QSC PLX3102 Power Amplifier
Item: QSPLX3102
The PLX2 series is a range of premium quality, high-power amplifiers designed for the most demanding live performance uses. PLX2 amplifiers combine light weight, superlative audio quality and proven QSC reliability. Weighing 21 pounds (9.5 kg), the PLX3102 is capable of providing plenty of clean, undistorted output to the most power hungry speaker systems as well as providing reference-quality playback.
The solid, cast-aluminum front panel of all PLX2 series amplifiers adds professional style to any rack while also acting as an integral I-beam, rigidly tying the chassis together for years of on-the-road reliability.
Additional mechanical touches such as the side stiffening rails, rear rack ears and cable tie anchor points attest to QSC's years of experience and attention to detail. QSC has even designed the integrated front handles so the amplifier slides into a rack without scraping the installer's fingers on the rack sides.
The PowerLight switchmode technology as featured in the QSC PLX3102 replaces a large, heavy AC transformer (typically 20 lbs. / 9 kg) with a highly efficient and lighter-weight active design. Conventional AC transformers provide 100 or 120 energy pulses per second, the PowerLight supply delivers 190,000 to 230,000 pulses per second. More pulses make it easier to provide on-demand power for the amplifier's output section. The power supply doesn't "sag" so bass notes stay full and powerful while the high end remains crisp and clean.
PLX2 audio power circuitry achieves performance normally associated with studio reference amplifiers. In order to reduce crossover distortion, precision bias tracking makes minute adjustments as amplifier temperature changes. The benefit is cleaner high-frequency and more consistent sound no matter how hard the amplifier is driven.
QSC PLX3102 Power Amplifier
Features:
- Register online for Free 6-year warranty upgrade
- Very light weight, 21 lbs/9.5 kg
- Cooling design exhausts hot air out the front, keeping the rack cool
- Flow-through heat sinks require no filters that could become clogged
- Front panel LED power, clip, -10 dB, and signal present indicators for system monitoring and troubleshooting
- Bridge and parallel mode LED indicators
- Speakon NL-4 output connectors provide a positive-locking speaker connection
- Ch 1 output uses all 4 wires for single-cable connection to bi-amplified speakers
- 21-position front-panel gain controls for precise, repeatable amplifier adjustment
- Balanced XLR inputs with parallel TRS connectors accommodate all common input connectors and support loop-through operation
- 100 Hz high pass and low pass filters for bi-amping subwoofer and satellite systems without the need for an external crossover
- Switchable/defeatable 33 Hz infrasonic filters protect woofers from over-excursion damage
- Switchable/defeatable clip limiters
Specifications:
Output power:
- Stereo mode, both channels driven:
- @ 8 ohms:
- 550 W per channel (FTC 20 Hz - 20 kHz 0.05% THD)
- 600 W per channel (EIA 1 kHz 0.1% THD)
- @ 4 ohms:
- 900 W (FTC 20 Hz - 20 kHz 0.05% THD)
- 1000 W (EIA 1 kHz 0.1% THD)
- @ 2 ohms:
- 1550 W (EIA 1 kHz 1% THD)
- Bridge mono mode:
- @ 8 ohms:
- 1900 W (20 Hz-20 kHz 0.1% THD)
- 2100 W (EIA 1 kHz 0.1% THD)
- @ 4 ohms:
- 3100 W (4 ohms (1 kHz 1% THD)