Bass Bins

[rictic 0]

hi, now i have my active cabs i am thinking of getting some bass bins to go with my passive spkrs.

300w rms 8 ohm.

having never used them before i need to know............

do i just link them together with a speakon cable or what? seperate amp? some sort of crossover?

totally ignorant to what i need to do. :flex:

cheers

[jeffwall 0]

your post is a little confusing??

 

you say you have acteve cabs, but then say you want bass bins to go with your passive speakers?

 

Do you have 2 lots of diffrent speakers? (cabs)

 

Are you looking for active bass bins or passive bass bins?

 

depending on what bass bins your looking at, you may need a cross over unit, but most active bass bins will have a built in crossover to power the active tops

 

more info required to answer properly

 

cheers Jeff

[rictic 0]

yep confused me too when i re read it lol.

the actives will be main rig,the passives are going to be a second rig come back up. so will being used seperately.

 

[TonyB 0]

Bass bins usually hace a high pass filter of some kind so if you use with one amp, you can run a speakon from the amp to the bass bins and then one from the bass bins to the tops.

 

If you have two amps, you can daisy change them by connecting the line level from the mixer to the first amp and if the amp has a second input, you can use it it as an output to connect to the line level of the next amp (inputs are usually wired in parallel internally).

 

Third alternative is to get a crossover and connect the mixer to the crossover then the crossover to the amps, one for bass bins and one for tops.

[otronics 0]

Yes - lots of options here depending on what gear you have.

 

I would personally run the bass bins on a second amp, probably using a crossover too.

[rictic 0]

ok cheers guys, my back up amp is only an 800w power amp so i guess the that would do for the bins. i'll try to link the cabs together as well first see how it sounds,but i'll prob use the 2 amps to save straining anything. i will have to get a crossover too, i believe these can be tuned to seperate the bass as you see fit for the venue.

thanks people

Edited July 23, 2007 by rictic

[shakermaker 0]

I use 2 amps myself.

One powers the bass bins and the other powers the tops. I have audio to xlr to my amp powering the bins from the record line out on the mixer and the same to the tops from the line out. It works for me.

[norty303 0]

Bass bins usually hace a high pass filter of some kind so if you use with one amp

 

This is a little misleading as in my experience most don't. you need to be very clear on whether the ones you're looking at have a filter or not before you buy. If you have to buy separate filters for bass bins it is often more cost effective to buy an active crossover, and much more versatile/configurable.