Just got a new amp. It's the Behringer iNUKE NU3000. This is a Class D "Digital amp". Video is 1st test with two 18" sub woofers and Peavey PV215. So far my test results are good with this amp.
I own a new Behringer NX6000. It is "rated" for 3,000w x 2 @ 4-ohms. RMS (real) power is about 2,100w per channel. It will dim the lights at full tilt on household circuits...but, still a Class D. I am using it for my subwoofer cabinet...best amp I have ever used. And I am old.
ok just did and thank you for the links. and you have been the best help i ever have gotten on the internet. Once again Thank You for all ur help and time
The amp is still kicking hard!!! Never had any issues over the past 1 year and 2 months. I know 3 DJs that DJ in my area with the same amp and they all love it.
Yeah Thanks for the quick reply. Between you and the firestorm's Video I'm sold. Just looking to lighten my load without losing the power. Thanks again and keep doing the videos. They're really helpful.
I read that same test result back in Oct 2011 just before I got this amp in Nov 2011. I agree with you..the price point and weight makes it a good purchase. Plus it really pushes my front firing 18 subs and my folded horn 18s very well. The past 7months this amp has given me excellent results. When I did my Zumba gig, the recording artist Dahrio Wonder said to me "man I go from state to state around the country and your bass is hittn hard & clean" that made me feel good about this amp :)
So far this amp is doing a great job. I have used it on just bout all of my gigs since Nov 2011 and it has never let me down. I know some don't like Behringer products but this thing is working excellent for what I use it for. Some say its over rated but I am not pushing it to the max...it gives me plenty of head room on my subs just fine. My Zumba gig I did with 600+ in a 25,000 sq foot room I ran this amp very hard & it pushed my folded horns hard for 4hrs non stop without any clipping.
I bought this amp in November after watching this review and firestorm record's, and man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used this bridged on two Peavey 18' LowRiders in a boxes tuned to 35hz, and this thing is RIDICULOUS chest pounding cant breathe properly bass. Just ordered another and hopefully will get couple NU6000s later on.
Cool Man!! I would get another one if mine were ever to down lol This amp is still rocking after 2yrs of use!!! If you hook em up correctly and not over drive it and treat it with care in a case and not store it outside in a shed or trailer then they will always perform lol most electronics shouldn't be kept out in a extreme hot or freezing trailer like some people do. Only military rated electronics can be stored in harsh environments and perform day in and out. Glad you like it :)
yeah, I have all my gear in road cases for the protection, but here in Barbados lowest it gets its 21deg C lol. I have the limiters in my Ultra Drive set to stop it from clipping, trying to save the speaks and amps from damage and spending unnecessarily.
your a cool guy :) like the music choice too! I have a VLP1500 which I'm not very happy with as it isn't very good at driving subs - I was wondering if you would recommend the NU3000 or NU6000 for my 18 inch Fi BL (car audio) which I'm using for a home theatre/Hi-Fi system - the sub does around 1500w RMS so the amp needs some oomph - thanks :)
Thanks I hope it helped you out. Still love this amp. Gig went well. I have pushed this amp for over 1 year without any problems. It runs my subs EXCELLENT!!!! I even pushed it very hard on my Zumba gig for 4hrs non stop. I know 7 DJs that have this same amp and they all love it. For what we use it for it is the best bang for the buck no questions asked.
Nice presentation. I'm picking up a couple of these soon as replacements for blown conventional amps so these videos are helping to convince me... I will be using one of them to power up a pair of JBL M series speakers, 1x15 600watt driver. I was using a 500 watt per side amp which wasn't doing the job at all so hoping this will drive them harder. My only concern is that they look a little Hi-Fi stylie but they will be flight cased before they hit the road so shouldn't be too much of a prob.
@WorldsDeepestBass Thanks man!! You may want to go with the nu6000 but I think the nu3000 will push one 18" if its 4ohms in bridge mode just fine. You may want to look at the specs on both amps before you decide.
Yes you can use a crossover for your subs with this NU3000 amp. The EP2000 has two 1/4 inputs and 2 XLR inputs. On the EP2000 you can plug your audio input to the 2 XLR inputs and use the 1/4 inputs as a "loop out" to feed another amp. I have done this plenty of times and Berhinger tech support said the inputs on the EP2000 are all in parallel for running multiple amps.
Thanks....nice review, and this combined with Firestorm's review have helped me. How did that party in December go that you talk about at the end? Still like this amp?
Thanks for the support!! When I ran the 215s on this amp I just kept the amp in stereo mode and didn't bridge it and it still pumped the 215s hard. Each 215 is 4ohms and if you bridge the amp it will be in 4ohms on 1 channel but two 215s in parallel will be 2ohms on the amp and I didn't want to try the amp on 2ohms lol So I kept the amp in stereo.
Thanks for your reviews, i have seen lots of them, the gobo projector, the PV215 speaker stands hack, the power supply, and i liked them a lot, please let me know if you have hooked up your PV215 one each chanel so it kicks them at 4 ohms in stereo? it´s supposed to be 880 watts and the Peaveys are 700 program 1400 Peak so it theoretically should drive them OK, the reason for my quesion is hat i just heard the PV215 driven by a QSC RMX1450a which is just about the same specs and they blew me away.
Cheers, is it best I put in in bridge mode, or just set to 4ohms? Thx responding . Your videos are ace!!! Like ur Dj setup - 3 laptops - insane lol - also, I'm gonna put my peaveys on stands :) you the man
First of all. great reviews. I have a pair of SP2G's and am thinking about buying a NU3000 to power them. Have you powered your SP2G's with the NU3000....what are your thoughts? If you did, did you go one speaker per channel, bridged,etc? Any info would be great.Thanks
Actually in the manual if i remember correctly, it sais that the amp draws from the mains 350W at 1/8 rated power with 2 ohms load (again, if i remember correctly). That means that at full blast, this amp draws a lot more power than 350W.
That is a good question but according to Berhinger tech support when I called them about this too...this amp does not have "loop out" connections for this. I wanted to do the same with this amp but instead I will use a "Y" XLR cable. That way I can plug this amp on 1 set of XLRs and 1 another amp on the 2nd set of XLRs. Then you can run 2 NU3000s.
The boxes were built by a friend years ago and the drivers that I have in them are Siesmic Audio New Madrid 18" and they pound hard. I have the same drivers in my 2 folded horns.
You are welcome. I know that lots of guys may not like this amp or some other Behringer amps and say it is over rated but when you think about it, it is not always about how much can it put out. Its how you hook up your gear, proper speaker placement etc. I know I will never push 2,000w or 3,000w to my 18"s subs because they will burn up. This amp is working great for my setup and has given me excellent results over the past 8 months. I have pushed this thing hard and it keeps going. Enjoy...
@EntertainmentEnzo So far so good. I don't know why people are having problems with this amp. I used it this past Saturday and pushed it hard with my two 18" subs for about 6hrs without any problems at all. Just all clean sound & no clipping. Pulls so little electricity to run. I don't know if people just don't know how to hook up PA gear or how to adjust audio for proper sound output. I have no complaints with this amp.
@deejaybustab okay thanks for the advice :) I think I will probably go for the nu6000 then because even though behringer are well known - I still don't think it'll put out rated power and I would like to be able to upgrade to a higher power 18 at some point! :D
@DannyFreeplay I have never used the internal crossover on this amp. I keep the amp on Full Range and always use the crossover on my EQ for my subs so I can adjust mid bass and low end bass. Then the amp will just amplify what my EQ puts out. If you switch the amp's crossover switch to low pass then you will just get all low end on the output I didn't read the info on the amp to know what frequency it will crossover at.
@SuperErin21 Yes you can connect both speakers to this amp in stereo (will give amp 8 ohm load) or parallel (will give amp 4 ohm load). You can blow your speakers if you don't manage your volume levels which goes for any amp. This amp should be able to drive 2 speakers @ 1000w each but I would hook them up in parallel if they are 4 ohms and bridge the amp to 4ohms with both speakers. That way the amp will put out more power to the set of speakers.
@bronxman84 It all depends on what size the event is. So far I have used my older Peavey SP2G speakers, My Peavey PV215 speakers and I have also used my two 18" subwoofers. You can use any kind of speakers you prefer as long as the speakers are connected correctly to the amp for stereo or bridge mode.
@SuperErin21 You may want to have 2 amps to run all 4 speakers. 2 speakers hooked up in parallel on 1 amp bridged to 4 ohms and the other amp do the same. As far for your mixer output...you can just run L and R outputs of the mixer to both inputs of the amp.
On the iNuke amps you plug your audio into Channel A and your output you use is Channel A. I had to call tech support when I 1st got this amp and ask them the same question. The tech told me they just didn't print this info in the instructions. But he also said that all Behringer amps including the old heavy amps it's always been ChA used. Hope this helps.
Looks like I'm gonna go with the iNuke 6000, I'll let ya know how it goes when I get it going, thanks for the input, by the way behringer has a new 4 channel inuke series amp coming out that will run the 215's and subs all with the same amp.Looks awsome.
@mikosuave808 With 1 or 2 8ohm speakers you can just plug them in with the normal stereo diagram which is in the amps documentation. If you have 2 8ohm speakers and you want to bridge the amp to 4ohms, you will need to hook both speakers up in parallel and the amp will see a 4ohm load. Then just plug 1 speaker cable from the speakers to the amps bridged output plug.
My PV215 speakers I run them with the American Audio VLP1500 or sometimes I use my Berhinger EP2000. The PV215s do not have a lot of deep bass so I just use them as my tops for all mids and highs. I always run them with my two 18" subs to give me the bottom end bass. If you run the PV215s I would recommend you run a set of subs with them.
@Kilmer1111 It depends on what you want to push with it. I would go with the nu3000 but the only thing I wish this amp had was the ability to run at 8 ohms. It only runs at 4 or 2 ohms according to the documentation. But it kicks hard and uses so little power to run. Most if not all new amps will be going to "class D" which are the new digital amps. The ep2000 is still a great amp but I like the lighter and less power requirements of the nu3000.
@mikosuave808 I looked at a photo of the speakers you have and it should not matter what XLR plug you use on the speaker. The speaker has 2 1/4 jacks and 2 XLR jacks. You can use either 1/4 jacks or XLR jacks to plug up to. You only need 1 XLR plug on the speaker. The other plug can be used for parallel hookup to another speaker. With parallel hookup you will only need 1 speaker cable to the amp because both 8ohm speakers will drop down to one 4ohm load for the amp.
So far so good!!! It pushes my 2 front firing 18"s in bridge mode at 4 ohms and I will push the hell out of my 2 folded horn 18"s in bridge mode at 4 ohms. Some don't like this amp because they all say it is over rated but for what I use it for it works excellent and I would get another one If I had to.
@deejaybustab ahh thanks man, i kinda wondered that, ive been savin up and decided on getting the pv115 but im split between the nu3000 and the Crown Xls2000. Thanks for letting us know itll run 8 ohms!
You will need to get a RCA to 1/4 connector or RCA to XLR. The RCA side connects to your Mixtrack and the 1/4 or XLR connect to the amp's side. But I would say to plug the mixtrak to a crossover or EQ then the crossover or EQ will plug to the amp. That way you can adjust your sound (Bass, mids, highs).
@nezff No not at all. The fan is very quiet compared to my EP2000. Now a few times I did crank the NU3000 hard on my 18" subs and the fan did rev up louder but it only spun up faster only when the bass hit and continued to hit for like 10 seconds non stop. But once the bass was lower or in between heavy bass notes, it spun down. Now this only happened when I pushed it VERY HARD to the point when my photos came down from my walls.
@Kilmer1111 Yes at 2 ohms it puts out 1500w to both channels. At 4 ohms it puts out 880w to both channels and you can bridge it and get 3000w at 4 ohms all on 1 channel. Others are now saying this amp can also put out 440w at 8 ohms to both channels but I have not tried it at 8 ohms yet.
@abc123gpl Yes I am pleased. I have to say that at first when I got this amp and I opened the box up and saw + felt how light it was I thought to myself there is no way this amp will sound that good. But after testing it and using it on a few gigs I am very impressed with Class D technology!
You know I never really tested the built in crossover to see how it really sounds on low freq or high freq. I have always used an external crossover just because you can adjust things on the fly. I may have to test it out and see how it sounds. I would still say to get an external crossover just because you can adjust more things like freq cutoff and db gains. The internal may just have 1 freq where it cuts off for bass and the same for highs..
@SuperErin21 With 4 speakers at 500w each and each is 8 ohm, if you were to hook all 4 up..ch1 with 2 speakers in parallel and ch2 with 2 speakers in parallel then that will give both channels on the amp a 4 ohm load. The amp will only put out 880w x 2 in stereo 4 ohm which I think is still less power than what you may need to drive all 4 speakers at once with only 1 amp. It may work but if you drive it hard it may not sound good.
Hello and thanks for the video, I have a question about the built in crossover. have you tested just the crossover? I see you can do one side for tops and the other side for subs. I was just wondering how much does the built in crossover filter out or would there be need for a external crossover if i was to purchase @ of this amps. Thanks
@pungeyman Well if you have two 8 ohm speakers like two 8 ohm subwoofers you can hook both speakers up in parallel and bridge the amp for 4 ohms and you will be good. That's how I have both of my 8 ohm subwoofers on this amp. But if you only have one 8 ohm speaker than I will use the ep2000 or another amp that can run at 8 ohms.
@kevinmcahill The amp which I am happy with running my subs now is the NU3000. The VLP1500 can't be bridged to run at 4 ohms, it can only be bridged and run at 8 ohms. I like running my subs in parallel which will give the amp a 4 ohm load. When I run my subs, I place them side by side so you can get the 3db of more sound from them. The VLP1500 is still a great amp and I still use it to run my PV215s.
I am also interested in the comparison to the VLP 1500. I see the specifications, but the question is which amp are you happy with to run the subs. I think the VLP1500 has loud fans and if the iNuke is cooler, quieter and sounds as good then I would go that way. Thanks!
I think you will be fine. As long as you get your PV215 speakers up a bit so they are not sitting on the floor...that way the sound from your tops will travel further in the room. If you sit the PV215s on the floor all of your sound will not travel because it will just go straight to the floor.
@jwolfmanc32 No prob man...Yeah this amp kicks out and is still hard to believe it is only 7 pounds! Makes you think its a DVD player or something when you go to pick it up LOL 1 note...At 2 ohms it draws 350w of electricity and at 4 ohms it only draws 170w of electricity. In the vid I said 300w at 4 ohms but at 4 ohms it is way less power draw. You could plug 2 or 3 in 1 circuit and still be way under 1,500w of electricity.
This amp never gets hot. It barely got a tad bit warmer than room temp when I pushed it hard at my Zumba gig. I ran it for 5 hours non stop very hard and the amp was barely warm to the touch. Even the air from the cooling fan was just barely warm.
@mikosuave808 You should be fine...just plug Ch:A output from your amp to 1 XLR plug on 1 speaker and plug Ch:B output from your amp to 1 XLR plug on the other speaker. It doesn't matter which XLR plug on the speaker you use. Hope this helps.
No prob about the questions cause that's how we all learn...It is very easy to set up the PV215s with the EP2000. Each speaker has a 1/4 jack on the back and as long as you have speaker cable that has 1/4 plugs on 1 end to plug to the speaker and the other end has banana plugs or speakon that can plug into the amp, you will be good to go.
I wish this amp had that option but it does not. To link this amp I have to use a "Y" XLR cable which comes out from my crossover or EQ. That way I can plug this amp on 1 set of XLRs and 1 another amp on the 2nd set of XLRs. Then you can run 2 amps from 1 input signal. I don't know why Behringer did not provide any loop out connections on this amp. But the Y XLR cable works fine for linking more than 1 amp.
Just an update. I ran the NU3000 tonight for about 8hrs at a party on one 18" subwoofer that is 8ohms. It performed great with this 1 speaker at 8ohms!! No clipping at all...just all clean sound. No heat build up at all. Not even warm to the touch. Of course I ran it without over driving anything LOL!
@TheGenehusky Have you had bad luck with this amp? So far I have used this amp on 3 gigs and it has worked flawlessly even on my two 18" subs when I pushed it hard for 3 hours at 4 ohms with heavy bass.
Hey Busta B I have a question. I have two 15" house speakers, they're 3-way: has 15" sub, 4" mid, and 2" tweeter, they're rated at 240 watts peak each and there 8 ohms. I'm getting a Crown XLS1000 amp, my question is, if I bridge the amp at 4ohm mono, could I wire both my speakers to the bridge? I guess what I'm asking is: will that just the amp due to powering 6 woofers? It puts out 1100watts 4ohm bridged. Please help! Thanks!
I noticed you've had this amp for a while, and i imagine you've been putting it through its paces.. Hows it holding up?? Im curious to know because of all the bad reviews ive read.
deejaybustab: Thank you for the great video! Am considering picking up an NU3000, but I have a question:I pull sound for BOTBs-type festivals. I use a Behringer EP2500 pushing eight 15" + 5X15 horns for Mains; I also run four separate Monitor channels, using two Behringer NU1000 amps to four or five 12" wedges.Have always run the Main amp from the board/booth area (20A circuit), & the Mon amps from stage level (separate 20A circuit) to not load up any venue's wiring too badly.The other day, after getting back from a festival (without thinking about it, just checking equipment & messin' around), I hooked up everything - board, EQs, FX units, etc. - in my workshop. After a few thumping HOURS, I realized I was running everything off ONE 20A circuit (this workshop only has one circuit). Since W/V=A, this means I was running 4500W/110V = 40.9A? How can we pull 41A of sound from a 20A circuit??? And, no, they weren't maxed out continually, but they had their long & deep moments!You also mentioned a 300W draw by the NU3000; what is the range of draw, relative to the load/gain on this amp? Any idea?
I spoke with Behringer tech support and they stated that this amp will work fine on 8 ohms. They just didn't print the 8 ohm specs in the documentation.
@7mrawesome So far I have not had the clip light come on because I haven't pushed my speakers to the point where they will clip. I do push the amp hard but I just know how hard I can push the speakers before you get distortion or to the point where you may clip or blow them. I don't know of any protection for your speakers I just know how much I can push them without causing problems.
hey how does this compare to the behringer EP2000 would you choose this over the ep? like length of time it can stay on for, sound you get out of it, and amount of years it could last? which would you say is beter and why? Im looking to get an amp and passive speakers to expand my set up, i just have 2 powered 15 inchers @ 200 watts each, im gona use those as monitors once i get peaves pv215s and a power amp, its for a band im in. Thanks Matt.
@nezff I just did a small test to see how loud the fan is at normal use. From what I can tell, it is about a tad bit louder than my PS3 fan. Now the PS3 fan noise I am talking about is when you play a game or watch a movie on the PS3...not when your PS3 revs up loud but the normal PS3 fan speed. So from looking at your home theater setup on your page, you may not even notice the NU3000 fan noise under normal use.
I would like to see how you got the NU300DSP to work in bridged mode. Mine won't go into bridged mode. It says it is bridged on the front but it still puts out weak stereo (though it does send it to 1+ 2+ so... weird).
Both amps will run the Peavey 215s without any problems. The Nu6000 will use less electricity and run quiet compared to the EP4000. But both amps will push the 215s with plenty of power to spare.
I want to run the nu4-6000 on 2 18" stereo integrity subs at 2ohm per channel and use the other 2 channels for some tower speakers. Do you know if it is strong enough?
The reason it's so light is because it doesn't have a transformer, it draws it's power from the transformer on the pole outside. Carver made one of these years ago.
Sorry dude but Class D does not mean it's a digital amp. Class D is the way the amp operates. It is a energy efficient amp as related to the push-pull operation. One half of the output completely turns off while the other is conducting and vice versa. It is an analog power amp.
The PV215s are very good for mids and highs but the deep bass they do lack. They do produce a punchy bass but for the deep bass you will need a sub. I like my 215s because they are very loud for the mid-range and highs. I always run a sub whenever I use my 215s but yes the 215s are very loud.
Hopefully you are still around to answer this.... I have 2 Dayton bass speakers that are 500 watts RMS at 4 Ohm each Do you think this amp will be too much?? Currently using a QSC USA 1310 that puts out 655 watts at 4 Ohms and only get clipping once in a while. Like to eliminate the clipping all together. These Dayton speakers are nice sounding just want to get the most out of them.
This amp will be fine. Unfortunately behringer has a history of over-rating their amps, most people only get 60% or so of the rated power. For a 500w RMS speaker, you want around a 1,000w amp pushing it for 3db of headroom.
@deejaybustab Thank you so much for your reply I want to find out one last thing, More likely I will be in a situation with 4 speakers 500 watt each 8 ohms, How will I connect when then there are 2 outputs, Should I connect 2 others from speaker to speaker?? Is this connection in parallel and I got 4 ohms total resistance per channel, There are also 2 channel input should there come from my mixer left to one channel input and right to other channel input?
