Any idea of how much it would be to order the Camplifier 180 to Canada?
Hey, shipping is approx 27 Euro, plus the Camplifier which is 335 Euro. That is what Tilman told me a few weeks ago.
Any idea of how much it would be to order the Camplifier 180 to Canada?
Hey, shipping is approx 27 Euro, plus the Camplifier which is 335 Euro. That is what Tilman told me a few weeks ago.
I still have an interest in this product!
I'm just wondering....I have a 4x12 cab that is rated at 16 ohms.
Would the 180 be sufficient for this? I'm just wondering since it is a solid state power amp, if it's output would be the same as a 100W tube head?
Tube amps and solid state amps are two different things. The Camplifier 180 does 90 watts at 16 ohms. It might be okay for you but could be not enough power. Can you run your 4x12 as two 2x12 at 8 ohms? If so the Camplifier 360 should be the right thing for you. It has got twice the power of Camplifier 180. Which tube head and which 4x12 do you own?
At this point, I just have a 4 x12. I literally just got it. I ran the Kemper to the return of a Mesa Royal Atlantic amp and then into the cab. It sounded fabulous.
I have only had combo amps to this point.
I mean, it's not an issue to rewire the cab to stereo, but that may cause some separation issues with the stereo image which can be unpleasant sounding.
Do you have any other solution for me? I'd rather keep the cab as is and not modify it.
Without rewireing your cab I have no solution. Our only mono amplifier is the 180 and it does 180 watts at 8 ohms. It is not enough for a 4x12 that is minimum 200 watts at 16 ohms.
@ PBGas: you don't have to run a stereo signal in the rewired cab: you can just feed it with a dual mono signal as if it was a mono cab, so you'll have no issues with phase cancellations, exactly as if it were working mono. HTH.
@ PBGas: you don't have to run a stereo signal in the rewired cab: you can just feed it with a dual mono signal as if it was a mono cab, so you'll have no issues with phase cancellations, exactly as if it were working mono. HTH.
I never thought of that......interesting! That may be a solution as well.
thx for the idea, my friend!
Btw....my cab is one of the Marshall anniversary all hand wired units. It runs 120watts at 16ohms.
As long as you let your KPA output the same signal from both channels, the two 2x12 will receive... the same signal LOL. Of course you give up the stereo sound
You don't need dual input to run the cab in parallel mode, just the internal wiring.
So essentially just re-wire the cab in parallel as opposed to the series wiring it already has?
I'll have to open it up and take a look and then find a few diagrams on the net to see how to re-wire it if need be.
You don't need dual input to run the cab in parallel mode, just the internal wiring.
Uh... i thought the Camplifire was stereo-not bridgeable?
Right. The Camplifier 360 is not bridgeable. So you have to run 2 channels. If you set both KPA outputs to main mono, the problem is solved, ig you don't want to run your setup stereo.
Camplifire seems to be a fine thing but in the youtube video I have seen that we have to use 2 power cables for the two units (KPA and Camplifire). For later releases it would be very helpful that you build in a Power Send jack next to the power in jack on the Camplifire, to be able to bridge the 220V AC from the PowerAmp to the KPA. Same thong like the Tower PCs have to operate an Monitor with just one power outlet. Is important to save a power outlet in the rehersal roooms where always facing a lag of outlets.
Yeah, it might be possible to install a power out socket at the
Camplifiers panel and supply the KPA from it.
On the other hand - you
would need an additional cable from that out socket to the KPA and you would need a special cable for it. This kind
of cable is common in the Computer world, but not so much in the
musicians world, I would say.
It could be easier to use a 1 plug to 2 sockets Y- cable instead. You could plug it into the wall socket and
supply both, the KPA and the Camplifier with ony one cable.
We might add this to the accessories section of the www.kpa-solutions.com web site soon.
PBGas : Does your speaker cabinet have 2 x 1/4" input sockets or 1 only ? If two, the re-wiring to 2 x 8 ohms is quite easy. I could provide a sketch how to do that here on the forum if this would be of some help to you.
Tilman
Hi Tilman,
Thx for the reply. Mine is only 1 input jack on the back. I have to pull off the back to see what the ohms are on each speaker. I'm assuming they may be all 8 ohm speakers wired in series to 16 ohms.
To the Camplifier folks...is it a huge undertaking to offer customers a bridgeable version? From a sales standpoint, you give the consumer another option that makes the product even more desirable. I really like the design that you folks have put out.
Hi,
of course we would like to offer a mono version with higher power output to 16 ohms cabinets. Since the space for the installation of an add on amplifier module at the back of the KPA is very limited and fixed, I do not see a possibility at the moment. Sorry.
The Kemper folks can disassemble the whole KPA when they install their amplifier module, which will provide 300W into 16 ohms I think, without touching the warranty of the KPA.
This is something we can and will not do.
We offer amplifier modules that can be installed by the guitarist themselves in less than 5 minutes. There is aways a limitation somewhere in the real world .
Most likely your cabinet contains 4 x 16 ohms speakers . Two in series ( 16 ohms + 16 ohms = 32 ohms) parallel to the other two in series (32 ohms parallel 32 ohms = 16 ohms).
Tilman
All three versions are available. Fitting in ALL lunchbox KPAs! Happy eastern!
Camplifier series
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