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Run speakers through snake returns???
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<blockquote data-quote="Walter McNeil" data-source="post: 211962" data-attributes="member: 12918"><p>Hi All,</p><p>I'm a complete novice taking over the technology in a small rural church. The audio installation has been in place for >10yr and I'm trying to fix/upgrade it.</p><p>We've got a 16 channel XLR snake (with 4 XLR returns) under the floor.</p><p>The 750Wx2 power amp is at FOH with the mixing board, and it is powering the passive speakers THROUGH THE AUDIO SNAKE. The amp is hooked up to returns A,B,C. So apparently both speaker negatives share a single return channel.</p><p>The returns don't appear to be a thicker gauge than the 16 sends. I've done enough googling to know this is not a good practice, but people tell me that this system was set up by a professional at considerable cost.</p><p>The system gets plenty loud for our purposes; it's a small church and we don't need it loud. And sounds pretty good. How fast should I be rushing to move the amp up to the stage? I might be able to move it up on the stage into a cabinet where the snake's stagebox resides, but getting power there might be a hassle.</p><p>Or is this a case where if it ain't broke don't fix it?</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Walt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walter McNeil, post: 211962, member: 12918"] Hi All, I'm a complete novice taking over the technology in a small rural church. The audio installation has been in place for >10yr and I'm trying to fix/upgrade it. We've got a 16 channel XLR snake (with 4 XLR returns) under the floor. The 750Wx2 power amp is at FOH with the mixing board, and it is powering the passive speakers THROUGH THE AUDIO SNAKE. The amp is hooked up to returns A,B,C. So apparently both speaker negatives share a single return channel. The returns don't appear to be a thicker gauge than the 16 sends. I've done enough googling to know this is not a good practice, but people tell me that this system was set up by a professional at considerable cost. The system gets plenty loud for our purposes; it's a small church and we don't need it loud. And sounds pretty good. How fast should I be rushing to move the amp up to the stage? I might be able to move it up on the stage into a cabinet where the snake's stagebox resides, but getting power there might be a hassle. Or is this a case where if it ain't broke don't fix it? Thanks, Walt [/QUOTE]
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