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Re: What would you do?Remember that I come at this from the perspective of the provider - not the user. However, in this hypothetical advance, when the provider offers "qty (6) 2x18 subs", do they also offer "qty (12) 12"/6"/1" tops" and "qty (2) 48 channel digital consoles"? I suppose if you were going to design and build part of your equipment, subs would be the most likely place to achieve reasonable results. The tiresome part being having to convince every BE/PM of that circumstance on every advance. When I advance a date I always specify manufacturers make and model number and quantity of everything. When I said practical in a previous post, it was based on economy of materials, space and motion. All of which favor a single box with two 18s over two boxes with single 18s (IF you require a minimum of two 18" speakers per side). Again, this is all from personal perspective and my situation in my day to day work world. None of this is intended to be a definitive argument for the 2x18 in every situation. BUT, beyond a doubt, once a provider has hit a certain size in the systems they deploy, the 2x18 box is cheaper, faster, lighter, (and hence, better) than the same number of 18" speakers in a 1x18 package.
Re: What would you do?
Remember that I come at this from the perspective of the provider - not the user. However, in this hypothetical advance, when the provider offers "qty (6) 2x18 subs", do they also offer "qty (12) 12"/6"/1" tops" and "qty (2) 48 channel digital consoles"? I suppose if you were going to design and build part of your equipment, subs would be the most likely place to achieve reasonable results. The tiresome part being having to convince every BE/PM of that circumstance on every advance. When I advance a date I always specify manufacturers make and model number and quantity of everything. When I said practical in a previous post, it was based on economy of materials, space and motion. All of which favor a single box with two 18s over two boxes with single 18s (IF you require a minimum of two 18" speakers per side). Again, this is all from personal perspective and my situation in my day to day work world. None of this is intended to be a definitive argument for the 2x18 in every situation. BUT, beyond a doubt, once a provider has hit a certain size in the systems they deploy, the 2x18 box is cheaper, faster, lighter, (and hence, better) than the same number of 18" speakers in a 1x18 package.
