In Reply to: Radio Shack PA-250 Amp posted by hodad on September 9, 2008 at 19:09:23:
Well, that's not much less than I paid for a Behringer EP-2500 used. Maybe I was lucky, but that got me about 650 watts RMS/channel into 4 ohms. The Rat Shack is "250 watts"; and that's ~mono~ power bridged into 8 ohms, measured 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Not enormously great value for money. You'd be better off to use a yard sale stereo amp and save that $200 to put towards a real amp of some kind.
Troll the music stores and pawn shops, watch Craigslist and any local classified ad papers. Maybe set up a saved search on eBay to warn you of any power amps being auctioned within pickup distance; if you can avoid shipping costs, that will save you a significant amount. Check out thrift stores too. I was quite happy with a Peavey PV8.5C amp; not too noisy, and around 425 watts/4 ohms per channel. Those don't seem to fetch very much on eBay, if you can find one local.
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