
Date: 2017-06-28
PPA DSP amplifier user manual
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5.
Technical data
5.1.
PPA500-Series
PPA500-1
PPA500-2
PPA500-3
PPA500-4
Power Amp section
Pascal Module(s)
T-PRO1
T-PRO2
T-PRO2+S-A1
T-PRO2+S-A2
Total module output power
(limited by power supply)
520 / 470 W (230/120 V)
Number of amplifier channels
1
2
3
4
Single channel output power
(1% THD+N, 1kHz)
Ch. 1, 3, 4: 245 W at 8 Ω
Ch. 2: 120 W at 16 Ω
Single channel output power
(1% THD+N, 1kHz)
Ch. 1, 3, 4: 500 /430 W (230/120 V) at 4 Ω
Ch. 2: 220 W at 8 Ω
Peak output current
Ch. 1,3,4: 30 A, Ch. 2: 11 A
Peak output voltage (SE)
±70 V (equals RMS value of 36 dBu)
Peak output voltage (BTL)
±140 V
THD+N
(1kHz, 1W, 8 Ω)
0,003 %
Dynamic range
A-weighted: 120 dB, unweighted: 118 dB
Output idle noise
All channels: 53 µV
RMS
/ -83.3 dBu unweighted, 41 µV
RMS
/ -85.5 dBu A-weighted
Output impedance
Protection
Over current, DC, temperature, high frequency
DSP section
Max. input level
+22.9 dBu
Total system gain with flat DSP
preset (no signal processing)
14.5 dB
Analog input SNR
128 dB(A)
Output SNR
112 dB(A)
Limiters
Look ahead peak limiter, thermal limiter, overall power supply limiter
EQ
Low-/Highpass 6 and 12 dB, Bell filter, allpass, shelving filter 6 dB and 12 dB
Crossovers
Bessel, Butterworth, Linkwitz-Riley, Critical
Other DSP features
input delay, output delay, phase inversion, gain
FIR
Linear phase X-over and linear phase loudspeaker equalization
Connectors
Analog in 1
balanced XLR (input impedance 20 kΩ)
Analog in 2 (optional)
n.a.
n.a.
balanced XLR
(input impedance
20 kΩ)
balanced XLR
(input impedance
20 kΩ)
Digital AES in
XLR