Wiring Speakons in Parallel |
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Wrighty
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 5:07pm |
Yeah, as I said, fair comment - no offence taken :)
I didn't mention it, mainly because I don't use it, I guess! Until I expanded my rig to 4-way active (building new hi-mid cabs in the process), I didn't have any 4 core Speakon cables. My bass bins are on 2 core 4mm, with an independent run from each one back to the amp rack, to minimise cable losses and maximise damping factor (another topic...). |
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rich21
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not just for mid -hi
also means i can do 1 bass bin on each core or subs + kick too many options you miss out on .. just because you didn't wire the pins 2 it also works for me as i always use 4 way spk-on leads edit to add: i have just read my own post and it sound like iam having a go i dont mean it to .... what i mean is I HAVE FOUND IT VERY USEFUL and therefor i would all ways link pins2 Edited by rich21 - 30 June 2008 at 4:55pm |
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Wrighty
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Fair comment. The only time I use 2+ and 2- is for the HF in my hi-mid boxes and my rig is 4-way active, so little point in linking 2+ and 2- through anywhere else.
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rich21
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dont forget to link out the 2+ & 2- as well you never know when you will need it
( i often run bass down the pins 1 and mid-hi down pins 2) |
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drivebycar
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cheers for the input mate. Its a pv2.6 2600w i was tlaking about. I dont really have the budget for crown as much as I would like them! I was looking for more reasonably priced but still decent amps. Maybe something along the line of matrix or something?
Ive got a budget of probably up to £300, maybe a bit more at a push.
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Wrighty
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The only "2.6" amp I can find info for on the Peavey website is the 2.6C which only does 130W into 4 ohms - I assume this isn't the one you've got or are looking at buying?!
It all depends how much money you want to spend, but something like a second hand Crown Macro-Tech 2400 will do 2400W (or thereabouts) into 4 ohms bridged. Or a Crown K2 (I've got a couple, each one bridged into a pair of 8 ohm bins). Or there's the Matrix XP3000, which will do 1000W per channel into 8 ohms, so you could run a bin off each side of it (albeit with a bit less power output). I'm sure other people will suggest other amps but those are some I own or use regularly, which I know will do the job! |
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drivebycar
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what amp should I go for in that case? I was only going to get the peavey coz it was on the cheap
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Mark James
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it wont last long, i used to have a few of these, dont bridge them into 4 ohms, it just thermals realy quickly to be honest, I killed all of mine rapidly!
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Wrighty
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I can't get the Peavey website to work at the moment, so I can't say whether that amp will cope or not.
If you parallel up the speakers, you'll end up with a single 4 ohm load. When you bridge an amp, each channel sees half of that load, so each channel is effectively driving into 2 ohms. Unless the amp is rated at 2 ohm stereo / 4 ohm bridge mono, it won't last long! I'll try and get on the Peavey website again later to give you a better answer. |
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drivebycar
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Im using a peavey 2.6 to run 2 pd186's. So am i right in thinking if i run them in parralel with the 8ohm drivers they will be at 4r, and the amp can run bridged at 4r as well?
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Wrighty
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Yeah, that's right. Unless you're going to the nth degree, it doesn't matter which of the two Speakons you use for the input or output. There are other things which will matter far more.
Incidentally, what amp are you using? Is it capable of being bridged into a 4 ohm load? |
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