Lab 1600 Vs Lab 4000

So at boomtown I was given a polite slap on the wrist. I was given a 5kw limit for the venue but had 26kw of amps plugged in. Mostly because other than sub (Powersoft K10), all my other drivers including my compression drivers were powered off Lab4000s  thankfully the guys on the audio team gave me the benefit of doubt, especially when I showed them my tech spec and  power consumption was only 600w on the logged power meters. Most of this was on the back of some noise complaints from our neighbours (mostly acoustic acts) so had a lot low end bleed. Thankfully mostly sorted by a lead curtain and some tweaks to make their system louder. Though I did have to do some notching out.

el chupacabra wrote: Just to throw in the 1300c and 2000c was something i briefly had from that era and they were lovely. Sold them on to 4D in the end out the back of a tour van outside tunbridge wells forum. There was also a 4ch 1200c which would be fine for comps. I only ever used a 1200c for some wedges on a hire and thought it was a little underpowered for running 12+1 together.

I had similar issues when I showed them racks with 4 x Powersoft X8 and a Powersoft X4 !

this is where unbranded 1U amplifiers come into their own. Sound police have to be really clued up to know they are rated at 4*6000W

I'm not one to take the piss. Venue was plenty loud enough and got loads of compliments.