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Author Topic: amp/speaker recomendations? Richard B. Perrine Film Handler Posts: 89 From: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-11-2009 09:30 AM                     We're looking at re-opening a closed theater. auditoriums are about 300 seats or less. It needs sound systems....What speaker makes/models and amplifiers do you prefer for digital sound?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-11-2009 12:24 PM                     Go QSC  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-11-2009 03:59 PM                     Monte has it..QSC's stuff is awesome and not all that costly. Their stage speakers are super great sounding (I haven't had a chance to try their surrounds out yet) and the DCM/DCA Monitor amp combo is hard to beat for ease of wiring and operation. Note that the new DCM-10 will allow you to use passive crossovers in your stage speakers if you don't want to Bi-amp or tri-amp right out of the box.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-11-2009 07:02 PM                        But... Klipsch is the market leader! quote: One out of two new theaters [Regal] use Klipsch professional audio speakers to deliver today’s powerful and detailed movie soundtracks I'm just messin' with ya.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-11-2009 08:40 PM                     Oh god, for a minute there I thought you were being serious David! Klipsch =  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-11-2009 10:52 PM                        "They made my guitar go in a straight line for miles and sound like it was coming out of a telephone." - Steve Miller on Klipshorns (I don't have an opinion on the sound quality; I just liked that quote. Most of my movie-watching has been in houses with JBL, Altec, or Electro-Voice speakers.)  |  IP: Logged Sam King Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 05-13-2009 11:40 PM                     EV, halfway to EVIL! Have lots of spares ready! HAHAHAHA We love our JBL speakers and have a love/hate relationship with our Ashley amps, the sound is great, but they often require replacement mods.  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 05-13-2009 11:53 PM                       I believe it's ASHLY, no E.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-14-2009 05:29 AM                     More like just "ASH" as in what they leave speakers in.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-14-2009 08:25 AM                     quote: Steve Guttag More like just "ASH" as in what they leave speakers in. And how! The level pots and crapo switches they use in them also suck big time!! Mark  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-15-2009 01:35 AM                     How about pain in the ASH..  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 05-16-2009 10:15 AM                     I actually like my Ashlys. They've performed well for me from a sound output standpoint. I also like the front panel LED bar graphs, which let me see at a glance that everything "appears" to be functioning properly. But I suppose there are other amps that have that feature too. quote: The level pots and crapo switches they use in them also suck big time!! On the other hand, I can't deny that I haven't had occasional trouble with the pots on the input modules. I don't know why Ashly didn't spend a few more bucks and use better ones or ones that are sealed. Other than actually changing the pots, a good spray with a good sealer/protective contact lubricant, such as Cramolin, (the good stuff- before they changed to the new wimpy enviromentally safe formula) seems to more or less solve the problem "permanantly", since after doing that I've never had any further problems with the pots being noisy or crapping out all together.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-16-2009 10:25 AM                     Other than the amount of heat some of the older ones generate we have had very good luck over all with the Ashleys we have in service  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-16-2009 04:30 PM                        Ashly input modules are not too bad. The crossover modules did have bad switches and pots. We have hard wired enough of them to fill a shoebox with old parts. I am running 550 new XR-1 crossovers to replace many in service. Will work with JBL 4575, 4670, and the combo unit we used with National Amusements. 700Hz crossover. These are not adjustable so other speakers will not be right. Louis  |  IP: Logged Bob Koch Expert Film Handler Posts: 183 From: williams ca Registered: Nov 2001 posted 05-16-2009 05:46 PM                     Even though I`m 87 years old and don`t go out after dark, it seems some things never change,according to these posts;Klipsch is still crap.  |  IP: Logged

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