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Crown XLS Drivecore 2 owners

#41
DigitalMan said:
The XLS 1002 will give you more than enough power for this particular speaker. Having said that, it won’t have much headroom or flexibility if you change your setup over the course of time. For example, if you ever decide to add another identical enclosure, you will not be able to deliver significantly more energy through the system.

I use a 1502 in single channel (not bridged) mode at home into an 8ohm 1x12 and it’s adequate but not overpowering. I would consider going as high as the 2502 if playing live and future extensibility are factors.

Having said all that, it’s a solid product, and having a HPF built in is quite useful.
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I will play live with this setup. It should be sufficient for small clubs?
 
#43
DigitalMan said:
I would say yes for small clubs. It will be good in any situation wherever your current enclosure is up to the task.
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Well I did my first gig with the Crown 1002 with no PA support & struggled to hear myself. It was a small club but my drummer plays super loud! I ran it in bridge mode with the bandpass filter on. Sensitivity set at .775, the HPF set at 42.5 & the LPF set at 3K. Should I try the 1502? My friend has a 1500 I could experiment with but it doesn't have as much versatility as the 1502. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
#44
rusted247 said:
Well I did my first gig with the Crown 1002 with no PA support & struggled to hear myself. It was a small club but my drummer plays super loud! I ran it in bridge mode with the bandpass filter on. Sensitivity set at .775, the HPF set at 42.5 & the LPF set at 3K. Should I try the 1502? My friend has a 1500 I could experiment with but it doesn't have as much versatility as the 1502. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Sum Ting Wong. Tell us more about how you have the rig configured. The thing should be near-stupid loud. Are you using a bridged-configured speaker cable? Your SansAmp should be connected via 1/4" > 1/4" to "Link / Out" input jack (channel 1). I'll also assume the pedal is pushing a a line level signal. XLR output is for feeding the board only.

Riis
 
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#45
My educated guess is that if what you have isn't enough, all you will accomplish by increasing your power is speaker damage. You are also probably damaging your ears as well.

you will need more rig for the gig, a second identical speaker with the amp run in dual mono (not bridged) will get you a lot more practical volume (and ear damage).

[Assuming your wiring is correctly configured of course)
 
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#48
You have to open up your speakon connector on the amp side (leave the speaker side alone) and make sure that the positive goes to the 1+ And negative goes to 2+.

If you don't do this to your speakon cable then you are not getting the bridged power out of the amp. It gets stupid loud into a 4 ohm load if done properly.

Read page 7 of the manual for all of the details. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
 
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rusted247 said:
I use a speakon cable. Excuse my ignorance but there are special bridge cables? I will try the 1/4, I was using the xlr. It probably didn't help that I literally had to stand right in front of my cab.
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Yup...a regular speakon will not help when the amp is in bridge mode...it’s very easy to convert the cable to bridged mode. Google it and you will find a lot of links about it.
 
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#51
rusted247 said:
I use a speakon cable. Excuse my ignorance but there are special bridge cables? I will try the 1/4, I was using the xlr. It probably didn't help that I literally had to stand right in front of my cab.
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rusted247 said:
Just looked up the bridge cable. Looks pretty simple to just convert my speakon.
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How ya like that? Caught two problems with on cast of the line. The 1/4" connection is always your best bet...leave the XLR free for DI if required. A lot of folks don't realize the Crown's "Link / Out" can be used as an input or pass-thru.

As mentioned, re-configure your amp-end Speakon to +1 / +2 to take advantage of bridged mono. The terminal clamps within the housing are not PH, they're Pozidriv.

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#52
rusted247 said:
Well I did my first gig with the Crown 1002 with no PA support & struggled to hear myself. It was a small club but my drummer plays super loud! I ran it in bridge mode with the bandpass filter on. Sensitivity set at .775, the HPF set at 42.5 & the LPF set at 3K. Should I try the 1502? My friend has a 1500 I could experiment with but it doesn't have as much versatility as the 1502. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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What pre-amp and what cabinet configurations were you using there? You shouldn't need anything like the full output of a 1002 to be heard over non-reinforced drums, even with an abusively loud drummer. Maybe the filters suck up signal? I've always bypassed them, myself.

The 1502 actually has fewer options than the 1500, IIRC, with the one critical exception of the sensitivity option.
 
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rusted247 said:
Well I did my first gig with the Crown 1002 with no PA support & struggled to hear myself. It was a small club but my drummer plays super loud! I ran it in bridge mode with the bandpass filter on. Sensitivity set at .775, the HPF set at 42.5 & the LPF set at 3K. Should I try the 1502? My friend has a 1500 I could experiment with but it doesn't have as much versatility as the 1502. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I would agree with @agedhorse in post #45. Loud drummer and 1x15 are not often found together in a sentence that ends on a positive note.

I lean toward another identical cab as the next logical step. Having said that, the 1502 may provide needed overhead with two cabs.

To my original point, I think the 1002 is enough amp for that cab. But that cab may not be enough for a loud drummer.
 
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