Will a Behringer EUROPOWER PMP1000 work with my speakers?

Question

Hey everyone!

I am a sound tech for a christian fellowship group at my college, and I was asked to look into a new powered mixer for the large group meetings. Right now we are borrowing a ~400 watt stage mixer like the Behringer EUROPOWER PMP2000. (I don't remember the exact wattage of the mixer off the top of my head)

I was looking around to replace it with a FOH mixer, like the 500 watt Behringer EUROPOWER PMP1000. I've been working with sound mixing boards for 4 years now, so I know my way around a premade setup. However, I don't have experience with the more technical aspects of impedance and such between a speaker and an amplifier. (never had to worry if speaker X and Y would work with amp Z)

We have two sets of speakers. One set is a pair of speakers from the AudioChoice by SoundTech C100 package. They have a label on the back that says:

Power Handling:
75 Watts Continuous
150 Watts Program
Impedance: 8 Ohms

The other set of speakers are some old Peavey speakers. Guessing they are also rated with an impedance of 8 Ohm. (pure guess based on how the 2 sets of speakers react on the same amplifier)

I've linked to the user manual for the powered mixer in question:
http://www.behringer.com/assets/PMP1000_PMP4000_PMP6000_P0566_M_EN.pdf

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

The PMP 1000 is rated at 90 watts/channel into 8 Ohms. I don't have any issues with Behringer except that they are more in the budget price range, so I would personally choose a mid-range brand like Peavey or Yamaha. Generally sound people recommend the amplifier to be twice the power of the speaker it drives, that way the amp is much safer from clipping, something that can damage speakers if they draw too much current from an amplifier that is not powerful enough.



So I'd recommend an amp with a continuous output of 150W/Channel for the 75 watt speakers.

Can you find out the power of the Peaveys ? If they take more than 75 watts, then I would double their power and use that figure as your bottom line for what an amplifier delivers continuous into 8 Ohms per channel.

150 watts/channel IS more than your AudioChoice speakers need, but if you compare speakers to cars travelling at, say 70 mph. A low-powered amp is like a mini engine flat out, a high-powered amp is like a Rolls-Royce engine that is operating at less than half power. A big amp runs cooler and lasts much longer.

Bear in mind these are just my recommendations. The Behringer will work ok with your 75 watt speakers, and you may not need anything like full volume anyway.

Answer 2

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Will a Behringer EUROPOWER PMP1000 work with my speakers?

Hey everyone!



I am a sound tech for a christian fellowship group at my college, and I was asked to look into a new powered mixer for the large group meetings. Right now we are borrowing a ~400 watt stage mixer like the Behringer EUROPOWER PMP2000. (I don't remember the exact wattage of the...

Answer 3

People get way too worried about power ratings.



That powered mixer can handle a 4 ohm load per channel - that means you can connect 4 eight ohm speakers total - two to each output. As long as you do not blast it at max volume, your speakers should be fine. It has speakon outputs, so you will need to buy or make some type of splitter cable for each output. A speakon to banana cable would work fine. Then get banana to 1/4 inch cables for your speakers.



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Bottom line...that mixer will work fine with your four speakers. The hard part will be the wiring.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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