xenon rating question
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:42 pm
are the power ratings on the xenon mono amps at 2 and 1 ohm correct. or do they just not bother posting the true numbers.
xenon mono amps output the same amount of power with any load from 1-4 ohms due to a feature called xe.load. while the ouput is the same it's still better to stay away from the lower impedance loads as the amp will draw additional current. thus 4 ohm mono is the optimal load for the monoblocks.
xenon multi-channel amps also have this feature so that a single channel can handle 1-4 ohms. when you bridge two channels together the working range shifts up to 2-8 ohms. same current situation also applies so the optimal loads are 4 ohms stereo or 8 ohms bridged mono.