Hey gang kinda wanna try passive again, thoughts on mid price range cabinets and amps, 12 in speakers preferred
Hey gang kinda wanna try passive again, thoughts on mid price range cabinets and amps, 12 in speakers preferred
Yes...and...No. If you're running two tops and two subs, all active, and you loose a top because the amp fried - you now run mono with one top. I run two tops and two subs, all passive, and one of my amps fries, I also switch to mono (one channel of the still working amp drives both subs, the other channel drives both tops), but my DOUBLE mono trumps your SINGLE mono. However, they are more convenient - especially if you're running garden hoses with the AC and signal together.I love active speakers because they're convenient and it builds in redundancy for me immediately even with just a pair.
But you would have about 10 minutes down to reconfigure the amps and the crossover and then worry about the amp power .. especially if it was the sub amp that went ..Yes...and...No. If you're running two tops and two subs, all active, and you loose a top because the amp fried - you now run mono with one top. I run two tops and two subs, all passive, and one of my amps fries, I also switch to mono (one channel of the still working amp drives both subs, the other channel drives both tops), but my DOUBLE mono trumps your SINGLE mono. However, they are more convenient - especially if you're running garden hoses with the AC and signal together.
Hey gang kinda wanna try passive again, thoughts on mid price range cabinets and amps, 12 in speakers preferred
That's why you buy top quality name brand gear so you don't worry such a thing happening. High quality name brand gear has a reputation to up keep so their gear will keep selling. Also it's about know how to use the gear properly. My partner had a pair of the original Mackie Thumps and was pushing them to hard and blew a woofer. He switched things out and put the Peavey Black Widow speakers in them from other speakers that were in the garage. I call those speakers Mackie Junks.Yes...and...No. If you're running two tops and two subs, all active, and you loose a top because the amp fried - you now run mono with one top. I run two tops and two subs, all passive, and one of my amps fries, I also switch to mono (one channel of the still working amp drives both subs, the other channel drives both tops), but my DOUBLE mono trumps your SINGLE mono. However, they are more convenient - especially if you're running garden hoses with the AC and signal together.
'Quality' gear will break as well, especially if you're not using it properly.That why you buy top quality name brand gear so you don't worry such a thing happening.
Quality gear is usually operated by people that are knowledgeable of when and how to use their tools. That is what helps keep the reputation up.High quality name brand gear has a reputation to up keep so their gear will keep selling.
The demonstration here is that you didn't know how to use the gear properly (otherwise it wouldn't have blown). This is not the only time this has occurred with equipment you all were using.Also it's about know how to use the gear properly. My partner had a pair of the original Mackie Thumps and was pushing them to hard and blew a woofer.
Changing to Peavey Black Widows doesn't erase nor fix the problem.He switched things out and put the Peavey Black Widow speakers in them from other speakers
that were in the garage. I call those speakers Mackie Junks.
He switched things out and put the Peavey Black Widow speakers
Physics be damned. Let's not confuse people with proper driver-cabinet matching using Thiele-Small parameters. If it looks OK it must sound OK.I'm not sure where to start with this . I suppose if you just want sound to come out of them it's all good
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION! He was the DJ playing at the event and not me. He was pushing those cheap speakers too hard and the woofer blew. That's what HE decided to do not me. Since he installed the Black Widow speakers nothing has blown since then. This is what he decided to use at the time. He tried to get me to buy a pair and I refused. I never even bothered to listen to them in GC. I wouldn't use them at all. They had several pairs in a bar I was playing in and all of them were blown. Those are lighter then the Yamaha DSR 15's I bought many years ago. They also is no comparing the two. The Yammies blow them out the water.'Quality' gear will break as well, especially if you're not using it properly.
Quality gear is usually operated by people that are knowledgeable of when and how to use their tools. That is what helps keep the reputation up.
The demonstration here is that you didn't know how to use the gear properly (otherwise it wouldn't have blown). This is not the only time this has occurred with equipment you all were using.
Changing to Peavey Black Widows doesn't erase nor fix the problem.