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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 32156" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Re: Jbl prx618s-xlf</p><p></p><p>This past weekend I did a show with twelve (yes, 12) PRX618S-XLF subs. They were running with a McCauley Mline rig (6 M90s per side). This was my first time with the McCauley stuff, and it was louder than I expected. Unfortuntely, there are no 'plug and play' tunings for it, so a good part of my time was spent tweaking general settings in a Driverack 4800 to make them sound good. However, I did get to mess with the subs. I processed the 12 subs with my Driverack 4820 with 3 delay taps. The center four subs were not delayed, the two on either side of those got about 1ms, and the two on either side of those two got 2ms. This still gave me a pretty tight pattern, but it was far better than before.</p><p></p><p>So, how did it sound? Fantastic, actually. I was thinking that the 12 subs weren't going to be nearly enough (really, that's only equivalent to 3 double 18s per side), but it ended up being more than plenty. I used the integrated crossover in the subs, which has a LR lowpass at 90Hz falling off at 48dB/octave. All the subs needed was a small cut at 90Hz or so, and the rest was razor flat down to 40Hz. Playing music the subs sounded exactly like I want my subs to sound...punchy, deep, unstrained, no port chuffing or other odd noises. </p><p></p><p>Though it was a bit odd to pair MI subs with a pro line array, I was extremely impressed with the result.</p><p></p><p>PS- the band was Ryan Star. Eli, the drummer, had a drum pad with a nice 808 drop which was simply staggering. There were probably over 3000 people in attendance at the show, spread out over a huge parking lot over 200 feet deep.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]149781[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 32156, member: 34"] Re: Jbl prx618s-xlf This past weekend I did a show with twelve (yes, 12) PRX618S-XLF subs. They were running with a McCauley Mline rig (6 M90s per side). This was my first time with the McCauley stuff, and it was louder than I expected. Unfortuntely, there are no 'plug and play' tunings for it, so a good part of my time was spent tweaking general settings in a Driverack 4800 to make them sound good. However, I did get to mess with the subs. I processed the 12 subs with my Driverack 4820 with 3 delay taps. The center four subs were not delayed, the two on either side of those got about 1ms, and the two on either side of those two got 2ms. This still gave me a pretty tight pattern, but it was far better than before. So, how did it sound? Fantastic, actually. I was thinking that the 12 subs weren't going to be nearly enough (really, that's only equivalent to 3 double 18s per side), but it ended up being more than plenty. I used the integrated crossover in the subs, which has a LR lowpass at 90Hz falling off at 48dB/octave. All the subs needed was a small cut at 90Hz or so, and the rest was razor flat down to 40Hz. Playing music the subs sounded exactly like I want my subs to sound...punchy, deep, unstrained, no port chuffing or other odd noises. Though it was a bit odd to pair MI subs with a pro line array, I was extremely impressed with the result. PS- the band was Ryan Star. Eli, the drummer, had a drum pad with a nice 808 drop which was simply staggering. There were probably over 3000 people in attendance at the show, spread out over a huge parking lot over 200 feet deep. [ATTACH=CONFIG]149781.vB5-legacyid=1624[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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