curtis73
Well-Known Member
Hey, all. Just had something kinda sprung on me. Skip to the bottom if you don't want the details. When I took over as TD here 7 years ago, we had very little in the way of sound. Over the years I have taken donations, traded stuff, and I've been able to twist wires together to make random things happen with a PA of sorts. It's a black box, 50x60. I currently have a rack with three amps, one of which is a pretty nice Yamaha 700w x 2. That amp is currently driving 4 Yamaha 10" floor wedges that I have totally sketch hung in a cluster in the center of the grid on swivels which can be spun depending on the seating configuration. Two of them have blown horns which for now I'm just EQing out. I also have a Yorkville 300w sub to round out lows. The quick learning part is that the boss just asked me to spec out what I want for a grant, and speakers are one of the things. Since I'm headed into tech for two shows, I don't have a ton of time to sit and research the latest and greatest.
TL;DR... looking for recommendations for 4 passive PA speakers (10" should be plenty, 8" if they reach low, 12" considered) to be hung in a 50x60 blackbox for main program PA. Wide (left/right) waveguides important and short-ish (up/down) waveguides are a plus since they hang directly over the center of the stage. Will be driven 2 parallel x 2 from a 700w x 2 Yamaha amp. Emphasis should be on bulletproof to last a long time and modest expense. Sound quality is important, but the black box is acoustically strange, so fortunately I'm a whiz with EQs. Thoughts on good choices?
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TL;DR... looking for recommendations for 4 passive PA speakers (10" should be plenty, 8" if they reach low, 12" considered) to be hung in a 50x60 blackbox for main program PA. Wide (left/right) waveguides important and short-ish (up/down) waveguides are a plus since they hang directly over the center of the stage. Will be driven 2 parallel x 2 from a 700w x 2 Yamaha amp. Emphasis should be on bulletproof to last a long time and modest expense. Sound quality is important, but the black box is acoustically strange, so fortunately I'm a whiz with EQs. Thoughts on good choices?
Pic of the space for reference: