ZEW wrote:That's a great price on all that and light as hell too! What makes you such a fan of peavey?
Nothing really - if someone else made an equivalent amp for less I'd have bought those. The NU3000 I mentioned really only has about 2400 "real watts" but that happens to match up with the maximum recommended power for my Danleys and they "wilt" if pushed too hard so can't really burn them out 
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ZEW wrote:its set at 30 or 40, i can't remember. i'd have to check.
If at 30 try 40 if you are looking for more punch out of them. Do you have the amp attenuenator knobs fully up? Also if you are freaking out when the limit light on the amps flash, don't. You can go about 6db past that before compression becomes a problem and it's like doubling your subs for free . Only a good idea if you're powering the subs around their RMS rating (which is your case). In the bad old days we'd run our 65 lb 800w Peavey CS800's with the limit lights on solid all night 
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RoadRanger wrote:Hey, it's no fun bein' our age if you can't be a bit ornery and cantankerous
Yeah, I'm there and painfully aware of it! But, I try to treat people on web the same way I would if I were face to face with them. Some of the coments I see in these forums would result in a bitch slap in the real world
Anyway, back on subject, I would try to find a couple of used QSC PL 4's. They will get you about 1400 watts RMS per cabinet at 4 ohms. They are a serious, pro grade amp that can be found for a decent price. I have used them with JBL SR series cabinets for over ten years now and they have been flawless.
sibyrnes wrote:
RoadRanger wrote:Hey, it's no fun bein' our age if you can't be a bit ornery and cantankerous
Anyway, back on subject, I would try to find a couple of used QSC PL 4's. They will get you about 1400 watts RMS per cabinet at 4 ohms. They are a serious, pro grade amp that can be found for a decent price. I have used them with JBL SR series cabinets for over ten years now and they have been flawless.
But, you are not a DJ, playing compressed LF material, with the typical lack of control as the night goes on, and do you have the 4 ohm single 18 version? If you are using them on the 218, 4 ohm cabinet, that's a much better match powerwise.
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RoadRanger wrote:
ZEW wrote:its set at 30 or 40, i can't remember. i'd have to check.
If at 30 try 40 if you are looking for more punch out of them. Do you have the amp attenuenator knobs fully up? Also if you are freaking out when the limit light on the amps flash, don't. You can go about 6db past that before compression becomes a problem and it's like doubling your subs for free
Not looking to be punchy. I'll have to check the setting. As i said, this rig mainly plays drum and bass electronic music. So it needs to be boomy. Knobs are about 2/3 of the way up maybe 3/4. I do freak out when i see the the limit lights flash. I don't want to smoke these subs. They're my babies
agedhorse wrote:Ok, a couple of comments from another old trouper who dosn't seem to suffer fools well...
Those cabinets use 2241-G drivers, they are good for 600 watts RMS and with proper high pass filtering and some common sense can be powered reasonably safely up to about 1000 watts. I do in fact have a lot of experience with this driver series as I was responsible for a theatre chain that had maybe several thousand of them and handled all of the reconing here at my shop. I also was certified at the JBL factory service school in ~1978.
The amp you have now is fine the way you are using them, plenty big and maybe even a little too big but you can always drop the limiter down a dB or so below the amp's limit point and gain some reliability in the event of a momentary loss of good judgement. With this power level, be sure the easy-over function is off on the limiter module in the 260's sub output band.
As far as smart ass comments, I think I have pretty much used them up in the power distribution thread, so RR, carry on...
1978??? All depending on the month... I was 1 year old
The cabs actually house 2 2241HPL's. They're dual 8 ohm wired in parallel for a 4 ohm load at the speakon connector. I'll have to double check the "easy-over" function. Not sure if i remember that one. It's been a while since I messed with the 260. It's a work in progress for me... There's times when I think things just dont sound right, so I start a new configuration and spend hours tweaking and then I just go back to my original config.
Is there a good online howto on the 260? I'm not very versed in it and can definitely use some schooling.
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