Newbie Setup Question?

[Rustedsmudge616]

Hey guys/gals!
I'm very much a newbie when it comes to nay setup of any of this stuff so be easy please! I basically was given a set of old Yamaha Speakers and a Board years back. The speakers died and I accuired a set of Peavy Speakers. I used to mainly use them at woods parties and now I just like to blast them in my garage or outside in the summertime. I recently got a Peavy sub as well. My question is what is the best way to set these up to get the most out of them?

Currently I have a Yamaha 100II Mixer with (2) Peavy SP 5G and (1) Peavy 410 TX. I have the speakers plugged into Speaker (1) and Speaker (2) One is left one is right. have the 410's plugged into another speaker slot as well. I typically just use an Aux cord to my laptop to run Amazon Music. I'm sure there is a better way of hooking these up to get the most out of them. Any insight would be appreciated! If I missed any important information just ask. As I said I'm new to the speaker world as in setting them up like this.
Edit: Also... I have the SP5G speakers plugged into the Max Power Jack. And my Aux cord is hooked to Channel 1 on the board and then to my laptop.

 

[basscooker]

What "other" speaker output is the 410tx (which is a bass cab NOT a subwoofer) hooked up to?

What is the impedance of the sp5 cabs and also the 410tx?

If any of them are 4 ohm, please consult the manual for the mixer regarding minimum impedance. You may be putting the amp in the mixer at risk if you're hooking up the 410tx and one of the sp5s to the same channel output.

As well, if the 410 is being powered by a third(?) Output like for a sub, you might be risking damaging that cab. Bass cabs aren't subs, and really aren't made for that much ulta- low frequency output like subs are.

I'm spit-balling here and honestly a little unsure I completely understand how you've got power going to all 3 of the cabs.

My first concern would be the impedance of the 410 and how it's being powered.

 

[Rustedsmudge616]

I'll try an answer this to the best of my ability here. So the impedance on both are 8 Ohms. They are both hooked up to the speaker output jacks which are labeled 8 Ohm Minimum total 50w. I also had no idea the 410 Wasn't a sub I'm very new to this kind of learning trial by fire.

 

[Rustedsmudge616]

Also I think you answered majority of my issue I didn't have a subwoofer. I might look into selling this Bass cabinet and try and pick up a sub. Is there anything specific I should be looking at? I don't need a million dollar sub just something solid.

 

[abarson]

Okay, so this is a PA and not a bass guitar rig. The manual can be found here:

YAMAHA EM-100II OPERATING MANUAL Pdf Download

View and Download Yamaha EM-100II operating manual online. Yamaha EM-100II Audio Mixers: User Guide. EM-100II mixer pdf manual download. Also for: Em-200b, Em-150iib, Em-300b.

www.manualslib.com

Use only speaker cables (not instrument cables) between the mixer and the speakers. It is important to know the difference.
You are correctly connecting one 8 ohms speaker to the Left output and one 8 ohms speaker to the Right output. According to the manual you should not connect a load lower than 8 ohms per channel.
I'm not sure how you're connecting the 410 but you shouldn't.

The connections on the SP-5G are actually marked "Normal Full Range" and just happen to be located under the MAX POWER blurb. These are the correct connections to use.

If you are using a cable with one 1/8" TRS connector at one end and a pair of 1/4" TS connectors at the other, that is the best way to connect your laptop to the AUX In on the mixer.

 

[abarson]

Also I think you answered majority of my issue I didn't have a subwoofer. I might look into selling this Bass cabinet and try and pick up a sub. Is there anything specific I should be looking at? I don't need a million dollar sub just something solid.

You don't need a subwoofer with this setup. The SP-5G provide plenty of bass.
Any subwoofer will need to be a self-powered unit and could be connected to the Line Output jack (J). A cheap example is a Rockville RBG-10S but even that is many times more powerful than your mixer.

 

[Mike Caldwell]

As mentioned don't use the 4X10 cabinet. A powered sub would connect to an aux out / line out put on the mixer......NOT the speaker output.

That series mixer was well built but is very under powered for what you are using it for, 50 watts per channel is not much to DJ a party with, I going to guess the mixer was in near full clip when you were using it.