We just had our first major event with the Danley Sound Labs SH-50 and TH-115 cabinets. Each pair of cabinets (run in parallel) were powered by a bridged QSC Audio PLX-3602. A Sabine Navigator 3600 was used to provide basic crossover functionality: the SH-50's were high-passed at 100 Hz, 24 dB LR and the TH-115's were low-passed at 90 Hz 24 dB LR (also with a 25 Hz 24 dB LR high pass). The TH-115's were run off of an Aux send from the TT24 console.
The gig was a one day bluegrass music festival in the Williamsport Community Arts Center on St. Patrick's Day. Two SH-50's were arrayed on top of two TH-115's placed on their sides in the small wings on each side of the stage. This room seats a total of 2200 with a decent portion of those seats in a balcony. Since we weren't anticipating anywhere near a full house, I was primarily concerned with achieving adequate coverage of the main floor.
We were fairly pressed on time during load-in (the first show was at 2pm) so I didn't have much/if any time to tweak the rig. After we had things fired up though, I quickly realized that NO tweaking would be required! For the vast majority of the performers and their respective inputs I did not have to do any equalization to get the tonality and mix that I was looking for. Only light and basic bass roll-off and other very minor tweaks were dialed in simply for taste.
The SH-50's had incredible clarity and gain before feedback straight out of the box. They arrayed practically seamlessly and their sound quality and response was even throughout their intended coverage area. The most impressive aspect of the SH-50's was their naturalness and complete lack of harshness. You could walk right up to the cabinets during the show and they just got louder as you moved closer - remaining smooth the entire time. This was one of the first events we have ever done where I could simply sit down and enjoy how good the show sounded.
The TH-115's reproduced the nuances of the upright acoustic bass with authority and appeared to have nearly limitless power. Their low-end extension was something I have been craving for a long time. I've had decent subwoofers before (Yorkville LS800PB's) but they weren't anywhere near as loud, low, and accurate as the TH-115's. When a well played and balanced bass was on stage it was a pure thing of beauty. The extra weight of the low E string was accurately reproduced and added enhanced aura and feel to the music without the bass being too loud.
In summary, I can state that we are very happy our purchase of the Danley rig and can't wait to use it at our larger outdoor events this summer. It was a sizable investment for us, that we didn't take lightly, but after this experience it was probably one of the best investments that we will ever make. Some pictures of the event are available at the following link (unfortunately we didn't get any good beauty shots of the Danley rig).
http://cobrasound.com/cobrasound_gallery/livesound/LupusCAC0 7/
Jeff
PS. Dealer disclaimer applies but I try to keep the BS to a minimum.