Can I use a Dayton HPSA-1000 amp with my SpeakerCraft BassX-2 in-ceiling subwoofer ?

[WaltJohnson]

Hello All,

Can I use a Dayton HPSA-1000 subwoofer amp with my SpeakerCraft BassX-2 in-ceiling subwoofer? Here’s my situation. I was able to purchase a brand new SpeakerCraft BassX-2 in-ceiling subwoofer (without the BB2502 amp) CHEAP ($99.). So I needed a subwoofer amp to push it. I just purchased the Dayton HPSA 1000-R subwoofer amplifier online and it arrived today (also pretty cheap - $275.). I made a mistake and didn’t realize the Dayton was a mono amp. The SpeakerCraft BassX-2 is a dual driver (opposed in the enclosure) that is spec’ed for the SpeakerCraft BB2502 amplifier (also a 1000 watt sub amp, but I cannot find any other specs for that amp or subwoofer and my requests to SpeakerCraft via email have fallen on deaf ears).
The Dayton HPSA 1000-R pushes 512 watts into 8 ohms and 1000 watts into 4 ohms.
The SpeakerCraft BassX-2 subwoofer (in the box, unconnected) is reading 2.7 ohms at the terminal for each of the drivers. When I connect the drivers together to one speaker cable, they still read 2.7 ohms.
Can I connect the leads from the two SpeakerCraft subwoofer drivers together and run them to the single mono output on the Dayton amp or will they detonate/damage each other?
Please help! This was the last piece to the home theater and I am ready to install.
Thanks,
------Walt

 

[adwilk]

My guess is yes.... is there only one input terminal on the sub device? I know each driver will have one, but is there a single connection? I'd imagine it would work just fine.

 

[WaltJohnson]

Update: Use a Dayton HPSA-1000 amp with my SpeakerCraft BassX-2 in-ceiling subwoofer?

My guess is yes.... is there only one input terminal on the sub device? I know each driver will have one, but is there a single connection? I'd imagine it would work just fine.

The Dayton amp has just one speaker connection (a positive and a negative for speaker wire out). Each of the two drivers within the SpeakerCraft enclosure has a positive and a negative connection for speaker wire. I am envisioning connecting the positive of each driver together and the negative of each driver together to the Dayton amp.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I have been advised that the SpeakerCraft BB2502 amplifier for the BassX-2 subwoofer has 4 outputs (two positive and two negative). The outputs are in parallel. The amplifier is rated at 300 watts/channel at 8 ohms and 500 watts/channel at 4 ohms.

Will it work or will it damage either the drivers or the amplifier? It is not my area of expertise and I just don't know.

Thanks,
-----Walt

 

[lsiberian]

Hello All,

Can I use a Dayton HPSA-1000 subwoofer amp with my SpeakerCraft BassX-2 in-ceiling subwoofer? Here’s my situation. I was able to purchase a brand new SpeakerCraft BassX-2 in-ceiling subwoofer (without the BB2502 amp) CHEAP ($99.). So I needed a subwoofer amp to push it. I just purchased the Dayton HPSA 1000-R subwoofer amplifier online and it arrived today (also pretty cheap - $275.). I made a mistake and didn’t realize the Dayton was a mono amp. The SpeakerCraft BassX-2 is a dual driver (opposed in the enclosure) that is spec’ed for the SpeakerCraft BB2502 amplifier (also a 1000 watt sub amp, but I cannot find any other specs for that amp or subwoofer and my requests to SpeakerCraft via email have fallen on deaf ears).
The Dayton HPSA 1000-R pushes 512 watts into 8 ohms and 1000 watts into 4 ohms.
The SpeakerCraft BassX-2 subwoofer (in the box, unconnected) is reading 2.7 ohms at the terminal for each of the drivers. When I connect the drivers together to one speaker cable, they still read 2.7 ohms.
Can I connect the leads from the two SpeakerCraft subwoofer drivers together and run them to the single mono output on the Dayton amp or will they detonate/damage each other?
Please help! This was the last piece to the home theater and I am ready to install.
Thanks,
------Walt

For 275 you can get an EP2500. Return the amp and get a EP2500 instead. It's rock solid with plenty of power.