Hello everyone.
I'm a small time "promoter" (though it seems like that's kind of a pejorative term around these parts!) that specializes in "underground" parties featuring BASS HEAVY requirements.
In the past, I had basically 4 EAW SB284c Subs for my "wall of bass", (2 on each side) topped off with 2 Peavey FH1s for "mids" and 4 Peavey SP3s as "tops".
Move ahead a few years, and I got rid of one pair of the SB284cs because they were super heavy and very "unwieldy", albeit incredibly rugged cabs that never once gave me a single "issue" other than hurting my back.
Now, I have a new "budget" ($2500 ish) and I'd like to kind of "get the sound back together" for a show.
I was CONSIDERING building some Lab Subs, but I've never undertaken a task anywhere NEAR as daunting, BUT!!!! I've found a local group of "cabinet builders" (real kitchen cabinet builders, not sub woofer cabinet builders) who have agreed to help me do what I wanna do.
Now to the meat of the question.
I WAS!!!! still planning on using the SP3s as my tops, only because they have served me OKAY for years, and I don't have a massive budget to redo everything.
What are your thoughts on how to go forward?
Right now, I have no subs, (the SB284cs are sitting in a bar I run sound at on the weekends, and I sure as hell never wanna move those puppies again), some JBL 4520 "mids", and those 4 SP3s as my tops.
Would building 4 lab subs (2 each side) and "acquiring" a pair of dual 18s to be on top of those be recommended?
My application is dance music of all kinds, low bass being PREFERABLE, but clean bass too.
Sorry if my question sounds scattered, it's just so much I wanna ask all at once but not "overwhelm".
Cheers.
-Eric
P.S. I read something about Art Weller's dual 12 front firing Lab Subs, are those "loud" enough for dance music shows of 200 + people, or should I keep with the original labs?
I'm a small time "promoter" (though it seems like that's kind of a pejorative term around these parts!) that specializes in "underground" parties featuring BASS HEAVY requirements.
In the past, I had basically 4 EAW SB284c Subs for my "wall of bass", (2 on each side) topped off with 2 Peavey FH1s for "mids" and 4 Peavey SP3s as "tops".
Move ahead a few years, and I got rid of one pair of the SB284cs because they were super heavy and very "unwieldy", albeit incredibly rugged cabs that never once gave me a single "issue" other than hurting my back.
Now, I have a new "budget" ($2500 ish) and I'd like to kind of "get the sound back together" for a show.
I was CONSIDERING building some Lab Subs, but I've never undertaken a task anywhere NEAR as daunting, BUT!!!! I've found a local group of "cabinet builders" (real kitchen cabinet builders, not sub woofer cabinet builders) who have agreed to help me do what I wanna do.
Now to the meat of the question.
I WAS!!!! still planning on using the SP3s as my tops, only because they have served me OKAY for years, and I don't have a massive budget to redo everything.
What are your thoughts on how to go forward?
Right now, I have no subs, (the SB284cs are sitting in a bar I run sound at on the weekends, and I sure as hell never wanna move those puppies again), some JBL 4520 "mids", and those 4 SP3s as my tops.
Would building 4 lab subs (2 each side) and "acquiring" a pair of dual 18s to be on top of those be recommended?
My application is dance music of all kinds, low bass being PREFERABLE, but clean bass too.
Sorry if my question sounds scattered, it's just so much I wanna ask all at once but not "overwhelm".
Cheers.
-Eric
P.S. I read something about Art Weller's dual 12 front firing Lab Subs, are those "loud" enough for dance music shows of 200 + people, or should I keep with the original labs?
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