Alesis RA500

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Alesis RA500
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Alesis’ RA100 power amplifier has long been a favorite choice of musicians, hobbyists and professionals alike. Now Alesis extends the RA’s range throughout the recording and production spectrum with a bold new series of affordable amps in three distinct power ratings.
With their rugged construction, striking good looks – among the first examples of Alesis’ groundbreaking new approach to industrial design – and a long list of features, the new RA series will quickly find a home in project and commercial recording studios, broadcast an post-production control rooms around the world.

Popular prices, powerful performance.

Even with the increasing use of powered speakers, many popular speakers and headphones still require external amplification.
These new amps are designed to provide more power and better performance at a lower overall cost per watt than even our own RA100 – as well as any other competing models. As a result, they can more closely match the power needs of virtually any passive speaker or studio monitor, offering a significantly better fit for an exceptionally wide range of budgets, applications and customers. And providing a crisp, clean signal for outstanding performance and extended speaker life.

Cool, quiet operation.

Designed for studio use, each RA series amp incorporates advanced convection cooling for heat dissipation. The result is long, stable operation unaffected by heat-related complications, without the added distraction and annoyance of fan cooling. And eliminating the danger of losing hard-to- hear details due to noisy amp performance.

The new leaders in affordable studio amplification.

Three new RA series amps – RA150, RA300 and RA500 – providing a bold and powerful answer to the question, “What’s next from Alesis?” Combined with our popular RA100, they offer a wide range of high-quality, popularly priced solutions for virtually any – and every – situation.

Specifications

  • Height: 3 RU
  • Rated output:
    • 4 ohms: 250 watts RMS per channel
    • 8 ohms: 150 watts RMS per channel
    • 8 ohms: 500 watts RMS, bridged mode
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: >105dB
  • Frequency Response: 10Hz - 70kHz +0, -3dB
  • Distortion: < 0.02% @ 4ohms, 20Hz - 20kHz
  • Input Sensitivity: +4dB for rated output
  • Crosstalk: -85dB, 1kHz
  • Output offset: +/- 50 mV, Servo controlled

RA500 Review

Michael Emery
May 5, 2008

Rating: 7/10

I purchased this as an amplifier for my guitar and keyboard, running through a mixer. It stays pretty cool, and has plenty of power (for what I need). I'd say it's sturdily constructed and looks like it's built to last. Even better, the manual is actually of some use, and outlines common sense and typical practices. Overall I'm very impressed with this amplifier as a working unit.

However, mine has developed a fault which causes a small arc within the case. Having returned it to Numark, it has been there several weeks with no word as to what is going on. I've no idea what percentage of these are faulty, and reviews are often bi-polar on the issue of reliability, but I'd say that Numark's returns service isn't a selling point.

I'm sure the neighbours are pleased it's taking so long, but I can't wait to get it back.

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