for an MC100. I think you will be happiest with that. A MC2100 is basically 2 MC100's but much more weight. An MC250 will suffice too, but if you find you need more wattage from bridge/mono, you'll have to rewire the speaker terminal on stage. I preferred to run it in stereo 50 watts per speaker and it was pretty loud, but I could see me needing a little more outdoors. I know I have enough no matter what with the MC100 though.... Good luck!!Aren't you getting the same wattage to 2 speakers if you run the MC250 in stereo (1 channel/speaker) as you would if you bridged mono and had both speakers wired in parallel and hooked up to the mono? Or were you just referring to if you were using only 1 speaker on the MC250?
- I'm now thinking the MC250 would be enough - they seem relatively available and not too expensive.
JonnyBoy wrote:Interesting, thanks for the reply!TRG wrote:JonnyBoy wrote:Really try and scour the Earth for an MC100. I think you will be happiest with that. A MC2100 is basically 2 MC100's but much more weight. An MC250 will suffice too, but if you find you need more wattage from bridge/mono, you'll have to rewire the speaker terminal on stage. I preferred to run it in stereo 50 watts per speaker and it was pretty loud, but I could see me needing a little more outdoors. I know I have enough no matter what with the MC100 though.... Good luck!!Aren't you getting the same wattage to 2 speakers if you run the MC250 in stereo (1 channel/speaker) as you would if you bridged mono and had both speakers wired in parallel and hooked up to the mono? Or were you just referring to if you were using only 1 speaker on the MC250?
Yes but no. You can individually power each speaker which is nice. So, you can crank the top speaker that isn't mic'd for stage volume and turn down the speaker that is going to the board, or vise versa. I think you can get a little "louder" hooking both into parallel and going bridged, but it still is debatable. I think the signal in the amp has a little more headroom and the speakers in parallel drops the ohm rating to give you a little power boost, even though there is an autoformer that is supposed to give you an even signal depending on the tap you choose... I still think you can get more headroom going bridged mono. I haven't used my MC250 in a long while though, I have been using my MC100 when I use my mac setup, so I don't really remember.
tcsned wrote:I was concerned that 100w wouldn't cut it for some of our louder shows since I've been using the 80w Mosvalve and have had to set it at 8 or so when the crowd gets a little wild.No way. A 100W McIntosh is not equivalent to other solid state amp ratings. They rate their amps VERY conservatively. A 100W McIntosh is closer to 150W before any distortion.
mijknahs wrote:Thanks Jim, I think you guys are right a MC250 or 100 sounds like more than enough. Now that I seem to have my Lexicon under control again the 80w Mosvalve sounds a lot stronger. Now all I have to do is be patient for the right onetcsned wrote:I was concerned that 100w wouldn't cut it for some of our louder shows since I've been using the 80w Mosvalve and have had to set it at 8 or so when the crowd gets a little wild.No way. A 100W McIntosh is not equivalent to other solid state amp ratings. They rate their amps VERY conservatively. A 100W McIntosh is closer to 150W before any distortion.
