Ashly's line of PE (Protea Enabled) amplifiers are a logical extension of their already excellent Protea DSP system. I've got the PE2400, which produces 700wpc into an 8-ohm load and weighs under 24lbs. It comes with a permanently attached power cord with a 30a twistlock end and a 2-channel analog audio input card. It looks like this:
The series is available with power ratings between 200 and 1100 watts per channel into 8 ohms, or between 800 and 3800 watts bridged into an 8 ohm load (20-20Khz, 1% THD). The amp will drive a 2 ohm load via either screw terminals or Speakon connectors, and each speakon thoughtfully has the other channel tied to it's pin 2+ and 2-, so bi-amping off one power amp is a breeze. There are switches on the back for lifting the input ground and setting gain, bridge or parallel mono mode, and defeating the clip limiter. Each channel then also has a switchable HPF with settings for off, 30hz, and 50hz.
The amplifier has lots of lovely LEDs for indicating everything from per-channel temperature, current, mute, and signal status. There's also a set of indicator lamps for overall power, standby, protect, bridge or parallel mono, and communications activity.
Now that I've gotten the basic specs out of the way, on to the exciting part. Stock, the amp comes with two analog inputs on Neutrik Combo 1/4" and XLR plugs, with XLR through plugs as well as remote level control and standby switching. See this?
Ashly also offers
DSP cards that you can put in that spot that have compression, limiting, EQ, high and low pass, and remote monitoring. Added is an AES digital input and two analog outputs for chaining DSP to your other amps. All of this is controllable with a standard web browser over TCP/IP!
Now, a lot of us heard this amp in Revolution Hall and it certainly did everything you'd expect it to. To really kick its tires I've sent it off with Mike Bulter for him to use to power the wedges he took home. When he's run a few dozen acts through it, I'm going to see if I can't find a few other applications and get back to y'all about my experience.