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  1. Mike Diack

    Losing weight.

    I realise that the 100x100 horn has its limitations in most live situations but this is for a rather odd application - a circle stage with LR pairs at 120 degree vertices of the bounding triangle. Have done it with 712s in the past but I suspect the 4825s would do well (and the 712s are needed...
  2. Mike Diack

    Losing weight.

    Totally agree about the 712s - I have 8 of them and they are superb - wish they would breed :) . Just trying to find a use for the 4825 cabs taking up space in my workshop. 712s never show up on NZ auction sites and freight cost US->NZ is beyond insane these days so Ebay offerings are out
  3. Mike Diack

    Losing weight.

    As I get more ancient, my ability to chuck my 4825 clones up on poles is definitely abating. Weightloss program called for (me and the speakers ). The 2204s will become Deltalite 2512s, but what to do about the horn drivers -2425s - heavy little suckers and I've just never liked the 2414s so...
  4. Mike Diack

    [WTR] WTB : 2x ADA8000

    Looking for a couple of cheapies to complete the monitor split for an X32+2*S16 rig. Don't mind blown power transformers or issues with the inputs. All I need is that the ADAT to XLR3M bit is working correctly. Mike.
  5. Mike Diack

    Mackie DL1608 or X32 core ?.

    I already have an x32 & a couple of s16 digisnakes, iThing and router & am quite happy with them, but am interested in putting together a "Hatchback" system. Choices are a Mackie DL1608 or a rack X32 (in combination with one of the S16s) when these become available. Simplicity & smallness are...
  6. Mike Diack

    A tad more cowbell please

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  7. Mike Diack

    Merry Chritsmas

    Fortunately the PCBs that these guys make for me are a helluva lot better than their E-Xmas cards...
  8. Mike Diack

    My Compressor STOPPED pumping

    You'd think that would be a good thing, but it aint. No transistors so it must be a valve.....
  9. Mike Diack

    Itech address

    I don't own any itechs, but as a repairperson, I see lots of broken ones. My problem is having fixed one, I like to run it via System Architect to check the network functions and here's where the difficulty lies. Inevitably SA detects the iTech but won't connect, and makes me put a new ip...
  10. Mike Diack

    [WTB] WTB EV84234XX diaphragm

    New , used - don't care as long as it works. Nothing too pricey (I'd just like to retrieve the 2431 that has been doing stand-in duty for far too long). M
  11. Mike Diack

    Long distance lightpipe

    What products exist which would enable me to emulate the functionality of a pair of ADA8000s and adat cables, but without the inherent limitations to a few 10s of metres of the cables. I need to send 8 channels each way ofer about half a mile. Prefer optical to copper. Budget is not huge. Cheers M
  12. Mike Diack

    A laptop for the larger lapped.

    A work in progress - next step, get rid of the thinkpad.
  13. Mike Diack

    Offloading old PA gear

    A friend has asked me to dispose of his monster pile of old PA equipment. Most of this stuff has 20 years use in hireage on it and none of it was top of the line in its time. We're talking quite a heap of Cerwin Vega D32s, L36s, soundcraft spirit live desks, ARX amps, Misc yammy EMX powered...
  14. Mike Diack

    I think I'm digital desk cursed...

    My first foray into digital desks (6 or 7 years ago) involved a Spirit 328. Went fine during the rehearsals and went into major continuous rebooting during a speech by our then prime minister. Major egg on face and I swore off them forever. Back to the dear old GL2200s (which have never put a...
  15. Mike Diack

    Aircraft sound systems

    Having just spent around 50 hours of my life in the last month on B777s, I continue to be astonished by how bloody awful the audio feed from the little personal AV system is. Is it just the $2 headphones they use, with their massive peak around 150Hz that makes them rattle or is the problem...
  16. Mike Diack

    Alternative clips for RE20s

    Anyone found a decent substitute for the OEM clips?. I know in the greater scheme of things it's trivial but something in my Scottish heritage makes me baulk at paying $45 for the bloody clips. Cheers M
  17. Mike Diack

    I think it started life as an A7 VOT....

    And took a strange turn somewhere along the way http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=385805032 Ya gotta love the built in foldback. M
  18. Mike Diack

    [WTB] Bring out your dead....bring out your dead (EVOi324s)

    I'm in the market for JBL EVOi324 speakers. Preferably ones with dead amp modules - in fact I'd prefer if the amp module was removed completely (a dozen or so screws). Would need to be at least 4 units, preferably more. Black ones preferred over white. West Coast ideal to minimise US road...
  19. Mike Diack

    Frankenstein JBLE EVOi324s

    A few years ago I aquired a pair of 324 speakers with blown amps. Having intimate knowledge of how bad these amps are, I tore them off the back, fitted NL4s and pole cups on the bottom, and they became my favouritest small gig FOH and bigger gig infills. I kept my eye out and have aquired a...
  20. Mike Diack

    A good use for a Soundcraft EPM6

    Cat Comforter