Amp recommendations / configurations please :)

roberto101 wrote: If 100% more power is providing good headroom. What sort of protection is adequate for that set up, considering I might end up renting the system out to djs who wouldnt neccessarily have as much respect for my gear as I might.

That is worst case scenario so you will need the best protection available and that doesn't come cheap. A modern self powered rig typically has RMS and Peak limiting as well as driver thermal and over excursion protection, all this is necessary to get the most out of a speaker system. If you can't provide all that due to technical or financial reasons then you have to scale back your expectations and leave some output on the table, or roll the dice and plan on doing some driver recones until you figure out where the limits are with your rig with your typical customers.

Especially if your looking to rent out turnkey solutions.

Have presets in the internal DSP, most of these modern amps you can turn off front panel controls. Set real time limiters and rent it out worry free.

If your dry hiring amps with external crossovers and AVC2’s etc something will get damaged as people WILL touch stuff.

I honestly feel you will regret it if you don’t go down the modern route now. 

Thanks for the reassurance Conanski

I knew there would be some resistance from some of you. (no pun intended)

I did buy the amp new and as mentioed, part of it was being able to pay it off hundred and odd quid a month and it comes with a 6 year warranty which isn't too shabby.

Its not too late to cancel it and the thought has crossed my mind. £2500 is a lot of money for me to spend for a hobby item considering i dont even own my own car.

Honestly, I wouln't be able to afford a second hand Lab or Decent Powersoft at the moment anyway and am a bit hesitant to spend 1700 / 1800 quid in something that might stop working at some point and I'd have no comeback. Not sure how much these things are to fix but I bet its not cheap, even to get them looked at.

Renting it out is going to be a progressive thing and by that time, I ll prob have some more gear anyway. I think ill probably end up being present at any gigs anyway so I'll can keep an eye on things. I'm not putting this rig together with a view to making any money. If I get a few quid back then great but it's more of something to do to be honest. Still love my tunes even though i dont go out clubbing anymore.

I think im actually going to save up for a Macro Tech 5000 before the end of the year so i can do some a/b testing. The fella who im buying the speakers off is addiment I should go old school and get a Macro Tech as they sound much warmer. He sounds like he knows what he's talking about as he has racks of equipment and many years of experience putting on shows but its something I want to decide for myself to be honest, what sounds best, what's more practical, whats suits the music I play etc.

I've got a swtch mode amp set up to my turntables, a Crown XLS 2000 with a small pair of Bose 301s and it sounds really nice. Although it would be nice to see how much better the Macro Tech sounds compaired to a Switch Mode amp, I'm quite happy to settle for the switch mode for £130 a month if its sounds anything like my small home dj setup.

What do they say, its not where you going, it's how you get there :)