Speakerplans.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > Plans > X1
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Witch driver instead of the PD1850 aka witch amp
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Witch driver instead of the PD1850 aka witch amp

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 23456>
Author
Message
infrasound View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 13 May 2011
Location: Brizzle
Status: Offline
Points: 2276
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote infrasound Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 1:37pm
Proline is unforgiving, so are X1.

 = you have to be careful of signal chain! 


Was damage mechanical or thermal?
Back to Top
Tengu Collective View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User
Avatar

Joined: 29 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 56
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tengu Collective Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 3:16pm
Originally posted by cravings cravings wrote:

must have pushed them too far so... Rog always warned that the X1 cab is very hard on drivers...

what processing to they run? high pass? limiters?

I think the use a reggae style pre-amp, but don't know from which manufacturer for sound control and so on. Probably not such a precise tool for pushing x1's to the limit..

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:

That room looks huge just from pic.

The room on the picture is just our storage place and we didn't blew our drivers yet, it was another soundsystem from friends

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:

IMHO, X1s not right for that place, and stack also needs some kicks and horn-loaded midtops.

There are es18 kicks on top of the x1's as you can see in the picture as well as in the description of the stack.

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:


If you had 8x decent 1850 full scoops, powered by 2x Inf8Mk2, that would make a mess of that place, I'm sure.

You all ready mentioned that once in the thread...

Originally posted by infrasound infrasound wrote:

Proline is unforgiving, so are X1.

 = you have to be careful of signal chain! 


Was damage mechanical or thermal?

I see, as said, I think they use a reggae style preamp. We play with a mixing console, x-overs and some studio gear, so we hopefully can control the signal chain a bit better...

I don't know if the damage was mechanical or thermal but my bet is they just run the amp too long and to hard + pushed frequencies like 60-80hz via preamp to get a breath-taking bass (= thermal?)
TENGU COLLECTIVE

The one original dubstep sound out the east of switzerland.

tengucollective.ch
facebook.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/djtaiken
Back to Top
levyte357- View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 27 July 2012
Location: UK, South East
Status: Offline
Points: 8128
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote levyte357- Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 3:31pm
Originally posted by Tengu Collective Tengu Collective wrote:

ch a precise tool for pushing x1's to the limit..

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:

That room looks huge just from pic.

The room on the picture is just our storage place and we didn't blew our drivers yet, it was another soundsystem from friends

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:

IMHO, X1s not right for that place, and stack also needs some kicks and horn-loaded midtops.

There are es18 kicks on top of the x1's as you can see in the picture as well as in the description of the stack.

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:


If you had 8x decent 1850 full scoops, powered by 2x Inf8Mk2, that would make a mess of that place, I'm sure.

You all ready mentioned that once in the thread...


Cool.. Didn't rescan thread before posting.

Proline 3000s are beasts in 4 ohm bridge, not quite enough for 4 ohm stereo sub, but must not be clipped ever, as clipping circuitry is proven to be pants.

Therefore Inf8MK2 will drive 4x drivers nicely, for lot less weight.


Global Depopulation - Alive and Killing.
Back to Top
infrasound View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 13 May 2011
Location: Brizzle
Status: Offline
Points: 2276
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote infrasound Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 3:34pm
If they ran without protection after the pre-amp (HPF / limiters), then I guess they were playing a dangerous game with an unknown setup!

Would be interesting to see a picture of the VC when (if) they recone the drivers.
Back to Top
Tengu Collective View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User
Avatar

Joined: 29 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 56
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tengu Collective Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 3:48pm
I'm currently thinking about inf8, macrotech5000, ca18 or so on, but they are **** expensive.

We all ready had a few sessions where we powered our x1's with the inf8 and I was heavy, but i also hear a lot of negative feedback on how the void amps are manufactured.

Due to great supply on the second hand market in germany I'm thinking about:

2x Crest ca12 (2x1200 - 4ohm / 2200 - 4 ohm bridget)
2x Crest 8001 (2x1200 - 4 ohm / 2800 - 4 ohm bridget)
1x Crown Macrotech 5000 vz (2x2600 - 4 ohm parallel mono) (no THAT many on the market)

what do you guys think? 

Edit: there may also be some ca18 to find...


Edited by Tengu Collective - 23 February 2014 at 3:53pm
TENGU COLLECTIVE

The one original dubstep sound out the east of switzerland.

tengucollective.ch
facebook.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/djtaiken
Back to Top
geoSal View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User
Avatar

Joined: 05 July 2011
Location: THESSALONIKI
Status: Offline
Points: 338
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote geoSal Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 4:03pm
macrotech all the way.but again do not clip..
Back to Top
levyte357- View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 27 July 2012
Location: UK, South East
Status: Offline
Points: 8128
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote levyte357- Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 4:03pm
Originally posted by Tengu Collective Tengu Collective wrote:

I'm currently thinking about inf8, macrotech5000, ca18 or so on, but they are **** expensive.

We all ready had a few sessions where we powered our x1's with the inf8 and I was heavy, but i also hear a lot of negative feedback on how the void amps are manufactured.

Due to great supply on the second hand market in germany I'm thinking about:

2x Crest ca12 (2x1200 - 4ohm / 2200 - 4 ohm bridget)
2x Crest 8001 (2x1200 - 4 ohm / 2800 - 4 ohm bridget)
1x Crown Macrotech 5000 vz (2x2600 - 4 ohm parallel mono) (no THAT many on the market)

what do you guys think? 

Edit: there may also be some ca18 to find...


CA12 is stripped down version of 8001, so would forget about those for 4 ohm bridge.
5000VZ is nice amp, but old, and no where near the power of 8MK2.

You guys are dealing with serious bass notes, all night, so for you suggest either Proline 3000 in bridge or 8MK2 4 ohm stereo.

Just use nice external, analogue limiter/compressor before sub amp.
Global Depopulation - Alive and Killing.
Back to Top
Tengu Collective View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User
Avatar

Joined: 29 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 56
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tengu Collective Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 5:11pm
Originally posted by geoSal geoSal wrote:

macrotech all the way.but again do not clip..

Aight, copy that Smile

Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:



CA12 is stripped down version of 8001, so would forget about those for 4 ohm bridge.
5000VZ is nice amp, but old, and no where near the power of 8MK2.

You guys are dealing with serious bass notes, all night, so for you suggest either Proline 3000 in bridge or 8MK2 4 ohm stereo.

Just use nice external, analogue limiter/compressor before sub amp.

Ok, so you would prefer a 8001 over a ca12? do they handle 4ohm bridge properly?
5000vz probably a bit a risk of the occasion market and proline 3000 over all of them exept the inf8?

cheers guys, for all the feedbacks so far!


Edited by Tengu Collective - 23 February 2014 at 5:13pm
TENGU COLLECTIVE

The one original dubstep sound out the east of switzerland.

tengucollective.ch
facebook.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/djtaiken
Back to Top
corell View Drop Down
Young Croc
Young Croc
Avatar

Joined: 19 August 2013
Location: Berlin
Status: Offline
Points: 1161
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote corell Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 6:42pm
remember, proline has more output than the specs say!

Proline 3000:

Hersteller: 2x 1100 Watt an 8 Ohm
Messung: Sinus 2x 1250W/8Ohm, 12db Crest 2x 1550W/8Ohm, Impuls 80Hz 2x 1390W/8Ohm
Hersteller: 2x 1500 Watt an 4 Ohm
Messung: Sinus 2x 2100W/4Ohm, 12db Crest 2x 2200W/4Ohm, Impuls 80Hz 2x 2020W/4Ohm
Hersteller: 2x 1800 Watt an 2 Ohm
Messung: Sinus 2x 2300W/2Ohm, 12db Crest 2x 3000W/2Ohm, Impuls 80Hz 2x 2874W/2Ohm



or what about SAE PXM 1450 or PCM 18 ?
Back to Top
levyte357- View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 27 July 2012
Location: UK, South East
Status: Offline
Points: 8128
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote levyte357- Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 9:47pm
Originally posted by corell corell wrote:

remember, proline has more output than the specs say!

Proline 3000:

Hersteller: 2x 1100 Watt an 8 Ohm
Messung: Sinus 2x 1250W/8Ohm, 12db Crest 2x 1550W/8Ohm, Impuls 80Hz 2x 1390W/8Ohm
Hersteller: 2x 1500 Watt an 4 Ohm
Messung: Sinus 2x 2100W/4Ohm, 12db Crest 2x 2200W/4Ohm, Impuls 80Hz 2x 2020W/4Ohm
Hersteller: 2x 1800 Watt an 2 Ohm
Messung: Sinus 2x 2300W/2Ohm, 12db Crest 2x 3000W/2Ohm, Impuls 80Hz 2x 2874W/2Ohm





Would think test figures for 40-50hz would be of more relevance here.

There are a suprising number of people with Broken Proline 3000, that can't be fixed, after being told they were good for 4 ohm, 2x18s per channel, on sub. Wink

 


Edited by levyte357- - 23 February 2014 at 9:50pm
Global Depopulation - Alive and Killing.
Back to Top
Tengu Collective View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User
Avatar

Joined: 29 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 56
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tengu Collective Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 February 2014 at 10:02pm
Originally posted by corell corell wrote:

remember, proline has more output than the specs say!

yeah, but it seems that the clipping circuitryl isn't very accurate, so I don't want to take that risk, even if pd1850's can take probably a bit more than v1000's, don't you think?


Originally posted by levyte357- levyte357- wrote:



Would think test figures for 40-50hz would be of more relevance here.

There are a suprising number of people with Broken Proline 3000, that can't be fixed, after being told they were good for 4 ohm, 2x18s per channel, on sub. Wink


Yes, absolutely, if proline 3000 I would anyway go with 2 for 4 x1's.
So two second hand 8001s or two new prolines?


Edited by Tengu Collective - 23 February 2014 at 10:04pm
TENGU COLLECTIVE

The one original dubstep sound out the east of switzerland.

tengucollective.ch
facebook.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/tengucollective
soundcloud.com/djtaiken
Back to Top
Mark James View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 15 January 2006
Location: rig side
Status: Offline
Points: 5309
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mark James Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 February 2014 at 5:14pm
personaly i would say anyone who rates the 5000vz for sound quility is either a lover of distortion or completely death ..... maybey im too anal but realy? i had two ... hated them so much i replaced with 4 pv2600s wich i also hated i know this is a crap comparison but realy? and the same person rates the crown itechs? as muc as i hate them but i prefer berry europowers to the crown itechs lol just an opinion but hey check them distortion figurezss!!!!!
me so horny me love you long throw
horn loaded for her pleasure
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 23456>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.06
Copyright ©2001-2023 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.113 seconds.