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                13 years 4 months ago                #18643
        by napalm
    
    
            
            
            
            
            
                                
    
                                                
    
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        hi i have a few questions
1,are 2 of these good enough to cover 3 ohm trs 218s
2,what is a good second hand price for them
3,on the website it say lf 400-550w @4 oms,mf-hf 200-550w @4ohms.but then says the nominal impedance is lf 8ohm and the ml-hf 8ohms.what would i be running them at so i can make a decision what amp to use
here is a link to the speakers in question
www.martin-audio.com/archivedproducts/da...s/EM186datasheet.pdf
    1,are 2 of these good enough to cover 3 ohm trs 218s
2,what is a good second hand price for them
3,on the website it say lf 400-550w @4 oms,mf-hf 200-550w @4ohms.but then says the nominal impedance is lf 8ohm and the ml-hf 8ohms.what would i be running them at so i can make a decision what amp to use
here is a link to the speakers in question
www.martin-audio.com/archivedproducts/da...s/EM186datasheet.pdf
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                13 years 4 months ago                #18650
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        Replied by chaudio on topic Re: martin audio speakers            
    
        These are the install versions of the Wavefront 3 cabinets.  They sound pretty good, dedicated midrange always helps.
It depends on what music you're playing but I don't think two is quite enough for three twin 18's. You should probably be looking at more of a 1:1 ratio. Are you looking to buy two for a mono stack or four for two stacks each of 3 218's?
The LF (15") is 8Ohms and the Mid-High is 16Ohms. They have given the recommended amplifiers at 4Ohms because that's how most amps are rated.
Personally if you were running two in parallel I would say you need around 1200W@4R for the low end. For the mid-high I would use a larger amp than they specify because it's best to have plenty of headroom on the mid-high. One way to do it is run the lows on Ch.A and the mid-high on Ch.B of the same amp.
I can't help you much on price I'm afraid.
            
    It depends on what music you're playing but I don't think two is quite enough for three twin 18's. You should probably be looking at more of a 1:1 ratio. Are you looking to buy two for a mono stack or four for two stacks each of 3 218's?
The LF (15") is 8Ohms and the Mid-High is 16Ohms. They have given the recommended amplifiers at 4Ohms because that's how most amps are rated.
Personally if you were running two in parallel I would say you need around 1200W@4R for the low end. For the mid-high I would use a larger amp than they specify because it's best to have plenty of headroom on the mid-high. One way to do it is run the lows on Ch.A and the mid-high on Ch.B of the same amp.
I can't help you much on price I'm afraid.
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                13 years 4 months ago                #18652
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        Replied by napalm on topic Re: martin audio speakers            
    
        No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configuration
is this a good price
    is this a good price
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                13 years 4 months ago                #18653
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        Replied by chaudio on topic Re: martin audio speakers            
    
        Given that they're on 'best offer' I suspect he's expecting to take a little less.  Last ones I saw advertised were for £500+VAT so essentially the same price but it's worth haggling.    
            
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                13 years 4 months ago                #18654
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        i take it thats 500+vat each.sorry to be dumb    
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