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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017050310513133817-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Either setup produces the same max spl level.   When we bought the 315's,   
   > I looked a close at the power of the built in class D amps.  Turns out   
   > they power those speakers to the max THOSE drivers can handle. Huh. Whoda   
   > thunk it :-)   A company would know how to match up the specs of the   
   > components in a cabinet ???   
      
   If the engineering is done right, it's no surprise. Besides, some Idiot end   
   user will always find a way of overpowering the speakers until they get   
   fried anyway ;)   
      
   > JBL makes cabs in that series with bigger amps, and maybe they can push   
   > out one or two more db on the top end. Don't care.  They cost a lot more,   
   > probably weigh more, and we don't need that extra volume.   
      
   The speakers in them would have to have more to them too, to be able to   
   handle the extra power.   
      
   > The solution to " not loud enough " in a large venue isn't more power   
   > coupled to progressively less effecient speakers ( so that extra wattage   
   > doesn't fry them), it's MORE overall speaker area.  Buy 4 or 8 nice cabs,   
   > instead of trying to find 2 that have god like specs.   
      
   > Anyway, that's how we do it.   
      
   More speaker area in contact with more air is the way to do it, if you want   
   to keep the  speakers intact.   
      
   > We have 4 of the JBL's, ( two 1500's, and two 315's ) and a two pairs of   
   > Peaveys ( 2 - PR15's, and 2 - PR 10's ).  And of course the two EV Force   
   > subs I need to lose :-)    Generally the JBL 1500's are our rehearsal   
   > cabs. We run everything thru those, no individual amps at rehearsal.  At   
   > small gigs, the 315's are the main pa. At slightly larger jobs, we might   
   > add the PR-10's as side fill monitors.  At outdoors jobs, we sometimes add   
   > another set of 15 and a horn cabs that belong to the bass guy.   
      
   You've got a pretty powerful system, for whatever the case may be ;)   
      
   > We almost never use floor wedge monitors. Although last week, the bass guy   
   > used one connected to his bass amp ( the only instrument amp we EVER use   
   > on stage ). He put the floor wedge in front of himself like a vocla   
   > monitor.  We suspect he has hearing loss issues .......   
      
   Could be. It's easy to damage hearing by doing Stupid things, like   
   overcranking.   
      
   > So that's the deal on our current pa setup.   In the past we've had way   
   > more, but back then we also had big old vans to move it around it.  Those   
   > are gone, and so are the speakers.   
      
   Get with the  Originals and you'll be having 18 wheelers to haul you gear   
   around, and lots of roadies to set it up, that's what I'm looking  forward   
   to ;)   
      
   > For my solo work, I generally use a single JBL EON self powered 10 and a   
   > horn cab.   Or, sometimes I take one of the Peavey PR10's.   Or, sometimes   
   > if it's a duo we take one of the JBL 315's and put that on a pole.   One   
   > larger place we play as a duo gets both of the 315's on poles.   
      
   That's some  big sound!   
      
   > There's no hard and fast plan. We just do whatever seems right for the   
   > particular gig / room size.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   It's nice to have such capable equipment to be able to do that  instead of   
   having no choice ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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