chrisd24 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Not sure if this is the right forum but anyway...... im after a powered sub for my pa,im running a pretty standard system (power amp/mixer/2 ev stage 200's) but i want to add a bit of umph for bigger rooms. I had a play with a roland one in a shop the other day and quite liked it as it had a built in crossover and was small and relativley light so anything along those lines im after and open to suggestion. Edited November 11, 2011 by chrisd24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Do subs and 'small and light' go together? We use a mackie SWA1501. Does a great job, but it's a two-man lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 ha! to be fair there are only 3 of us and no drummer so anything massive isn't really that necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I recommend these heartily. [url="http://www.musicgeardirect.co.uk/pa-sound-products-by-brand/l2-audio/speakers/l2-audio-tx115.html"]http://www.musicgeardirect.co.uk/pa-sound-products-by-brand/l2-audio/speakers/l2-audio-tx115.html[/url] These are an old model Logic System sub, now sold under the L2 Audio brand, they use Celestion bits instead of the RCF components inside the originals. We have the Logic System stuff and it's pretty godamn mega. Seriously mega. We've come to these via HK Audio Lucas system and a Peavey setup. When we got the chance of the Logic stuff, we just couldn't refuse it, it's that good.British designed and built too. Only thing I would change is to add more. The Subs are tiny but hugely effective. In our case, they replace Peavey BW equipped 1x 15" subs, in our drummers case, Mackie SWA1501 subs. They blow both of them clean out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Here they are, enjoying a lovely day out in the car. ~That's the LS12 Mid Tops in the flight case. Edited November 11, 2011 by JohnFitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Those seem like just the thing,although unfortunately not powered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 We've had powered stuff before, the HK Audio gear. Deliberately went back to power amps. Our two powered subs had a stereo top end and a mono sub, that was in both sides, so six channels of amplifications between the two subs. One channel went down and could not be repaired. Bingo, whole system useless because of one dead channel. Not utterly useless, but what point is there in the system if you're down an amp channle which can't be repaired ? How stupid is that ? As it is now, if an amp goes down, we'll swap it out and keep going. As I said above, had powered cabs. Will never ever go back to them. Not a chance. GIve me a hernia inducing amp rack every time. I know where I am with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I'm of the same thinking but we also have another small pa comprising of 2 powered tops so it needs to compliment that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 [size=3]I know what you mean.[/size] [size=3]I'd still be sticking a 3U power amp into a little flightcase and a pair of these as well.[/size] [size=3]Anyway ![/size] [size=3]I've had my say, I'm sure you'll get on fine with something like an SWA1501, quality bit of kit.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I guess it's a trade off between heavier powered speakers/subs and passives with a rack full of heavy amps. Fair point about separate amps being a bit more flexible though. Have lightweight class D amps made big inroads to PA systems as they have for bass rigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Well, there's a question. Our PA amps are Crown XLS602s. I'm convinced these are made of depleted uranium they're so heavy. When we suggested replacing them with class D amps, the shop said "go for it, but I would keep the Crowns for the subs." He reckons the heavy iron is more suitable for that application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 LD are doing 15" active subs as part of their "Dave" range and I have to say they sound pretty good. Their systems run them with 10s or 12s . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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