which is better overall
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Topic: which is better overall
Posted By: wickedweb
Subject: which is better overall
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 2:47pm
| how's it going. i'm new to all this speaker lark and i was just wondering whats the better speaker box the 1850 or the 186 horn. |
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Posted By: adambomb
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 3:00pm
| Depends which driver you have. |
Posted By: wickedweb
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 3:02pm
| the pd1850 |
Posted By: biotec
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 3:16pm
| then the 1850 cab is better. |
Posted By: wickedweb
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 5:08pm
| if i dont us a pd1850 what drivers would you recomend for both |
Posted By: adambomb
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 5:23pm
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The 1850 horn is designed for the PD1850 driver.
The 186 horn is designed for the PD186 driver.
Out of the 2, I think I'm correct in saying, you will find more compatible drivers for the 186 horn.
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Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 9:07pm
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basicaly the pd1850 and v-18 [only v-18 1000 ]
go in 1850 horns, pd186 and the other listed alternatives on the plans go into the 186 horn, in short the 1850 horn when equiped with suitable driver is louder and harder, and less musical sounding [so brute force] and the 186 is slightly lesss loud and more musical sounding, using the correct drivers is paramount here though so only use what is mentioned in the plans unless you know what you are doing, or itl cost you a bomb when you blow 4 drivers irrepairably when they only cost 20% less than the suggested drivers which wouldnt have died.... ------------- me so horny me love you long throw horn loaded for her pleasure |
Posted By: levyte357
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 9:21pm
Are you after deep sub bass or just punchy kick bass? How many cabs do you intend to use? I don't believe you are gonna get much sub from 1850 horns unless you have at least 4 cabs. Which isnt cheap. ------------- "Who am I? I'm the guy who does his job.. You must be the other guy". |
wickedweb wrote:Posted By: wickedweb
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 10:20pm
| im not sure what sort of bass im looking for,well im thinking of having atleast 4-5 cabs.mostly breakbeat,hard trance,hardstyle,speed garage an other free party music will be played though them.still havent decided what mids an tops to get.was thinking some hd15's for the mids,dont no about tops |
Posted By: adambomb
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 7:23pm
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Start again... what are your requirments..
Audience / Venue size.
Budget
I don't think HD15s and 1850 / 186 Horns are a good combo to work together (they cover a similer band)...
HD15s should be used in 2 way bass setups with real subs, X1s, Labs etc... They are a kick bass cab, not a mid cab.
1850 / 186 Horns should be used used in LARGE piles (4 per side or more) for 1 way bass setups.
Although they stick kick it out at impressive levels in smaller stacks, they will not go that low in small numbers.
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Posted By: adambomb
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 7:24pm
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You should also bare in mind the PD1850 is around £250.. if you can find one, the PD186 about £140.
Check out Heathrows Ebay auction.. 4 PD1850s!!
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Posted By: wickedweb
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 8:57pm
| well money is no object so wat sort of speakers would you say to build for a phat free party stack.i want phat kick and deep bass?a bit of both cause there will be all different type of music goin through it |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 9:29pm
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you want a four way rig then,,, sub kick mid top. how big??? what size crowd... ------------- me so horny me love you long throw horn loaded for her pleasure |
Posted By: wickedweb
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 11:04am
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size-about 5-6 cabs wide then wat ever to go on top
crowd-it depends,could be out side or in a barn-warehouse so there alot more people round the stack in a barn
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Posted By: adambomb
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 9:54pm
| Money no object.. okeydokey then... go talk to Tony Andrews.. he will sort you out. |
Posted By: wickedweb
Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 6:32pm
| who's tony andrews |
Posted By: ArthurG
Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 7:08pm
well basically the main engineer behind Turbosound for many years and now running his own company : http://www.funktion-one.com/home.htm - http://www.funktion-one.com/home.htm |
Posted By: levyte357
Date Posted: 25 July 2007 at 8:43pm
When I grow up, I want to be able to say that. Until then, I'll have to stick with V18-1200 loaded scoops.  ------------- "Who am I? I'm the guy who does his job.. You must be the other guy". |