Hey everyone - it's been a while since I've been on here. Hope everyone is hanging in there and doing well.
I'm encountering some odd issues with one of my older systems I have having difficulty tracing. Before everyone starts hating on the gear - this is NOT one of my wedding rigs - it is the system that goes out to outdoor events and lives half the year at a farm.
So...the equipment with issues is a rack of Crown CE1000s and some Peavey PVDJS4's. Again - I know it's older and not higher end, but it serves its purpose in the fact that I leave this rig behind places and use it at outdoor gigs without really worrying about it. Up until recently, the system was rock solid and (in my opinion) sounded great for what it was.
It went out to a grad party this year with no issues. We then received a contract for a series of events at a drive-in movie theatre. The first gig it held up great and covered the entire area nicely. The second gig, I noticed I was having to drive it wayyyy harder than usual and wasn't getting it's regular "punch" and output. I took everything back with me and tested it and found one of the CE1000s appeared to have a bad Channel 1. I stuck a QSC PLX series amp in and put the one CE1000 in the repair pile. Next gig - still having to drive it wayyy harder than usual and while it covered the gig I noticed distortion that seemed out of the norm for the system. I figured perhaps another CE1000 was on it's way out, so I took the entire thing back with me and tested the speakers with newer amps and a different mixer. On the bench with the newer amp, it was still initially acting up - indicative of a speaker issue. I messed with it for a while and couldn't tell you what I did but it once again seems to be working fine here.
I took the speakers apart - tested the cables, jacks, capacitors, lamp/fuse and checked all connections. Everything seems fine. Now I'm stumped. Does anyone have any ideas what might cause something like this?
I'm encountering some odd issues with one of my older systems I have having difficulty tracing. Before everyone starts hating on the gear - this is NOT one of my wedding rigs - it is the system that goes out to outdoor events and lives half the year at a farm.
So...the equipment with issues is a rack of Crown CE1000s and some Peavey PVDJS4's. Again - I know it's older and not higher end, but it serves its purpose in the fact that I leave this rig behind places and use it at outdoor gigs without really worrying about it. Up until recently, the system was rock solid and (in my opinion) sounded great for what it was.
It went out to a grad party this year with no issues. We then received a contract for a series of events at a drive-in movie theatre. The first gig it held up great and covered the entire area nicely. The second gig, I noticed I was having to drive it wayyyy harder than usual and wasn't getting it's regular "punch" and output. I took everything back with me and tested it and found one of the CE1000s appeared to have a bad Channel 1. I stuck a QSC PLX series amp in and put the one CE1000 in the repair pile. Next gig - still having to drive it wayyy harder than usual and while it covered the gig I noticed distortion that seemed out of the norm for the system. I figured perhaps another CE1000 was on it's way out, so I took the entire thing back with me and tested the speakers with newer amps and a different mixer. On the bench with the newer amp, it was still initially acting up - indicative of a speaker issue. I messed with it for a while and couldn't tell you what I did but it once again seems to be working fine here.
I took the speakers apart - tested the cables, jacks, capacitors, lamp/fuse and checked all connections. Everything seems fine. Now I'm stumped. Does anyone have any ideas what might cause something like this?