Balboa Sub 10 100W Powered Sub/ Plate Amp
LINE VOLTAGE
es/No Hi/Lo Line Unit Notes
US 120VAC/60Hz Yes 108-132 Vrms
Normal Operation
EU 230VAC/50-60Hz Yes 207-254 Vrms Normal Operation Normal operation, MOMS required
Parameter Specification Unit QA Test Limits Conditions Notes
Amp Section
Type (120V Model) AB AB
N/A 120V System is Class AB
Type (230V Model) G H
N/A 230V System is Class G
Load Impedance (speaker) 4 Ohms
N/A Nominal
System average impedance 8.2 Ohms
Reference
Measured with AP using the ratio
method, sweeping with an ext. amp 10 to
500 Hz
Average on the operating BW from 10 to
500Hz
Rated Output Power 120V 100 Watts
95 @ Nominal input voltage
Rated Output Power 230V 105 Watts
100 @ Nominal input voltage
Avgerage value - RMS
Dynamic power
103 Watts
Reference @ Nominal input voltage
3/20 50 Hz Burst unit driven 6dB above the
sensitivity to drive it into max power,
measured value is the average of the 4 first
consecutive peaks
Dynamic power HP 134 Watts
Reference @ Nominal input voltage
Highest RMS of the first 4 consecutive
peaks
THD@ Rated Power 0.5 %
1 22K filter
THD @ 1 Watt 0.1 %
0.3 22K filter
DC Offset 10 mV-DC
50 @ Speaker Output
Damping factor >150 DF
100
terminals, Output power 90 Watts THD <
0.1 %
Input Sensitivity
Input Frequency 50 Hz
50 Nominal Freq.
Line Input (L&R) 15 mVrms
±2dB To 1 Watt Single input driven 1 input driven
LFE Input 9.5 mVrms
±2dB To 1 Watt LFE input driven only
System Gain-L and R inputs 42.27 dB
±2dB Gain=130 Single input driven L or R
Signal to Noise
SNR-A-Weighted 90 dBA
85 To Rated power A-Weighting filter
SNR-unweighted 85 dBr
80 To Rated power 22KHz filter
SNR @ 1W-unweighted 65 dBr
60 To 1 Watt 22KHz filter
Residual Noise Floor 1
mVrms(max)
1.5
Volume @max, w/ A/P Swept Bandpass
Measurement (Line freq.+ harmonics)
Input Impedance
Line input L&R , LFE >10 K ohms
N/A Nominal over the audio BW Reference only
Filters
Low Pass (fixed or variable) Variable --
±2dB
2nd order variable + 2nd order fix, Range
50-110 Hz
Subsonic filter (HPF) Fixed
±2dB
Friend circuit Fixed
±2dB
Limiter (yes/no) YES --
N/A
THD at Max. Output Power N/A --
N/A
Features
LFE Input YES
Functional BW Limited to 500 Hz,
Phase Switch (yes/no) YES --
Functional
Volume pot Taper (lin/log) LOG --
Functional
LP Variable Crossover contr
YES
Functional Range 50-110 Hz
ATO YES
Functional fs
Input Configuration
Line In (L,R) L ,R --
Functional
RCA inputs: RED-WHT, L , R Summed to
Mono
Line level in LFE LFE
Functional Single connector
Signal Sensing (ATO)
Auto-Turn-On (yes/no) YES --
Functional
ATO Input Frequency 50 Hz
Functional
ATO Level Line Level in (L,
1.5 mV
Functional
.
driven
BALBOA series SUB10
