Dayton APA-150 questions

[ski2xblack]

Potential use is with a trio of JBL L20t in a sizable room. Nominal impedance 6 ohm, minimum 5.5 ohm. Considering three of the Dayton APA-150 amps, one for each speaker, but concerned about letting the magic smoke out when bridged into such a load. Mitigating factors: signal will be high passed; the amps are fan cooled, and reportedly the fans hardly ever activate under normal conditions.

I was hoping that someone here owned these (or the equivalent, discontinued EMO BPA-1) and could report how they fare when beaten upon. Has anyone put these to a proper torture test?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Hope you don't intend to bridge these APA-150 - they are not designed to work bridged at 6 Ohm and will likely burn quickly.

Imo you'd be better off using this - UPA-500 Five-Channel Power Amplifier | Emotiva Audio | High-end audio components for audiophiles and videophiles, spanning 2-channel music systems, as well as 5.1 and 7.1 home theaters. Products include multichannel amplifiers, stereo amplifiers, and
You'd get about 100W/channel all channel driven

 

[j_garcia]

Agree there - minimum impedance is 8 Ohms when running bridged for this unit, so I'd say that's risky.

 

[fuzz092888]

Why not just get a UPA-500 for less money?

 

[ski2xblack]

UPA500 is the obvious choice. I'll go with that.