Whole new system!!

Hi!

I recently got a little mission from my school to get them a whole new and complete speakersystem!

I have searched the whole web until I found this site!(Just registered)

Now, my school don´t really have a whole lot of money, though they need a big system to be used at medium to large outdoor occasions and quite large indoor occasions. So I´ve looked through all of the speakers and read just about everything on this forum but still I can´t decide..

I´ve thought of something like two 18" superscoops loaded with Voids and then two X15s with suggested equipment but used with a passive filter (to save some cash).

I´ve also thought of Four 1850boxes with Voids in them and then two MT102s(with passive filters).

A stack of HD15s could also be an option though I havent thought of wich mid/tops to use with them.

What´s your opinion on what to use?

Yours sincerly, Robin.

passive crossovers aint a good idea. the power that drivers will take u will find it difficult and expensive to find crossoevrs to take that kind of power

 

Spend your money wisely,

You say you want to use passive crossovers? but how many are you goin to be needing? 2-4-6?

why not buy one active crossover unit to do the job for you,

Also as your talking about PD 1850's and Void 18''s im sure your budget will allow maybe £100 for-150 for a active crossover-where as your passive crossovers will probably ad up to the same

Just a thought

i honestly dont know i have never used passice xovers ive alwayz stuck with the active and have had no probs, i know a few guys that use passive xovers but they never use more than 1000rms

but from my experience and what ive heard over the years i wouldnt use them in place of a active system

which ever idea you choose you will need 2 amps and a active xover

1 amp for bass
1 for ya mid tops with the- passives inside between the horn n midbass
1 active crossover

depends of crowd sizes, tyoe of music, what storage space u have etc etc

I would recommend (for simplicity,cost,versatility given this is for a school) single 18" reflex subs (half a G sub each, singles for portability,scaleability,storage) with either X15's (make them much smaller than the current plans!) or a 12"+1" version on top.  You could start with two subs and two tops then add more subs if necessary then another pair of tops etc...

Having said all that, unless you're going to turn it into a school woodworking project you can now buy a lot of half decent ready-made kit for not a lot of money.  Check out FBT.  They make a whole range of very good B&C loaded boxes for sensible money.