Loudest sound system if as little outlay as poss?

[DJ Jules]

Are they decent enuf for like a large hall - bout 200 people? And what amp would you go for?

I'd say they'd be more than enough for a crowd of 200 - I'm using a rig rated at 250w RMS/side on the tops (and no subs) at the moment for crowds of about 150-200 in size and it's more than adequate. I don't have much experience on the Amp front and I think a few people have already given some good advice on this thread. If you want to get the most out of it, aim for either a single amp capable of delivery about 2kw or a pair of 1Kw amps and an active crossover.

Julian

[CRAZY K]

I'd say they'd be more than enough for a crowd of 200 - I'm using a rig rated at 250w RMS/side on the tops (and no subs) at the moment for crowds of about 150-200 in size and it's more than adequate. I don't have much experience on the Amp front and I think a few people have already given some good advice on this thread. If you want to get the most out of it, aim for either a single amp capable of delivery about 2kw or a pair of 1Kw amps and an active crossover.

Julian

Personally I wouldnt attempt to perform in front of more than about 100 with the Peavey Pro 15s without sub reinforcement--

I am a Peavey user for 5 years---waits for Tony to award me a medal

Bear in mind some venues have dreadful acoustics---like my gig last night

Very old Memorial Hall--- that should have only needed tops as there were only 60 people ish!

No way

Mind you I do like to be heard

CRAZY K

[notroubleclubber]

I got a chance of some peaveys Hi 2XT`s for £225 - is that good?

I missed out on the above as wasnt in to bid and they went for just under £220 which is gutting!

[notroubleclubber]

Also how would you cable one of those systems?
I guess with 1 amp you`d have 2 channels with 2 sockets on each channel so you run one lot to one speaker and one for the other but with 2 amps how do you wire it as you have only 1 signal cable (L & R) coming out of mixer?

[DJ Jules]

Also how would you cable one of those systems?
I guess with 1 amp you`d have 2 channels with 2 sockets on each channel so you run one lot to one speaker and one for the other but with 2 amps how do you wire it as you have only 1 signal cable (L & R) coming out of mixer?

That's why ideally you need an active crossover, you feed the output from your mixer to the crossover, then the low output to one amp (on to the subs) and the high/mid to the second amp (on to the 12" tops). You can get away without it as the subs have built in passive crossovers, but then you'd either need to split the signal from your mixer, or if you have a mixer with a booth/monitor output you could feed one amp from this and the other from the master output (it depends on the mixer though)

Julian

[notroubleclubber]

i see.thanks.that explains alot.how much do the cross overs go for?

[DJ Jules]

i see.thanks.that explains alot.how much do the cross overs go for?

Have a google around - I've seen them go for as little as £20 on eBay, but they can cost up to £400 new.

Julian

[A1DL]

Have a google around - I've seen them go for as little as £20 on eBay, but they can cost up to £400 new.

Julian

Add another zero to that, if you want a professional product such as an XTA or BSS. Oh, and I'm talking trade ex vat too!