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Kevin Nichols

Kevin Nichols

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Jul 20, 2006
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What a weekend!!!

I started out on Friday night with a 450 person dance for the local college.

It was held at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
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Here's the setup:
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4 Wiedamark PAR 64s, 1 Mobile Ray system, 1 Mobile Beam system and a Starball II.

Its always a good night when they crowd surf! LOL I stopped this right after I took the picture.

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Now for the sad part. 20 minutes before the end, I was playing Chains Hang Low, and 1 of my Mackie 1501s made a crackling noise and smoke came out!!! :sqeek: Right after that, I blew the circuit. I tried to find a venue rep but no one was around. So I grabbed an extra extension cord and found another outlet. Music back up, but only 2 450s, no subs. Finished it out. Looks like I'm calling Mackie tomorrow.

Here's a pic of the Wiedamarks in action.
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Move forward to Saturday. I played tunes from noon to 2 at the college for a pre-basketball game cook out.

Left there and went to a Bar Mitzvah. It was on Warner Robins Air Force Base. I got there in time to give myself 2 hours to set up. Plenty of time.......if they hadn't had to send me to 3 different gates to get my trailer searched. They only opened it up and looked inside, but I wasted time there. i arrive at the venue with 1 1/2 hours left before start time.

I get inside, planning on using the same lighting setup as the night before. Riiiiiiggggghhhhttttt!!:sqrolleyes:

The ceilings were too low. In 1 1/2 hours, I took the other lighting setup apart, grabbed my vertical plates, threw on the truss, added some tbars AND set up my gear and had music playing 10 minutes early. I didn't use the sub because they had the candelabra in front of me.

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But atleast the Mackies look good in smoke!!
RCF RCF RCF its the new MACKIE!!
Too many folks have experienced it and none have argued it........
sorry Kevin to hear of your Mackie attack. IF you want to get a superior box talk to our very own Audiopyle for details and bestest prices.
 
Jay, I agree RCF rocks! But I think I know what happened with these. All night long, people would come up and lean on the frontboard. My guess is, there was not enough breathing room for the heatsinks. I figured that out after the fact! Anyway, their still under warranty so I'm calling Mackie this morning.

Thanks,

Kevin
 
djotherguy said:
But I think I know what happened with these. All night long, people would come up and lean on the frontboard. My guess is, there was not enough breathing room for the heatsinks. I figured that out after the fact! Anyway, their still under warranty so I'm calling Mackie this morning.
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You better hope Mr. Mackie isn't reading this thread. You may have voided the warranty coverage.:sqeek:
 
Good for you dude Im happy when Mackie produces since they never made effort to fix the heat problem with the SRM 450's. The SRM450's were the leader in powered speakers and even with the Chinese stinkin woofer they rocked, but after the original issues with the heating problem they should have released a SRM450B by now with the issue fixed. Instead they sold out the RCF driver for a Chinese lottery model to be announced per each week whichever one that was cheapest and yet are able to compete with the EON's to date!
 
Just to divert this for a second: I may have a university house party next month, in a room similar to what Kevin had above....probably 300-400 or so. thinking of using my FBT Maxx 6A's and two LS800p's....
Will that give nme the bump I need?

Lighting....4 weidamark pars, Chauvet Kinta, Oceana, 2 Martin Destroyers, Strobe and Fog......
 
Mine...

FINALLY got rid of the truss and went t-bar only. I like the minimalistic approach much better. And, it's loads easier for me to setup and break down on my own if need be.

Comments/Ideas?
 

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djlee said:
djotherguy,

How do you like the mobile beam system? I have the Mobile Ray and I might consider adding the mobile beam.
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I like the Mobile Beam. It's been great. I'm probably going to sell both systems and get a couple of DMX scanners. Interested??? :sqwink:

I like the idea of having better control of them. I have a couple of movies of them up on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyKHyzxKMlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyIyb3v6zEs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfNZMnhGQNg
 
thatmusicguy said:
Just to divert this for a second: I may have a university house party next month, in a room similar to what Kevin had above....probably 300-400 or so. thinking of using my FBT Maxx 6A's and two LS800p's....
Will that give nme the bump I need?

Lighting....4 weidamark pars, Chauvet Kinta, Oceana, 2 Martin Destroyers, Strobe and Fog......
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Perfect set up for that size crowd and room..You will rock. LS800p's kick!!!
 
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