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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Weaver" data-source="post: 79966" data-attributes="member: 317"><p>Re: Building a 4k system</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, for some twisted reason I love a budget challenge like this.</p><p></p><p>It looks to me like you need mains, monitors, console, and snake. Does that sound about right?</p><p></p><p>For me I would go about it this way.....</p><p></p><p>A powered system will be the easiest thing for this size rig. I would search high and low for a set of Yorkville EF500P tops and LS801P subs. These give you a lot of bang-for-the-buck. And they can be had fairly cheaply on the used market.</p><p></p><p>Here's some listed for 2400, but maybe you could beat him up a little.</p><p><a href="http://soundforums.net/marketplace/6231-lots-stuff.html" target="_blank">http://soundforums.net/marketplace/6231-lots-stuff.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>That leaves us with 1600 for everything else. I would go for a Yamaha 01v (original white one) here. They can be had for about 500 on ebay, and they will give you 16 channels, plus all the processing you'll ever need. A 16x8 snake should be around 300 used. That leaves us with 800 bucks for monitors. </p><p></p><p>Here is where it gets tricky. Right now in the budget category there has been one speaker that stands above the rest. The Alto SXm112a. </p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alto-Professional-SXM112A-Continuous-situation/dp/B005FUWT2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359682297&sr=8-1&keywords=alto+sxm112" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Alto Professional SXM112A, 2-way 12" Bi-Amped Speaker / Monitor, 400W Continuous / 800W Peak, Class D Power, 16 situation EQ presets, 15mm Birch ply: Musical Instruments</a></p><p></p><p>These things are 300 bucks each, so right now (assuming you get good deals elsewhere) you can afford 3 of them and get really close to your 4k budget. For a while you might use the ce2000 and altecs for more monitors, but if it were me, I'd sell them asap and use that money for 2-3 more Alto's. Ideally I'd like to see 6 sxm112's plus a small powered sub for the drum mix (like the Alto TSsub12 maybe).</p><p></p><p></p><p>This gives you an all-powered, internally processed PA with up to 4 monitor mixes, 16 channels at FOH with comps, gates, and EQ. And it will fit in a reasonable sized trailer or van. It is also very expandable. The EF500p's will array side by side if you need to grow this system. That can't be said for 99% of the powered boxes in this segment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim Weaver, post: 79966, member: 317"] Re: Building a 4k system OK, for some twisted reason I love a budget challenge like this. It looks to me like you need mains, monitors, console, and snake. Does that sound about right? For me I would go about it this way..... A powered system will be the easiest thing for this size rig. I would search high and low for a set of Yorkville EF500P tops and LS801P subs. These give you a lot of bang-for-the-buck. And they can be had fairly cheaply on the used market. Here's some listed for 2400, but maybe you could beat him up a little. [url]http://soundforums.net/marketplace/6231-lots-stuff.html[/url] That leaves us with 1600 for everything else. I would go for a Yamaha 01v (original white one) here. They can be had for about 500 on ebay, and they will give you 16 channels, plus all the processing you'll ever need. A 16x8 snake should be around 300 used. That leaves us with 800 bucks for monitors. Here is where it gets tricky. Right now in the budget category there has been one speaker that stands above the rest. The Alto SXm112a. [url=http://www.amazon.com/Alto-Professional-SXM112A-Continuous-situation/dp/B005FUWT2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359682297&sr=8-1&keywords=alto+sxm112]Amazon.com: Alto Professional SXM112A, 2-way 12" Bi-Amped Speaker / Monitor, 400W Continuous / 800W Peak, Class D Power, 16 situation EQ presets, 15mm Birch ply: Musical Instruments[/url] These things are 300 bucks each, so right now (assuming you get good deals elsewhere) you can afford 3 of them and get really close to your 4k budget. For a while you might use the ce2000 and altecs for more monitors, but if it were me, I'd sell them asap and use that money for 2-3 more Alto's. Ideally I'd like to see 6 sxm112's plus a small powered sub for the drum mix (like the Alto TSsub12 maybe). This gives you an all-powered, internally processed PA with up to 4 monitor mixes, 16 channels at FOH with comps, gates, and EQ. And it will fit in a reasonable sized trailer or van. It is also very expandable. The EF500p's will array side by side if you need to grow this system. That can't be said for 99% of the powered boxes in this segment. [/QUOTE]
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