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Denis

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Sunn Coliseum 300 at home. :)
« on: October 14, 2009, 05:28:06 AM »


Just got my Sunn Coliseum 300 out of the shop last night. Somehow, someone had pulled loose one of the internal harnesses so it literally produced no sound at all and the shop had it cleaned, fixed and up and running in about 2 hours. It's sitting atop an '80s Ampeg SVT410 (which I got from a buddy for $175) at the house and man does that combination sound good! The Sunn is 2ohm and the Ampeg is an 8ohm cab so if I understand correctly, buy the time it all works out it's only putting out 75 watts, is that correct? I think if I wire all the speakers together that would get me back down to 2ohms on the cabinet letting me get the full 300 watts out of the Sunn.

Let me know: I'm interested in what you've got to say or suggest. Thanks!
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Re: Sunn Coliseum 300 at home. :)
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 08:53:48 AM »
It's rated 120W@ 8 ohms, but I can attest they're darn loud watts.  I have fallen in love with that amp!

Other ratings: 200W@4 ohms, 300W@2 ohms.

Here's a link to the factory manual...I have images of each page in my Photobucket account:

http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/Electric%20Basses/Amps-Speakers/Coliseum-300%20Manual/

There is also a downloadable manual at http://sunn.ampage.org/site/svcmans/coliseum300/ (yes, it's an .exe file, but it's an odd format that runs an .exe to open the manual...no viruses, I've run the .exe and there's how I got the manual.)

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Re: Sunn Coliseum 300 at home. :)
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 09:06:23 AM »
When you first posted the link to the manual on your Photobucket account, I downloaded it immediately! Thanks again for that link.

The Sunn really does give a nice, clean sound!
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Re: Sunn Coliseum 300 at home. :)
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 10:06:55 AM »
Bump the bottom frequencies a bit and it will make your eyebrows wave in the wind, too....
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