Balanced tilters with Danley SM80?

[John peterson]

Hello all,

New to to this particular corner of the web and looking for a bit of advice.

The topic is the question.

I have a complete Danley system comprised of TH118's and SM80's.
The SM80's are on K&M crank stands using the sub pole mounts. So I can get them up pretty high.
Given the precision of the speaker and having 40 degrees down pattern, are the BT's needed?

We do get people right up on the stage and the band are all on iem's so there is a potential void up close.
I also do not have fills but seriously thinking about the Go-To-8cx.

Typical audience size can vary widely between 300-1500. Depends on the venue and the client.
It could be glass box or a ball field.

Thanks in advance.
And please move this if I'm in the wrong place.
Loving the Danley, by the way. It really is all everybody talks about.

john

 

[Rob Timmerman]

Tilting speakers down is as much about keeping energy off the (typically reflective) ceiling and on the (typically absorptive) audience as it is about controlling the coverage front-to-back. That said, my experience has been that more than a couple degrees of box downtilt tends to lose coverage in the back rows unless you can get the boxes several feet above ear height. IMO, the tilters are worthwhile, but only if you can get the top boxes high enough.