Re: Quick and Dirty Bar Rig 2014 Edition
Sometimes you just gotta break some eggs to make REAL mayonnaise!
FWIW, my little system was pieced together with used as well as new items, passive, and total investment probably is no more expensive than the overall budget here. And it's all Danley, Crown, JTR...with some PreSonus, Bag End, EWI, roll-your-own Neutrik/Canare XLRs and Speakons, NY Case, Elation, Blizzard, like-new used Shure and Audix mics found on ebay, and other assorted odds and ends. If the X32 was available when I bought, probably would've gone for it instead. And would've considered the Orbit Shifter passive or powered if it were out...it was hard enough finding the TH115's used at the time.
2- Danley TH115 (used)
2- Danley SM80 (new)
2 - JTR triple 8's (demo)
2- Bag End TA-15 wedges (used) (can get 2 more out of storage if needed)
1 - Crown Itech 6000 (used)
1 - Crown xti4000 (used)
2 - Crown xti2000 (used)
1 - Presonus SL 16.4.2 (demo)
1 - EWI 16x8 snake (used, like new)
30 or 35 - Canare/Neutrik homemade XLR cables (new)
10 - Neutrik speakon cables (used)
15 - Shure 57/58, Sennheiser 421, Audix D6/OM5 (used)
2 - Ultimate lighting stands (used)
6 - Blizzard Q12 (new)
1 - Elation Show Designer board (used)
6 - DMX cables (new)
4 - NY Case and Gator racks and trunks (new)
Bunch of AC cords, etc - mostly new
Oh...and I found an old AT&T van in Chicago for $2500 about 4 years ago. Still running great, did put new tires on it this year. It had very low miles, I suspect it was the "van no one used" since it doesn't have A/C. And I stripped off the ladder rack and internal shelving and cabinets and got a few hundred bucks for it off ebay.
