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    Posted: 14 August 2019 at 10:51am
Easy! 
First time entering the world of building soundsystems (as a huge soundsystem fan and someone who has wanted to build one for a while).

Have £5000 of someone else's money to build a rig. Current plan is 2x polar bear scoops, 2xkick/mid/top section, custom designed/built crossover (I do electronic engineering). 

Now we come to the important part - amps. Plan is to buy something second hand. Any recomendations of things in my price range (that will hopefully allow opportunity to expand!)?? Or do I just need to spend some more time lurking!? 

Any help or pointing in the right direction is hugely appreciated Tongue 

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To add some details - have access to pretty much any tools, and cheap supply of wood! 

Will be playing a mix of music - dub, dubstep, UK Bass etc etc
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote finnchapman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 August 2019 at 11:27am
Another correction! I realise Polar Bear Scoops are not in the public domain - to clarify  I would like to build an 18" scoop design of some sort (havin enjoyed the Polar's on many an occasion ;)) 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote imageoven Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 August 2019 at 1:26pm
Work out how your going to split that money up if you can.

Bass drivers 2 x £250
Kick drivers 2 x £250
Mid drivers 2 x £200
HF 2 x £150

might be ball park figures, but are you planning on building your pre amp out of this 5K too?
Keep pushing on, things are gonna get better.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Earplug Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 August 2019 at 1:27pm
I think that member toastyghost had some nice (old) amps for sale - QSC, MC2, etc.


Here:

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Yes, great ideas of course. Pre amp will be out of the 5k - time is easier to come by than money though so I can put together a PCB for one myself (still a cost though, yes)
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Cheers for the link! 
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Originally posted by finnchapman finnchapman wrote:

Cheers for the link! 


No problem. DonĀ“t forget to ask for the 25% forum member discount!!  LOL




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there's a huge amount of info in the archives.  Worth a search.  

Look up 

Void inf8 (infinite 8 v2)
Crest 9001

Powersoft k20 (and others)

Sae pqm13
Matrix xt10000 and xt7000

Not exhaustive, but if you search for all of these they'll bring up stuff you could also look for.  There's option and comparison. Should help inform you.  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote njw Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 August 2019 at 9:31pm
Got a few amps going spare, nothing fancy but you could do a lot worse to get started; 

Matrix STR 3000 £300
Matrix STR 2000 £200
Pulse APB 2100 £170
2x Alto Mac 2.4's (very good QSC RMX 2450 copies) £150 each
T Amp E800 £110  

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