Members Shovelhead Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 My club band is currently running a system that belongs to 2 of us. Right now, we have 2 SRX718 subs per side. We use either 1 SRX715 per side or 1 MRX525 per side, depending on the venue. My partner wants to sell his MRX725s and upgrade to SRX. Does it make more sense to go with another pair of SRX715s to match mine? Or should we go to SRX722s? I like the idea of another pair of SRX715s because we could get more horizontal coverage, but we'd need to figure out how to get them above the subs when the subs are stacked on top of each other. Most places don't have enough real estate on the stage to allow us to put them side by side, using a pole on each sub. My thought is to either find narrow scaffolds, or to have them built. They would be tall enough to put 2 subs on top of each other underneath, and wide enough to put 2 SRX715s on top. Thoughts? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted February 14, 2012 CMS Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Lowe's and HD (or possibly only one of them) sells small scaffolds. I've seen two sizes. One is blue, really small and amateurish (relative to 'real' panel scaffolding) and the other is yellow, looks very similar to 'pro', and is larger. Check the ladder aisle. If they aren't a good fit, buy whichever is too large and have a shop chop and re-weld them to exact size. Paint black, season to taste.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shovelhead Posted February 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 Lowe's and HD (or possibly only one of them) sells small scaffolds. I've seen two sizes. One is blue, really small and amateurish (relative to 'real' panel scaffolding) and the other is yellow, looks very similar to 'pro', and is larger. Check the ladder aisle. If they aren't a good fit, buy whichever is too large and have a shop chop and re-weld them to exact size. Paint black, season to taste.... Great idea! My son is a welder/fabricator, so this would be really easy for him. Do you think the 715s or the 722s is the way to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KF650SB1000 Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 If you have the 715s now... and you want more volume in the future, I'd say get the 725 or 722. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlb Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 Why not just add more 715's using stands to array horizontally or stack vertically horn to horn? Wouldn't 2 715's have more output than a 725 or 722? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 Why not just add more 715's using stands to array horizontally or stack vertically horn to horn? Wouldn't 2 715's have more output than a 725 or 722? This is what I would recommend as well. A little difference in the horn/driver but IMO it would be pretty much a wash except that the 715 would be a smaller lighter package per box and might have more flexability overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soul-x Posted February 15, 2012 Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 or stack vertically horn to horn? Keep in mind the 718s he would be stacking on have a really low profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miko Man Posted February 15, 2012 Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 Keep in mind the 718s he would be stacking on have a really low profile. In the initial post, the discussion was to stack the 718s and use suitable scaffolding to elevate the tops. The OP also was looking at wider horizontal dispersion, IIRC. The horn to horn stacking was in a discussion about maximizing SPL. OTOH, I might be missing a more subtle point. Mark C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlb Posted February 15, 2012 Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 If the places you play are not big enough to set a couple speaker stands on each side of the stage you shouldn't have to worry about more coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaBender Posted February 15, 2012 Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 Everybody's living the cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shovelhead Posted February 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 If the places you play are not big enough to set a couple speaker stands on each side of the stage you shouldn't have to worry about more coverage. But we do several gigs a year that it would be necessary. On smaller gigs, we'd just use a pole over a single or even two 718s. But at some of the gigs, we play ballrooms or outdoor gigs where we'd use 2 tops per side, and 3 subs per side. Even on those gigs, stage room is at a premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miko Man Posted February 15, 2012 Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 Depending on the gigs you do, the scaffold rig offers the opportunity to mask your speaker stack. White fabric for weddings, black for corporate work, etc. Just use big flat panels to wrap three sides, attach with spring clips, and you can dress up your rig. It might not be important for the things you do, but it would be pretty cheap for lightweight fabric. You would probably want to apply a fire-retardant treatment, or at least keep that in mind when buying yard goods. Mark C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 15, 2012 Members Share Posted February 15, 2012 I have used 2 speakers on one side and one on the other where the roon was asymmetrical and one side's coverage needed to be much wider. This is another reason for a flexible solution IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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