The setup you use the most.... passive or powered?
Mine has been passive, but now that I have Bose, mine will be powered.
Mine has been passive, but now that I have Bose, mine will be powered.
For your main set of speakers.... passive or powered?
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100% passive, Baby. 
Our rig is a pipsqueak in comparison to Val's "stereo" but it ain't no slouch. We can run 6,000 WRMS of tri-amped FOH sound if you need it. Or if you don't.
The scenario we use most often is bi-amped. A pair of dually 10" 2-way mid-tops and pair of single 18" trapezoid, front-loaded bass bins.
No active cabs for this boy, sorry.
Our rig is a pipsqueak in comparison to Val's "stereo" but it ain't no slouch.
We can run 6,000 WRMS of tri-amped FOH sound if you need it. Or if you don't. The scenario we use most often is bi-amped. A pair of dually 10" 2-way mid-tops and pair of single 18" trapezoid, front-loaded bass bins.
No active cabs for this boy, sorry.
All powered since about 2004.
In order of Recent Purchased
Dual Bose L1 Quad B1 system
2 Tapco Th-15 (used for ceremony, or rear fill) (For Sale, don't need fill with the Bose System)
4 Mackie SRS-1500s
2 Mackie SRM-450s
2 Mackie SA-1232s (For sale right now)
In order of Recent Purchased
Dual Bose L1 Quad B1 system
2 Tapco Th-15 (used for ceremony, or rear fill) (For Sale, don't need fill with the Bose System)
4 Mackie SRS-1500s
2 Mackie SRM-450s
2 Mackie SA-1232s (For sale right now)
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Passive, passive....passive!:yoBiggrin:
Main set, 3 sets of "back up" speakers, subs....all Passive.
Main set, 3 sets of "back up" speakers, subs....all Passive.
100% passive, Baby.
Our rig is a pipsqueak in comparison to Val's "stereo" but it ain't no slouch.
The scenario we use most often is bi-amped. A pair of dually 10" 2-way mid-tops and pair of single 18" trapezoid, front-loaded bass bins.
No active cabs for this boy, sorry.
*Looks for his rag
I am a follower of the KISS principle- passive only. I don't use subs for straight karaoke, but at events where I'm mixing in DJ work I use a powered sub.
SO Bill
what do you POWER your passive speakers with then? Do you mean you now have POWERED or active speakers, and is that just an extra wide belt around your waist (girdle)?
what do you POWER your passive speakers with then? Do you mean you now have POWERED or active speakers, and is that just an extra wide belt around your waist (girdle)?
Passive...If I manage to get old and manage to keep in this business I might wind up with the treat of the week lightweight powered system thats around then but as long as I can lift its passive
Powered, I have built in backup, If ones goes, I still have the other, Plus less wires to setup, Let power I have to pull of one breaker and less equipment to hall around...
I've never understood this agument. What if you had a power spike? Wouldn't that potentially take both out? My back-up amp sets in my trailer where it's much safer. Also, I only have one cord going to my passive speakers. With powered speakers, you have two (signal & power). Unless you go straight from your mixer to your speakers, there are MORE wires involved in setting up an active system. But, most DJs I know have some processing gear they pass through first before going to the speakers. My set-up has two xlr's going from my mixer to my processing rack and then two speaker cables going from my rack to the speakers. Seems pretty simple to me.
I've heard some nice sounding powered DJ speakers which would probably be plenty loud for a typical event, but if your gig needs LOUDSPEAKERS it's something best achieved with passives. I think this is limited to DJs and Small Bands though because the big exception to this would be in terms of concert systems where they are using powered speaks in line arrays in multiples for kilowatt mega volume.