Advice needed; re start up system

I jumped straight in and bought 2 super scoops (Just cabs) for £150.

I then bought 2 x 18" drivers after looking at the recommended list.

The drivers are:

1 x Fane Colossus 18XB 1000w

1 x Fane Colossus 18SB 1000w

Luckily I found a powered mixer and 2 full range speakers next to a skip a couple of weeks before.

They work fine after changing the fuse in the mixer but aren't very powerful.

I have put the 2 x 12" drivers from the full range speakers into a single cabinet and built a cabinet for the horns.

I am wanting to use the sound system for house parties/small indoor and outdoor parties.

I usually mix Jungle, DnB and Hardcore but i'm not looking at building something that sounds perfect.

I have purchased a behringer super x pro for the crossover.

The problem I am now facing is that I didn't realise how much an amp would cost to power the super scoops at 1000w each.

In regards to the advice needed, do I:

1. Downsize the super scoops too 2 x 15" scoops at lower watts.

2. Save up for an amp to run the super scoops.

3. Sell everything and get a powered system.

I'm sure 2 x 15" scoops would be suitable for what I will be using them for and would match the power of the mids/highs a lot better before I upgrade them.

Thanks for the help.

 

I feel for jungle he might be disappointed in reflex 15s though unless they were a high excursion driver and tuned low... I do agree that the 18s fitted into a reflex box tuned to 35hz or so would be better for anything smaller and indoor though and far easier to move around.

 

I've got a few JBL 18" subs (M pro, sound power etc) and have used pairs of them for house parties. They were good for that and you could feel the bass but outdoors or in a bigger room they just were lost and I use cubo subs for those situations now.

 

Yes... I'd say two amps is better than one for running your subs unless you buy switchmode which generally won't be cheap. Switchmode amps are generally more efficient and will extract more usable power from a 13a supply than a toroidal amp. They are also far lighter. Berry EP2500/4000 is the best cheapest amp for your job I'd say, followed by oldschool matrix UKP. There may be others but this is my experience. The berry also have half decent clip limiters and filters etc built in.

 

Amp specs can vary... I.e an amp is usually not quite double the power at 4r versus 8r... all depends on the design of the amp and even how it was tested (short burst vs long burst vs continuous etc).

 

As a general rule a 500w pch @4r will be 1000w X 1 @8r though.

 

In my opinion amps on restricted mains 13a supply will better meet their spec when run at 8r too- every time the impedance doubles the current halves, thus easing the demand on the power supply.

 

You'll need to alter your speaker cables to run bridge too.

 

Get a couple of NL4FX in red and wire the positive to 1+ and the negative to 2+. Obviously put the red end of the cable into the bridge speakon on the EP2500/4000 and select bridge on the selector panel on the back.

 

Re your crossover I'm not familiar with it but seeing as you might be running an amp per scoop I would just use the link XLR on the first amp to supply signal to the second.

 

When you can, upgrade to a berry ultradrive as they have decent brick wall limiters!