mad4x4
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 06:52 AM |
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PA SPEAKERS
We do Karaoke Discos and we blew 2 KAM ZP51's 200W RMS speakers up last Weekend. anyone suggest good passive speakers that are not £££££
A lot of Cheap chinese crap out there including KAM<.
KAM speaker dont have a crossover in them !
Budget would be £ 400 for the PAIR
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 07:18 AM |
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Many years since I did PA work, but back then one of the biggest problems was poor amplifiers not being able to control the speakers. I hope this is
not the case here, otherwise you will suffer the same fate with a new set of speakers.
I liked the EV sound stage speakers, but they were a tad expensive (but VERY good). In fact little JBL control 1's were excellent for pub gigs,
regularly got those smoking with a quality 100watt/channel amp, and no lasting effects.
I would suggest mainstream old skool stuff. EV (if budget allows) peavey, yamaha, JBL etc.
But do make sure the amp is up to the job.....
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dan8400
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 09:28 AM |
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We use peavey subs and tops with black widow speaker chassis. Got them second hand from ebay.
Excellent sound, can handle mega power (including miked drum kit) well built boxes (can take knocks) and fairly cheap second hand. Can find the
details if ya like?
Dan
EDIT: +1 with the quality amp situation...
[Edited on 10/8/10 by dan8400]
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 09:36 AM |
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Not all speakers need cross overs, depends on the tweeters (i.e. piezo based ones don't require them from what I recall they have a high
impedance at low frequencies....)..
Dan
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blakep82
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 10:17 AM |
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i know they're really more home speakers, but cerwin vega are awesome 
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR223844
210w rms per speaker, i run mine off a 100w per channel amp, and they sound brilliant. price has gone up a lot recently though  i bought mine for
£320 in october
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zilspeed
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 10:36 AM |
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peavey ul115 subs here along with peavey impulse 1210 mid tops.
All fed from a behringer active xover and a brace of crown xls602s.
2.4kw of clean power.
The amps barely wake up, far less struggle.
I go to great lengths to keep the gain structure clean all the way through the signal path, it helps speakers to live longer.
Our mics are EV ndym 767 which are very clean, as is the mixer, a mackie cfx12.
All i'm saying is that a little attention to everything, starting at the mics, will help your speakers live longer.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 11:42 AM |
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Got two PA speakers and bins you can have for a wee donation of a dozen beers.
Located in Glenrothes
The were hooked up to a valve amp at some time in the past.
cheers pat
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ChrisW
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 12:23 PM |
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We used to have a Nexo Alpha rig when I worked as a lampy. Our 'noise boy' colleagues used to rave about how great it was, and how good
the Crown amps were.
That was 10 years ago though, so things have probably moved on somewhat!
Chris
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Madinventions
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| posted on 10/8/10 at 12:28 PM |
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We use 2 stacks of LEM Hercules. It's a tri-amped system and is stunningly clear, even at high volumes. The speakers are quite efficient so
even though they're 'only' 1KW/pair, you never need to push them hard.
Brilliant 
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mad4x4
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| posted on 11/8/10 at 11:06 AM |
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linky
Looking at this.
Can some one tell me if this is a 2 Ohm / 4 Ohm or 8 Ohm Load for the AMP? the vendor couldn;t explaine it to me.
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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02GF74
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| posted on 11/8/10 at 03:45 PM |
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both units are nominally 4 ohm impedance but they do not cover the same frequencey range.
I would wire sub and spkr in parallel (the subs should have HF fillter) resulting in niminal impedance of 2 ohm.
If you are running mono PA, then connect both pairs in series so you are back to 4 ohm.
read here
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zilspeed
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| posted on 13/8/10 at 05:06 PM |
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The Preavey Pro range are quite harsh sounding in the top end especially.
Go and have a listen to some of the dearer stuff and you'll hear what I'm talking about.
I tried it before, and really didn't like it at all. The HF components are a bit angle grinder for my liking.
We chose more expensive second hand stuff instead of this range bought new.
Your call.
Cheers
JF
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