Wiring Help - Please.

[Brentford Bob 0]

Afternoon all.

 

I've just purchased a used PA set up and was wondering how to wire it all together. It seems fairly self explanatory but just want to make sure so as not to damage any gear!

 

The set up is this: LD Systems DP1600 amp, 2 x Peavey Eurosys 3 15" speakers, 2 x Skytec 15" subs.

 

All the speakers have Speakon and Jack connectors.

 

So, what goes where!

 

Thanks in advance!

[McCardle 1]

First of all you need (4x) speakon to speakon leads, if you want to keep things neat and your speakers are close together then its a good idea to get 2 long leads and 2 short ones, use the long leads to run between the amp and first speakers and then the short ones to link one speaker to the other.

 

I always use speakon where there is an option purely because its a more secure and robust connection, and less likely to suffer from the wear and tear problems eventually caused to jacks.

 

Okay wiring:-

 

Run one of the longer speakon leads from the left channel output of the amplifier to the left channel bass bin, then run the second shorter speakon from out of the second socket on the bass bin to the speakon on the Peavey

 

Do exactly the same for the right side, running from the right hand output of the amp, into the bass bin, and then from the bin to the Peavey.

 

Note:- If both sets of speakers have two Speakons fitted to each cabinet, it really doesn't matter if you plug the amp into the bass bins first and then out to the peavey, or into the peavey first and then out to the bass bin, because the speakon connectors are just physically wired together inside both speakers anyway allowing it daisy chain the audio through, so it doesn't matter which speaker is first to be connected to the amplifier. I just use this method personally for neatness, as my bins are on the floor and the full range speakers are on stands, so it only means that I have one visible wire going to the stand mounted speakers instead of two!.

Edited November 22, 2012 by McCardle

[Brentford Bob 0]

First of all you need (4x) speakon to speakon leads, if you want to keep things neat and your speakers are close together then its a good idea to get 2 long leads and 2 short ones, use the long leads to run between the amp and first speakers and then the short ones to link one speaker to the other.

 

I always use speakon where there is an option purely because its a more secure and robust connection, and less likely to suffer from the wear and tear problems eventually caused to jacks.

 

Okay wiring:-

 

Run one of the longer speakon leads from the left channel output of the amplifier to the left channel bass bin, then run the second shorter speakon from out of the second socket on the bass bin to the speakon on the Peavey

 

Do exactly the same for the right side, running from the right hand output of the amp, into the bass bin, and then from the bin to the Peavey.

 

Note:- If both sets of speakers have two Speakons fitted to each cabinet, it really doesn't matter if you plug the amp into the bass bins first and then out to the peavey, or into the peavey first and then out to the bass bin, because the speakon connectors are just physically wired together inside both speakers anyway allowing it daisy chain the audio through, so it doesn't matter which speaker is first to be connected to the amplifier. I just use this method personally for neatness, as my bins are on the floor and the full range speakers are on stands, so it only means that I have one visible wire going to the stand mounted speakers instead of two!.

 

Thanks very much.

 

I thought that was probably going to be the case but wanted to check.

 

Very much appreciated.....

 

Right. That's the PA sorted, now onto some lights....