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Cheap PA
- Thread starter Hwegs7
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you could always wait until you have enough to make the right purchase too......
Where are you located? maybe a few folks can provide intelligent input on the used market in your area looking at craigslist?
Where are you located? maybe a few folks can provide intelligent input on the used market in your area looking at craigslist?
If you're getting it anywhere near your $200 budget, that seems like a deal. I don't watch the prices for used powered mixers, but there's a 680 Plus on ebay with three bids currently @ $520. XRD 680 plus manual.
The Peavey is a nice powered mixer. It will run both mains an monitors and puts out 150 watts at 8 ohms and 300 watts at 4 ohms. If you can get it cheap it will definitely do the job, but of course you will need 4 X 8 ohm speakers to run mains and monitors. Here is a link to the manual:
PEAVEY XRD 680 PLUS OPERATING MANUAL Pdf Download.
PEAVEY XRD 680 PLUS OPERATING MANUAL Pdf Download.
It's actually 2 100w @4ohm amps. Depending on your band's volume, you'd have to crank that thing. I could see using that for an acoustic act. YMMV.
Seriously - I would think you might want to go check out some eqpt. and compare how it actually functions to what you actually need/want. If you could hold off a little while and save to get what you really need/want and not have to put up with crap that you will have to try to re-sell to buy better soon, it would be really helpful. You are near Milwaukee I think? There has GOT to be someone with new/used epqt you can check out and do a real honest to god comparison instead of guessing.
Also - consider the possibility of downsizing some of your rehearsal eqpt to bring down over all volume if you need to. If ALL that eqpt is at max, you will struggle. Just my thoughts of the moment, from a guy that has bought - bought - re-bought and bought some more, to sell to buy more and probably still doing it too!!!
Also - consider the possibility of downsizing some of your rehearsal eqpt to bring down over all volume if you need to. If ALL that eqpt is at max, you will struggle. Just my thoughts of the moment, from a guy that has bought - bought - re-bought and bought some more, to sell to buy more and probably still doing it too!!!
You are moving seriouis amounts of air with the equipment you have there. Ted Nugent would be proud. Cut some of your back line power, then you'll need less force for vocals.
Seriously, you must be too loud there. I hope you all wear ear protection.
Keep in mind that the half stack never goes past 3 usually around 2. our drummer strugles to be heard over 3. The bass amps are never turned up enough to sound overdriven. And the other guitar amp never goes near 5. Truly i think just about any PA system would be better that the two guitar combo amps that we use. And those together can almost be heard and the watts added are less than 75.
Going to see a used pa system about an hour away this weekend 600 watt amp two 200 watt cabs
Mixer looks like something an idiot DJ would use. Might work as a practice PA just don't inflict it on the paying public.
