How much drive can a single 2879 drive section safely handle and still put out nice clean sound?
It's in a 1 driving 4. All 2879 DEI pills.
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That would depend on the amp. You are going to need to adjust the radio's carrier power until the amp keys about 200 watts and it'll sound fine.
A single 2879 is too much drive for four 2879's (imo) so they typically swamp the drive. I think a Cobra29 is plenty for a 1 driving 4.
A Toshiba 2SC2879 is speced at 10 watts of drive max. IIRC. More will simply create more crap out unless the input is heavily swamped. With a single 2879 driving four there is far too much drive available to the final four if a clean signal is what you are after. If all you want is crunchy audio and swinging meters then 40 watts into a 1 X 4 will do the job.
If it was me, I would go with a straight 4 pill class B amp with that radio.
I'm using a 29 and straight 4 design, but I think he meant a straight 4 with the 55 ...... which would be fine as well.With the 29 or the 55?
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Either 1 but it would work nice with the 55.With the 29 or the 55?
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