btw I dont know a lot about amps either and as I want to buy one as well, I have to get one that matches my speakers impedance, but how do I know what my speakers impedance is? I have no idea so is there any way of telling?

yes it should say something like 2, 4 or 8 ohms (might be a lill ohm sign instead of the word) on the back of the speaker..it's usually placed close to where the jacks are on it.

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please elaborate..
I know about the simbol, etc.. what happens when they dont match?
I thought u could adjust amp to go 1, 2, 4, 8, etc..

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Originally posted by MekTek yes it should say something like 2, 4 or 8 ohms (might be a lill ohm sign instead of the word) on the back of the speaker..it's usually placed close to where the jacks are on it.

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Originally posted by MERiDiAN5i2 http://www.djtronix.com/crownxls202.html ok.. i know the price there is $249, but the shipping is no charge - im sure the amp is kinda heavy... so if 123dj.com wants more than $20 to ship it, you'd do better at djtronix.com - i purchased a mixer from these guys and they had to back order it (the RM3S when it just came out) and they sent it to me 2nd day air at no charge (yup.. totally free) because of the wait from stanton. so i had a good experience with them... good luck.. and let us know how ya like the XLS202 -mer

Yo man, I thought I would let you and everyone else that has viewed this thread know that I got the Crown XLS-202 at www.musiccenterinc.com They have a price guarantee on all products that you find on the Internet, and not only do they match it, but they BEAT IT!!!! I found the Crown amp at www.123dj.com for $229 (it's "Blowout week" or whatever), so I called Music Center Inc's phone number and told them to beat that price, and he offered it to me for freaking $219.00. Not only that, but they are having a special where any order over $150 is free shipping through UPS. I'm telling you guys, you can't beat it with a stick. Go get 'em!!!!

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Originally posted by ne1seenmykeys Yo man, I thought I would let you and everyone else that has viewed this thread know that I got the Crown XLS-202 at www.musiccenterinc.com They have a price guarantee on all products that you find on the Internet, and not only do they match it, but they BEAT IT!!!! I found the Crown amp at www.123dj.com for $229 (it's "Blowout week" or whatever), so I called Music Center Inc's phone number and told them to beat that price, and he offered it to me for freaking $219.00. Not only that, but they are having a special where any order over $150 is free shipping through UPS. I'm telling you guys, you can't beat it with a stick. Go get 'em!!!!

No matter what place you go to , you can negociate!
That's a very common thing to do in the music equipement stores ...... now it doesn't garantie you'll get the equipement as cheap as you mentionned but it's always good to know that one not hesitate to negociate in music stores! It's common practice!

The Story about the Ohms

Ohm is the value for the resistance of a speaker. You don't adjust your amp for it, if the resistance is lower your amp puts more power into your speakers. Compare it with cycling on an mountain: If you're cycling to the top, the resistance is quite high, so your speed will be low. If you're cycling downhill, the resistance is lower, so you will have a quite high speed. Your amps owners manual will show you the minimal resistance a speaker (or more speakers wired up parallel) needs to have. Your amps power supply can only deliver a certain amount of power, so if you have a really low resistance you could f*ck up your amp. The most amps can handle a 2 to 4 ohm load as minimum (the more expensive your amp, the lower minimum load). The JBL speaker would probobly have a resistance of 4 or 8 ohm, so you can wire them up to almost every amp. But be carefully when you use more speakers parallel, the total resistance will drop (see your physics for that). One 8 ohm speaker has a total resistance of 8 ohm (amazing!!!), two 8 ohm speakers have a total resistance of 4 ohm, and four 8 ohm speakers have a total resistance of 2 ohm.

If you need to know more, ask me, but it may take some time before i respond.... I am at Crete for the next 15 days

Greetz Maarten

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