TOA 900 Series amps... good or bad SQ?

[derekwwww]

Does anyone know if the 900 series of TOA amps (I have a TOA P-924 rated at 240Wx1 RMS) are any good for home audio? They are an amp made to run a bunch of speakers wired into a mono 4 ohm or 8 ohm load, or can also be used as a 70V system. I am curious how this amp would be to run some high quality in wall speakers? Or will this amp make my high quality speakers sound bad? I dont know if this amp has good enough SQ to be used for home audio and not audio throughout a building or school (how they are made to be used). Any help appreciated...

Thanks

 

[highfigh]

I have installed TOA amps but never for critical listening- it was always 70V in commercial and House of Worship applications. I would think they should work well enough but those applications are more for decent SQ and reliability than absolutely clean and clear sound. I do like the interchangeable modules, though. I'd like to see a lot more of that kind of thing for home theater.

 

[jamie2112]

I have a buddy who has about 20 of them he took out to install new ones. They are in mint condition only moved once. He also has a bunch of mixers and eqs in that series. All are rack mountable and they are just sitting if you are interested shhoot me a pm..

 

[Titaniumvoltage]

Toa amplifiers are generally used in studios, restraunts, and some audio for intercom systems. yes they could be nice for home audio if you have 2 of them because... there mono.
so you also need a splitter. Me, i noticed something about 900 series toa amplifiers. they are more watts then they say they are. i have a toa a-912mk2 amp. rated @ 120w at 4-8 ohms.
peak power: 560 watt. when really its not.... i used this 120 watt toa amp with a 1350 watt subwoofer at 4 ohms and the 120 watt toa amp fried it at 85% of power. so PLEASE be careful
what you plug in to that amp because who knows how much power the 240w version has... so i dont think these types of amps are measured in watts. actually it matters how much amps it has and the current one i have has 20 amps, thats equalivalent to about 2500 watts.... that reason being is because toa amps in general are made for over 30 speakers to be plugged in to the 70v channel if measure 2500/30 its pretty accurate to 85+ wattage, or lower amounts of wattage. Hope this helps Only 5 years later......