Hey guys and gals,
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the turbosound aspect series. I'm looking at buying a smaller system, 4 TA 880's or 4 TA 500's depending on what i can get and about 4 218's. I haven't heard it yet, but i imagine standing in front of it is something akin to riding a motor cycle (hair blasted back, cheecks flapping, eyes watering, you know...) I've heard F1, KV2, and Floodlight. I'm guessing it sounds similar to F1 since the designs are very close. If anyone has some words on the subject, I'd welcome the input.
Other than actually listening to them, I've done my homework and have a way better understanding of professional speaker systems than i ever thought possible. I've read just about everything I can find about aspect on the internet, but all in all i still have a few questions that i thought someone might be able to help me out with on the forums.
1. Why the hell didn't turbosound make a 4x8 processor? If I want a 4 or 5 way system, i'd need two lmsd24's or 26's right? I mean, Do you really need to have a left and a right processor if you want to run your system in 4 or 5 way? I'm thinking of just getting an xta 448 or similar since I'm an all in one kinda guy, and in all likelyhood, the system will be a 4 way system, so unless someone can explain to me how to run a single lms26 as a 4 way crossover, i think i'm gonna go third party...
2. Speaking of 4 ways and third parties (giggity), I think I'm starting to understand 4 way crossovers, wiring and i can see why turbo is using the mc2 amplifiers for their high end pro av market (up to 4 boxes per channel!). What i'm wondering is, since my situation is such that i probably wont be running that many boxes, is it possible to use amplifiers that aren't as powerful (and expensive!) I'm thinking that if i matched some smaller amplifiers to the two box per side scenario, I could save ALOT of money, not to mention the max amperage draw would be significantly less. At a lot of the shows we do, Its uncommon for us to find more than a single power box in the venue, and if it has more than 100 amps its our lucky day. With a 4 way system at full power on the MC2 amplifiers, we're talking 120 amps (but realistically more like 80-100 amps). So unless were gonna do this thing in the dark, I'd like to get that power consumption down for my lighting, especially since I'm not sure that i'll ever be able to afford to add any boxes to the rig. Can anyone think of a reason why i shouldn't do that? Any suggestions on amplifiers for that would also be helpful. I'm thinking maybe some powersoft d series, or maybe some qsc plx series... Something that sounds good, is readily availalbe and not $3k plus.
Thanks!