Kevsy71 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Morning all, With this mixer: [url="http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/MIX04AU-8-Channel-Mini-Mixer-with-USB-by-Gear4music/I7D"]http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/MIX04AU-8-Channel-Mini-Mixer-with-USB-by-Gear4music/I7D[/url] and this power amp: [url="http://www.djsuperstore.co.uk/QTX-Pro1000-Black"]http://www.djsuperstore.co.uk/QTX-Pro1000-Black[/url] ...will I be able to run two passive monitors in addition to the two PA speakers? For example if I use the power amp speakon outputs for the PA speakers, and jack outputs for the monitors (or vice versa)? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I'd have said not, though the manual should confirm that. You are expecting a lot from a 250w RMS power section any way, though I assume you would be using it with something like an acoustic duo or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 +1 But even if you could, you would have no control over what was going through the monitors ... it would just be whatever was going through the PA. If that isn't a problem, then check whether your main PA speakers have 1/4" OUT sockets to allow daisy-chaining, and whether they're 8 Ohm. If that's a 'Yes' in each case, then just daisy-chain from each of the PA speakers into the two monitors. That will have your amp working at 4 Ohms on each channel and chucking out (allegedly) 250W per channel. If all you use the PA for is the vocals, then that should be plenty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 As Warwickhunt said you could but it's not ideal. You could run the 2 pa cabs in parallel from one side of the amp and the monitors in parallel from the other providing you didn't go below 4ohms. You'd have to take a mono out from the desk to one side of the amp and an Aux feed from the desk to the other side of the Amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1363523448' post='2013566'] That will have your amp working at 4 Ohms on each channel and chucking out (allegedly) 250W per channel. [/quote] I agree with what I 'think' HJ is alluding to here and that is that I'd be sceptical that the amp even put out that kind of power, measurements to get that rating can be interpreted as easily as statistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Probably best to get an active monitor and a slave I'd think? Truckstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevsy71 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) Thanks for all the advice! Will daisy chain from the speaker outs....and if that's not cutting it will look into active as Truckstop suggests. Cheers! Edited March 17, 2013 by Kevsy71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevsy71 Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Just an update on this: we ran both monitors active in the end off the mono aux mixer feed, and it worked fine - as suggested above it meant the sax/harp/piano/vocals could be mixed independently for the monitor feed. Thanks again for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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