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[Julian Ivory]

Greg Cameron wrote on Fri, 16 December 2005 15:22

That's quite an assortment of boxes. How are you processing and powering all that? Greg

Ultradrive for time alignment and x-over points
Aphex 204 processing,
MXF 400 for tops,
QSC RMX 850 for mid,
LAX 7200 for mid-bass,
2 x RMX 2450 for sub,

(wasn't when the pics were taken but how it is now.  same boxes)

[Too Tall (Curtis H. List)]

Ted Christensen wrote on Sat, 12 November 2005 19:26

Over 300 pounds i know that. figure 43 pounds per amp. 7 amps. do the math. thats 301 pounds. ( i was close) It never leaves the ground, it has wheels and my trailer will have a ramp door.

So back when the Crown PS2 was the “big” amp and dB sound out of Chicago ( or perhaps its was Showco) had hundreds of them I worked the IN as a stagehand at the Saginaw Civic Center.

Being a car factory town all they booked was heavy metal bands so they used lots and lots of PS2 amps. I can’t recall exactly how many PS2 amps fit in one full height rack. Either four or five anyway.

So the dimmer racks were off stage left on the ground (stage is about 5’ high). There is a guy minding his own business plugging in lighting mults and up above him they are rolling amp racks onto the sound wing. Well either the wing was not quite level or someone turned their head before the rack had stopped moving...and it just kept going.

Luckily the BA for the local was up in the stands doing paperwork and noticed the amp rack heading toward the edge of the stage. He yelled at the guy on the ground who did what every well trained stagehand should do. FIRST get your ass under cover and THEN curse the guy out for yanking your chain.

The rack went over the edge and literally right past the guys’ nose as he crouched under the stage. It broke all the mults off the dimmer rack top to bottom.

This happened over 20 years ago so I can’t remember exactly how, but they had light that night.

Just so you know not everyone is so lucky and kick guards on the edge of a stage are more then a nice idea, several years later an upstage truss rolled off the upstage edge with a friend of mine under it. It crushed his head and left him disabled for life.

Remember to take care of your ass out there.

Happy New Year to all.  

[Tom_Umney]

Now my rig!!!




1 of my QSC RMX2450, Aphex 204,Panasonic CD player. And a gaping space left in the rack  [3u left].

And now my rig in action:






You can only see the right stack in the pic, but all 4 speakers are there.

2x Behringer B1520 and 2x Behringer B1800X 18 inch bass bins.

Half my rig is sold and is already being upgraded....

I already got one of these Martin Audio EM21 bass bins.



I decided not to go for EV SX100+, they sounded too harsh.

Probably gonna be RCF ART300's.

[Tom_Umney]

I will put pics of the new rig up soon. I'm hoping to get QSC PLX amps in the future too.

[Cecil Daisy]

Tom_U: I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but your picture of the 2 amp, the crossover, and limiter, is stolen. That part of our rig, on the floor of our lockup. with my stuff int eh background.

Basically, sort it out!

If you want any more pictures, gimmie a shout!

Regards

[Tom Manchester]

Cecil wrote on Thu, 05 January 2006 12:25

Tom_U: I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but your picture of the 2 amp, the crossover, and limiter, is stolen. That part of our rig, on the floor of our lockup. with my stuff int eh background. Basically, sort it out! If you want any more pictures, gimmie a shout! Regards

Huh! Matt Andrews also posted that same picture in the thread about noise limiting. Also, Tom_U and Cecil don't forget to change your aliases to include both your first and last names, instead of Tom_U and Cecil.

[Vladimir Angelovski]

My homemade system. About 15kW.

[Matt Andrews]

Yeah, thats my rack

Cecil's part of the crew also

Matt

[Cecil Daisy]

Cecil is my first name ... Matthew Andrews is my best mate.

[Tony Sz.]

Matt Gunter wrote on Sun, 18 December 2005 21:01

cool, saw this thread and thought i'd show you all my rig (well one of my rigs anyway) enjoy

Man, I wouldn't want to get anywhere -near- those towers. There's no way they could support the full weight of those stacks. I can't make it out.... is there anything supporting those hanging stacks from underneath?