Dick Rees wrote on Wed, 09 February 2011 15:04 |
John Watson wrote on Wed, 09 February 2011 14:11 |
Chris Hindle wrote on Wed, 09 February 2011 13:55 |
John Watson wrote on Wed, 09 February 2011 14:50 |
Silas Pradetto wrote on Wed, 09 February 2011 13:25 | If you really do understand Peavey's reasoning for doing this, then why would you ever want to bypass it???
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To use them with subs and get full use of the dual 15's.
If I only used them as stand-alone speakers (w\ no subs), I wouldn't consider it.
They also do this on the dual-15 QW boxes IIRC.
I don't have the extra aux send to run aux subs at this time.
I just don't understand why they are the ONLY company to do this with their 2-15+horn box. Are they right and everyone else wrong?
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Yes.
It reduces the nasty beaming at the upper end of the 15's range. You get both 15's down low - where it's needed. Running with subs, I'd actually recommend dumping the bottom 15 altogether.
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So, for example, JBL's SRX 725 box is designed wrong and should be set up like a SP4?
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You're sort of projecting your conceptions onto the entire field of loudspeaker design here. I long ago decided to defer to major manufacturers regarding speaker design, choosing whichever of their products I found usable without starting to judge them and condemn their design and development process.....
And there are other cabinets with this design. The first one I can think of is the EV T-252 which shelves off the bottom 15 @ 400 while letting the top one go all the way up to the HF crossover point.
Use them as designed. That's my recommendation. If they work as well as the EV's they'll be full, smooth and not lacking in low mids. Set your subs crossover where you normally would.
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Well, Peavey does not recommend using subs with them at all, unless you give the tops full range and use an aux & x-over to do subs.
Thanks for the info on the EV's, I wasn't aware of anyone else doing this. They don't do it on any of their more "pro like MI" boxes like the QRX 212 or tour x 215 do they?
And would it really sound that much worse to run both 15's
with the full 50-1800 (actually 90- 1800 since I'm using subs)?
I'd prefer to get as much mids as possible. If I could afford it, I'd get a pair of srx 722's or qrx 212's, but for now that is out of the question.