Members guitarharv52 Posted August 9, 2009 Members Share Posted August 9, 2009 I have the Yami 115's over 118's and they work well for me.Would I buy different next time? If I had the money yes mostly for weight.If that is what your budget is, they work good.Of course I don't have to cover as much area as some of these guys.They are right about the difference subs make.It will set you above the bands that don't.We are a three piece classic rock band and I had a club owner come to me and say he didn't understand how he can get a band with more people and they don't sound as "big" as we do.If I was buying again it would be 12's over 18's either JBL or QSC.Yorkville is not easily available around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeScalf Posted August 10, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Well we Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members modulusman Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Good luck and let us know what you decide to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tele-vangelist Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Excellent thread! I'm considering adding subs to my bass player's existing system and this has been really helpful. I like the idea of powered subs, but it seems like the SP118/GX5 suggestion can't be beat by price or power for comparably priced pair of powered subs. Plus I can add a pair of 12" mains later down the road so I eventually have my own system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mshifflett Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 The bottom end gets the bottom ends up on the dance floor and having a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tele-vangelist Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 I was thinking of a GX5 with two 115 cabs on poles w/ two 118 subs. Been doing some reading and now I'm confused ... can a single GX5 drive two mains and two subs? Is this how you would hook this up? Amp Channel 1 -> LeftSub -> RightSub? (parallel jacks on SP188?)Amp Channel 2 -> LeftMain -> RightMain? QSC's amp selector doesn't even recommend the GX5 for the Peavey SP118's. Says the PV118 is fine for GX5.http://www.qscaudio.com/products/amps/advanced_amp_selector.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VanR Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Been doing some reading and now I'm confused ... can a single GX5 drive two mains and two subs?Is this how you would hook this up? Amp Channel 1 -> LeftSub -> RightSub? (parallel jacks on SP188?)Amp Channel 2 -> LeftMain -> RightMain?QSC's amp selector doesn't even recommend the GX5 for the Peavey SP118's. Says the PV118 is fine for GX5.http://www.qscaudio.com/products/amps/advanced_amp_selector.htm Mono signal from your mixer to Channel 1 input on GX5. Crossover switch set to crossover. Your subs on channel 1 daisy-chained. Tops on Channel 2 daisy-chained. That's 350 watts per box. Your system is now mono. If you want to run stereo you need 2 GX5's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members monthlymixcd Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 The GX5 is not the perfect match for putting two SP118 subs on one channel, but it'd work. Mains on one side/subs on the other (assuming all cabs are 8 ohms) would mean that each cab would get roughly 350W. As stated, it'd work just fine. The SP118 (depending on version) could take 500W easy and one on each side of a GX5 would be a very good match. I run a pair of the 500W version subs on a bridged Crater SPA1400 at ~660W/ea. and that's just about a perfect fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 The GX5 is not the perfect match for putting two SP118 subs on one channel, but it'd work. Mains on one side/subs on the other (assuming all cabs are 8 ohms) would mean that each cab would get roughly 350W. As stated, it'd work just fine. The SP118 (depending on version) could take 500W easy and one on each side of a GX5 would be a very good match. I run a pair of the 500W version subs on a bridged Crater SPA1400 at ~660W/ea. and that's just about a perfect fit.that's a lot of juice for those cabs. Those are great little power amps too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tele-vangelist Posted August 11, 2009 Members Share Posted August 11, 2009 Mains on one side/subs on the other (assuming all cabs are 8 ohms) would mean that each cab would get roughly 350W. OK, that's what I thought. So it would be about half power to each cab by daisy chaining the subs and mains off the two channels on a single amp. This wouldn't be underpowered then? How would it affect sound quality versus two amps (1 for subs, 1 for mains)? If I just ran the subs off each channel of the GX5 then I would want a crossover in front of that? Thanks guys. This has been extremely helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lifeloverwg Posted August 11, 2009 Members Share Posted August 11, 2009 Excellent thread!I'm considering adding subs to my bass player's existing system and this has been really helpful. I like the idea of powered subs, but it seems like the SP118/GX5 suggestion can't be beat by price or power for comparably priced pair of powered subs. Plus I can add a pair of 12" mains later down the road so I eventually have my own system. If you're talking new SP 118's, I don't think the GX5 is a very good choice unless cost is your driving factor and you don't need to take full advantage of the subs potential. The new SP 118 has a 600w rms 8 ohm driver in it while the GX5 is only rated for 500w per channel. Sure it will work, but you're limiting yourself to less headroom which I like to have for the transient attack of a kick and increasing the risk of driving the amp to it's limit. YMMV, Winston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members witesol Posted August 11, 2009 Members Share Posted August 11, 2009 all 4 cabs off a single GX5 would be pretty weak. I've done it at a really small show and it was very mediocre. Add another gx5 and it's a decent little system, or get a Xover and another amp. there are lots of RMX amps around these days used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nrgcreator Posted August 28, 2009 Members Share Posted August 28, 2009 Hello all, i have stumbled across this great forum and am in hope of help. I am a drummer and recently bought a Roland kit. My intentions were at first justified due to the reality of a baby to soon be roaming the airspace but now im questioning them without being able to use them (with others) . I love the kit, but now need amplification. And I know there are many forums out there, but none quite like you guys. Everyone suggests the craziest things anywhere from a keyboard/ bass amp which you all know is insane; to rolands over priced dinky v-drum amp (pm-30). I am in the process of building a PA system for this kit to punch the walls and need some help as I am not an audio guy (I wish I was, I love the stuff, just not smart enough). So now that I hope im accepted as a newbie, here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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