Powered MIXER or Active powered speakers

[Penfold42]

But my point being if you want a v large ammount of spl, Then you could be looking a passive

....and what Daz is saying....

And what is this piece of information based on?

...facts please.

[kjdiscos]

....and what Daz is saying....



...facts please.

Your facts to tony : )

Jake, by "active" I guess you mean "powered". Anyway, your statement is nonsense. Go listen to some F1 or Meyer powered subs, you can break windows with them , whack people in the chest with them and even create brown trousers with them up real close! Whether the amps are in a rack behind the stacks or built in to the boxes make zero difference to the volume.

And who runs those mobile,

Theres always going to be exceptions of course in anything

EDIT - If you wish to report a post please send it to me.
Thanks.

[Penfold42]

Your facts to tony : )

For what....

[kjdiscos]

Wonder who will admit to the above mail ,

Its not a post, Its a forum member emailing via our site,

[jamesh]

First of all KJDiscos you are talking out of your backside. How you can generalise that passive speakers will always go louder and be bigger and better than powered/active is just BONKERS!

If you really want to generalise you could say that active/powered are actually better as the amp the manufacturers use when building them has been chosen as the best combination for the components installed... Where as if you have passive speakers and amp you could find that not everyone has your expert knowledge in pairing up speakers and amps so you run the risk of not getting the right combination for the cabs...

anyway enough on that topic....lets go on topic again...

Personally i'd go with Powered/active speakers over a powered mixer for the simple fact of what happens if they go wrong...

If your powered mixer goes wrong you potentially loose your whole sound system... Or if your lucky only the one side so you would need a backup powered mixer just in case.

Where as

It's very unlikely for both your powered/active subs (if using subs) and both your powered/active tops will all go wrong at once... If they do i wouldn't want to plug anything else into the power supply anyway as there must be something very wrong!!! So at least if one sub or on top goes down you could still limp through the night as you still have some audio at the event...

Just my 2p worth...

[kjdiscos]

James, That wasn't a hint as to who it is,

What i am saying is for somone to send abuse via a contact form on a website is very silly, I personaly think if a person has an issue pick up a phone and call dont you ?

[Penfold42]

James, That wasn't a hint as to who it is,

What i am saying is for somone to send abuse very a contact form on a website is very silly, I personaly think if a person has an issue pick up a phone and call dont you ?

I've sent you a PM regarding this.

Now ....back on topic.

[Excalibur]

As a general rule, the powered subs are very powerful, thus many folk only ever use one, rather than two smaller passives.

I carefully avoided the word always, thus allowing leeway for the obvious exceptions.

I only ever use one sub with my 450 srm More than enough power for most gigs.

Look at that, just what I said. Thanks.

Why do you think that ?. A powered sub is never going to outdo an amp'd one

Of course you can,

By the sheer technology in an active unit, And the size it has to house the amp heat etc etc, A passive system will always be louder,

Never say never. (And always is pretty dubious as well)

What im actualy trying to say, Is yeah active are good,

But if you want thunderous bass, To shake the floor and bottles behind the bar etc, Your not going to get it out of an active unit

I have listened to various active units, And they are good, But you guys are saying there better then passive units which is not the case.

No we're not. I said "usually more powerful".

They are very good and have there uses, But my point being if you want a v large ammount of spl, Then you could be looking a passive

What's this? Do my old eyes deceive me? A crack in the cast iron certainty?

Jake, by "active" I guess you mean "powered". Anyway, your statement is nonsense. Go listen to some F1 or Meyer powered subs, you can break windows with them , whack people in the chest with them and even create brown trousers with them up real close! Whether the amps are in a rack behind the stacks or built in to the boxes make zero difference to the volume.

At last the cavalry arrive. Thanks Tony, am I glad to see you.
FWIW, I was the one who called them "active" I think, so I'll cheerfully cop the flack for that if any should be flying.

Your facts to tony : )
And who runs those mobile,

Theres always going to be exceptions of course in anything

Anybody else hear the sound of the goalposts being dragged across the playing field? "Always going to be exceptions" eh? Sounds suspiciously like " As a general rule" I would have said. Wish I was better at English.
(Don't think I've ever used that smilie before. Feels good though. )

[Rowleys]

this has gone way out of the line

[djsteve10]

Why do you think that ?. A powered sub is never going to outdo an amp'd one

Why do you say that?
Can you back that up?