leon garrity wrote on Sun, 06 February 2011 21:15 |
Well my luck gets better, this weekend ive managed to blow 3 horns in total,all burnt to a crisp??????? can anyone shed any light,im using a Lab fp 3400 on the SM60f now i know it says the Danleys can take 800 cont/1600 program.I try never to get the amp to clip but it delivers 1500 at 4ohms,but it delivers 94 volts max output can this be too much for the Danley box .When i ran the EAW,i had to implement the max voltage into the eaw processor and it would automatically set the limiters to protect the drivers. Since using the Sm60f's i have gone through 8 horns,if i set the amp to give me only 1000 watts the box doesn't get as loud. The SM60f can give out upto 127db max now what does it need to generate that,if i were to give it only 800 watts i definatley wouldnt get a workable volume. Could this be any of the following??????? voltage spikes too much voltage from amp to drivers too much wattage to box from amp,but if i put smaller amp on it does not go as loud. Why only the horns?????????? not the whole box if it was too much power then surely the mid driver would go bang with 1500 watts on it. can different amps work better with different boxes? any advice would be good. |
leon garrity wrote on Sun, 06 February 2011 21:15 |
Well my luck gets better, this weekend ive managed to blow 3 horns in total,all burnt to a crisp??????? can anyone shed any light,im using a Lab fp 3400 on the SM60f now i know it says the Danleys can take 800 cont/1600 program.I try never to get the amp to clip but it delivers 1500 at 4ohms,but it delivers 94 volts max output can this be too much for the Danley box .When i ran the EAW,i had to implement the max voltage into the eaw processor and it would automatically set the limiters to protect the drivers. Since using the Sm60f's i have gone through 8 horns,if i set the amp to give me only 1000 watts the box doesn't get as loud. The SM60f can give out upto 127db max now what does it need to generate that,if i were to give it only 800 watts i definatley wouldnt get a workable volume. Could this be any of the following??????? voltage spikes too much voltage from amp to drivers too much wattage to box from amp,but if i put smaller amp on it does not go as loud. Why only the horns?????????? not the whole box if it was too much power then surely the mid driver would go bang with 1500 watts on it. can different amps work better with different boxes? any advice would be good. |
Tim Padrick wrote on Tue, 08 February 2011 00:59 |
I've been told of instances where amps oscillated when playing, but were fine when idling. One instance was cured when the speaker cable was removed from metal conduit and hung from same by tie line. |
leon garrity wrote on Sat, 12 February 2011 20:30 | |||||||
It is absolutley beyond a joke..........another blown horn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! new laptop. lower power from fp3400 mls -2 which gives the SM60f a maximum of 1300 watts at 4ohms.........it was run nowhere near maximum!!!!!!!! in case i was pushing them too hard! The horn recess was clean of all debris from previous blown driver,the rig was kept down in volume but still a driver has yet again gone........My conclusion is that these boxes can not do the job,they can not take the power.Maybe for home cinema or hi fi at home but for PA use,i have used systems before from EAW to turbosound to D&B and i have never blown any driver in any box this is now 8 drivers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not me just having a rant but fact over Post by: leon garrity on February 13, 2011, 07:38:39 AM Ive done everything over this from changing crossover,desk,cables,reduced power,so the only thing it can be is crossover boards.I understand that you have faith in your product but something is ar rye here.I am currently going to order some bigger Danley tops for my theatre work..maybe SH69... Would you be able to ask your colleagues at Danley if they would consider sending new boards,the 4000 miles away makes it difficult to bring them for servicing.I have full faith in the quality of your product but i cant replace horns week upon weeks. please let me know if my request is ok. kindest reguards Leon Post by: Ivan Beaver on February 13, 2011, 08:22:36 AM
You need to go through the proper channels for this. Contact Jefff@danleysoundlabs.com regarding replacement parts. Post by: Frederik Rosenkjær on February 13, 2011, 03:24:46 PM A: The same cabinet - which would be virtually a necessity for the "faulty cross-over"-hypothesis to work. or B: Whatever cabinet happened to be at a particular side of the stage that evening - which be indicative of some failure in the amp or earlier in the chain. Sorry, if this has been mentioned - but I couldn't find it in the thread. Post by: Ivan Beaver on February 13, 2011, 04:06:12 PM
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