How Big Is Your Equipment?

[TonyB 0]

How many watts per channel does your main rig output per channel? If you have different setups, use the one that you would use for up to 120 in an average size room

 

Greater than 2KW is there for Marky Marc :-)

 

If the exact size isn't there, go for the next biggest

[otronics 0]

300w per channel stereo.

 

Can bridge to 1kw if needed but have never had to.

[rictic 0]

same as otronic. can add more if want to but havent yet. no big gigs.usually a pub gig for me at about £150

Edited August 17, 2007 by rictic

[Mattaious 0]

350W Per channel

I reckon :shrug:

 

But when in greece its around 1.2k if i remember right.

 

 

 

 

 

[Norfolk DJ 0]

Usually my Mackies 800-900 watts are enough

[bluejools 0]

i think my Bose are 750 watts......

 

i have two so would have answered 750, but went for 700 since I still dont think i have discovered just how hard i can drive them

[EdBray 0]

For me it would depend on the room and the type of music that was required, for 120 guests in:

 

Standard room, standard wedding eclectic mix, 750 watts mono (1x L1 and 2x B1s)

 

Marquee or a requirement for more Trance/RnB music, 1000 watts mono (1x L1, 1x A1 and 4x B1s)

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

I voted more than 2kw :Thumbup:

 

 

but I have been known to just take the top speakers into a wedding reception at 800RMS per side...

 

 

 

[Tonsk 0]

Norfolk DJ - This is "per side" not altogether.

 

The 450's are 450 per side, not 900...

 

Mine are 900watts per side, the FBT Maxx 6as....... tongue out icon

[Norfolk DJ 0]

Norfolk DJ - This is "per side" not altogether.

 

The 450's are 450 per side, not 900...

 

Mine are 900watts per side, the FBT Maxx 6as....... tongue out icon

 

Sorry Tony , yours appears to be bigger than mine then! I blame the shouting kids when I was reading the post!

 

[Danno13 0]

I run 1400w bridged into my two subs, and 400w into each top. So 1.1kw a side.

 

However, the speakers are underpowered and i've had lots of gigs where i felt I could do with more, so its getting bigger amps soon, which will give 650w into each top and 3200w bridged into the subs :Thumbup: (although won't be running the subs amps flat out!!)

Edited August 17, 2007 by Danno13

[jeffwall 0]

2 mackies and 2 mackie subs = 1800watt rms peaks at 2.5kw

[norty303 0]

Ok, I'm not a disco so its moot, and i don't have 'per channel' as it's often a mono rig, but it breaks down as (all power is amp output at the relevant loading, not the rating of the speaker)

 

3kw subs (30hz to 80hz) 2x1500w at 4ohms

 

3kw bass (70hz to 160hz) 2 x 1500w at 2.66ohms

 

1.1kw midbass/low mid (160hz to 800hz) 1x1100w at 4ohms

 

1.1kw everything else 1x110w at 4ohms

 

1.5kw on monitors 2x750w at 8ohms

 

That sounds very bottom heavy but in terms of actual frequency response it gives a fairly flat response from 40hz up to 18khz. Mids and tops are long horns giving a drastically improved sensitivity (108db at 1w/1m or above) over a regular baffle loading. Bass is also horn loaded.

[Andy Westcott 0]

Norty - what do you use for your subs? Sounds interesting...

 

Anyway, I voted for 1Kw, before I noticed the question was per channel.

 

So, 500 watts per channel made up as 300 watts to the bass unit and 200 watts to the mid-tops, all at around 99db/1 watt/1 metre sensitivity. Could really do with 900 watts or so for the bass, as the bass amp clips when the mid-top amp is still only on 3 lights, but this is to be expected. smile icon

 

One day when I have more money...

 

Interestingly, back when I used to run 200 watts a side, I could get more SPLs out of the system than I can now, due to the higher efficiency of my old speakers (twin 15s each side), but the bass goes deeper now.

[norty303 0]

The subs themselves are dual 18" bandpass designs by Beyma, loaded with Beyma 18LX60 drivers (700w AES rated each) and i use a Matrix STR3000h which gives 1500w at 4ohms and 1000w at 8ohms. The subs actually drop to under 3ohms at the port frequency so it presents a fairly difficult load at that point (~40hz)

 

The plans are available as a download on the Beyma website and there's bit of info about my build and experience on speakerplans.

 

I moderate speakerplans.com forum and we're lucky enough to have Andy from Matrix as one of our members so we get a lot of info about them. They're one of the few amps that actually has a decent led meter on them (as mentioned in the 'My setup' thread here)

[Andy Westcott 0]

Thanks for that;

Up to now I've avoided bandpass designs simply because of the difficulty in getting them aligned correctly, but I'll certainly give this a look. smile icon

[norty303 0]

Up to now I've avoided bandpass designs simply because of the difficulty in getting them aligned correctly

 

2 words....

 

 

Behringer Ultradrive ;)

 

 

 

Fantastic piece of kit, if you own a multiway system you should have a digital processor, and the Behringer is a LOT of processor for the money.

[TonyB 0]

Quite a spread of different powers. Nothing unanimous. I've been toying with the idea of a power upgrade but not totally sure I need it. My set up is 400w per channel, bi amped and seems to comfortably cope with everything thrown at it.

 

Yesterday was the biggest marquee gig I have done and was a bit worried after reading other threads about marquee gigs that the sound from my system would be lost in the open air but it was loud. Not even at full volume it could be clearly heard in the next field 200 yards away where the cars were parked.

 

Too tired to think about it now :zzz: Something I think I'll put on hold for a while - if it ain't broke, why fix it?

 

[slug boy 0]

i've never had mine much above half way volume!

 

always get requests for louder... then quieter... then louder... etc... etc... etc.