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Amp suggestion for large 2-way Speakers

I'm looking for amp suggestions for a pair of large 2-way speakers.  They look like passive Augspurger style, with Speakon connectors on the rear (1 for high, and 1 for low).  If you could suggest a "budget friendly" route, and "best performance", that would be helpful.  Here are the specs for the drivers:

15 Inch Drivers, 4 ohms, AES Power handling 1400W, Maximum Power Handling 2800W, 40-2000 Hz

Horn Drivers 2 inch Throat, 8 ohms, AES Power above 0.9khz 100W, Maximum Power 200W  0.5-18 khz

jmusically
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chenry
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What are you using for crossovers?

jmusically OP
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Well, I'm not opposed to buying "used"... and browsing eBay, I see brands like Crown, Yamaha, QSC, etc, offer pretty high powered options for well below $1000... as low as few hundred dollars.  I would consider that "budget friendly".

For crossover, I don't have anything yet.  I notice some of these newer amps have built-in crossover, and DSP, etc.  Is it better to invest in a separate, standalone unit?  

 

grislybutter
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Is it better to invest in a separate, standalone unit?

By "invest" you mean better quality (best performance/value for the money), resale value, easier to upgrade, etc.? Usually the lower the price range, the more likely integrated will perform better.

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chenry
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I wanted to clarify above that you were interested in separate amps for your high and low transducers instead of using bi-wiring, where you would have a single amplifier per speaker pair but an active crossover separate from the one in the speaker placed after your amp. That would require two active crossovers, one for each speaker (complicated, makes me wonder why not go straight to Dirac or other room correction/DSP).

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