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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 43930" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Re: Peavey Versarray?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Arrrrg. Had a nice, detailed reply and my browser ate it. I hope Mo'zilla gets heartburn.</p><p></p><p>You really need to hear the VR in person to decide if you like it or not. It helps if you get to drive, but absent that if you can be at a gig from the opening of the truck until it's all packed away you will learn a great deal about it. If there isn't a portable VR rig in the Atlanta area, you might consider a trip to visit Blakeney's rig in Mississippi. If you can, play some pink noise on one side only of the rig (and no subs) and walk the horizontal coverage. Listen to the mids, particularly from 800Hz to about 3K. It reminds me of JBL VRX, except rather than being "constant curvature" the VR rig is "constant flat-ature"</p><p></p><p>For me the commercial inability* to build a J array greatly limited the array's versatility. If I can hit 60' - 180' nicely, what do I use to cover the first 60' and how do I make it play nice where the coverage is certain to overlap? *Not that it can't be done, but requires dedicated processing and power for each of the bottom 3 or 4 boxes in each hang. It's expensive to curve this array.</p><p></p><p>Really, though, this is a commercial decision. So I have some questions (you knew that was coming, right?).</p><p></p><p>Over all, is buying a vertical array a move-up or a lateral move for your company? Will it get you more money for the gigs your B rig is doing now? Will it help you get work that pays more than you get now? Will it save your firm a substantial amount of labor/storage/transportation costs? How will this expenditure pay for itself if it doesn't bring in new money?</p><p></p><p>That brings me back to the VR, my field observations of it and knowing what kind of work we do and hoped to get. The VR would have replaced our existing pSeudo4 rig in a few gigs, probably have been a sonic improvement in those cases, but would not have generated additional revenue. When the back of house expenses of packaging for transport, rigging, etc were factored it, it didn't make sufficient sense for us.</p><p></p><p>We started looking up the food chain and, after much research, purchased JBL VerTec, starting the 8/side 4889. It was a good decision, and the money we made with it paid for another 8 4889 and 16 4887, and a total of 20 4880 subs. In a recession. We're got a couple years left on the low-rate loan we got for the first purchase, but that turned out to be cheap opportunity cost. And I love that little 4887 rig. It's gotten us "black box" rentals from A/V shops as well as helped get more corporate work for our company.</p><p></p><p>In capitalism, 2 things that represent 100% expense are excess capacity and lateral moves. It's your money, but I'd either save it or use it to grow.</p><p></p><p>Tim Mc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 43930, member: 67"] Re: Peavey Versarray? Arrrrg. Had a nice, detailed reply and my browser ate it. I hope Mo'zilla gets heartburn. You really need to hear the VR in person to decide if you like it or not. It helps if you get to drive, but absent that if you can be at a gig from the opening of the truck until it's all packed away you will learn a great deal about it. If there isn't a portable VR rig in the Atlanta area, you might consider a trip to visit Blakeney's rig in Mississippi. If you can, play some pink noise on one side only of the rig (and no subs) and walk the horizontal coverage. Listen to the mids, particularly from 800Hz to about 3K. It reminds me of JBL VRX, except rather than being "constant curvature" the VR rig is "constant flat-ature" For me the commercial inability* to build a J array greatly limited the array's versatility. If I can hit 60' - 180' nicely, what do I use to cover the first 60' and how do I make it play nice where the coverage is certain to overlap? *Not that it can't be done, but requires dedicated processing and power for each of the bottom 3 or 4 boxes in each hang. It's expensive to curve this array. Really, though, this is a commercial decision. So I have some questions (you knew that was coming, right?). Over all, is buying a vertical array a move-up or a lateral move for your company? Will it get you more money for the gigs your B rig is doing now? Will it help you get work that pays more than you get now? Will it save your firm a substantial amount of labor/storage/transportation costs? How will this expenditure pay for itself if it doesn't bring in new money? That brings me back to the VR, my field observations of it and knowing what kind of work we do and hoped to get. The VR would have replaced our existing pSeudo4 rig in a few gigs, probably have been a sonic improvement in those cases, but would not have generated additional revenue. When the back of house expenses of packaging for transport, rigging, etc were factored it, it didn't make sufficient sense for us. We started looking up the food chain and, after much research, purchased JBL VerTec, starting the 8/side 4889. It was a good decision, and the money we made with it paid for another 8 4889 and 16 4887, and a total of 20 4880 subs. In a recession. We're got a couple years left on the low-rate loan we got for the first purchase, but that turned out to be cheap opportunity cost. And I love that little 4887 rig. It's gotten us "black box" rentals from A/V shops as well as helped get more corporate work for our company. In capitalism, 2 things that represent 100% expense are excess capacity and lateral moves. It's your money, but I'd either save it or use it to grow. Tim Mc [/QUOTE]
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